Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2017

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 29 Sep 2017

No. S 551

Customs Act

(CHAPTER 70)

Customs (Duties)
(Amendment No. 2) Order 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Customs Act, the Minister for Finance makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2017 and comes into operation on 1 October 2017.

Amendment of paragraph 4

2. Paragraph 4 of the Customs (Duties) Order (O 4) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (w) of sub‑paragraph (1) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(x)	the Republic of Turkey.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (4T), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(4U) Goods are deemed to have originated from and be consigned direct from the Republic of Turkey if the goods —

(a)	are considered as originating in Turkey according to Section 2 of Protocol 1 of the Turkey‑Singapore Free Trade Agreement (called in this sub‑paragraph the Protocol); and
(b)	satisfy the territorial requirements mentioned in Section 3 of the Protocol.”;

(c)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (v) of sub‑paragraph (5) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(w)	where the goods are from the Republic of Turkey, an Origin Declaration in the form set out in the Twenty‑Second Schedule by the exporter of the goods.”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (7M), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(7N) An Origin Declaration under sub‑paragraph (5)(w) is not required for the importation of goods that —

(a)

are sent as a small package from a private person to another private person, or form part of a traveller’s personal luggage;

(b)

satisfy all the following conditions:

(i)	the importer does not import the goods on a regular basis;
(ii)	the goods are for the personal use of the recipient of the goods, or a traveller, or the family of the recipient or traveller;
(iii)	a proper officer of customs is satisfied from the nature and quantity of the goods, that the goods are not intended for a commercial purpose;

(c)

have been declared by the importer to a proper officer of customs as meeting the requirements of Protocol 1 of the Turkey‑Singapore Free Trade Agreement, and the proper officer of customs does not doubt the veracity of the declaration; and

(d)

have a total value that does not exceed —

(i)	where the goods are sent from a private person to another private person as a small package, 500 euros; and
(ii)	where the goods form part of a traveller’s personal luggage, 1,200 euros.”.

New Twenty‑Second Schedule

3. The Customs (Duties) Order is amended by inserting, immediately after the Twenty‑First Schedule, the following Schedule:

“TWENTY‑SECOND SCHEDULE

Paragraph 4(5)(w)

ORIGIN DECLARATION

Origin Declaration

The exporter of the products covered by this document declares that, except where otherwise clearly indicated, these products are of ................... preferential origin under the Turkey‑Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

……………………………………………….........................................................................

(Place and date)

………………………………………………………….............................................................

(Signature of the exporter, in addition the name of the person signing the declaration has to be indicated in clear script)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 660/2009; S 349/2010; S 68/2011; S 658/2011; S 65/2012; S 98/2013; S 353/2013; S 551/2013; S 94/2014; S 263/2014; S 363/2014; S 843/2014; S 85/2015; S 369/2016; S 54/2017]

Made on 27 September 2017.

TAN CHING YEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.

[Customs 00107/65/V21; AG/LEGIS/SL/70/2015/2 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 143(2) of the Customs Act).

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