Strategic Goods (Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

No. S 638

Strategic Goods (Control) Act

(Chapter 300)

Strategic Goods (Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 36 and 38 of the Strategic Goods (Control) Act, the Minister for Trade and Industry hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Strategic Goods (Control) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2008.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the Strategic Goods (Control) Regulations (Rg 1) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “single-use permit” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “SG Order” means the Strategic Goods (Control) Order 2007 (G.N. No. S 639/2007)”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3(4) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “3 working days” and substituting the words “5 working days”.

Amendment of regulation 13

4. Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(2) Section 5(1)(a) shall not apply to —

(a)	the transhipment of any goods listed in Parts I and II of the Schedule to the SG Order, other than those specified in the Fourth Schedule; or
(b)	the bringing in transit of any goods listed in Parts I and II of the Schedule to the SG Order,

if —

(i)

the goods are taken into a free trade zone immediately after they have been brought into Singapore;

(ii)

they remain in the free trade zone at all times before they are brought out of Singapore; and

(iii)

the period in which they remain in the free trade zone is no more than —

(A)	45 days if they are brought into Singapore by water; or
(B)	21 days if they are brought into Singapore by air.

(3) Section 5(1)(a) shall not apply to —

(a)	the export to a non-Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 63 of Category Code 1C350 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no one specified chemical constitutes more than 10% by weight of the mixture;
(b)	the export to a Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 63 of Category Code 1C350 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no one specified chemical constitutes more than 30% by weight of the mixture;
(c)	the export to a non-Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items a.1. and a.2. of Category Code 1C450 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no one specified chemical constitutes more than 1% by weight of the mixture;
(d)	the export to a Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items a.1. and a.2. of Category Code 1C450 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no one specified chemical constitutes more than 30% by weight of the mixture;
(e)	the export to a non-Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items b.1., b.2., b.3., b.4., b.5. and b.6. of Category Code 1C450 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no individually specified chemical constitutes more than 10% by weight of the mixture; or
(f)	the export to a Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items b.1., b.2., b.3., b.4., b.5. and b.6. of Category Code 1C450 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no individually specified chemical constitutes more than 30% by weight of the mixture.

(4) In this regulation —

“chemical mixture” means a solid, liquid or gaseous product made up of 2 or more components which do not react together under the conditions under which the mixture is stored;

“Convention” means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction concluded at Paris on 13th January 1993;

“Convention State” means a State (other than Singapore) for which the Convention has entered into force;

“free trade zone” has the meaning given to that expression in the Free Trade Zones Act (Cap. 114);

“non-Convention State” means a State for which the Convention has not entered into force;

“visiting force” means any body, contingent or detachment of the military, naval or air force of a country ––

(a)	with whom the Government has entered into an agreement regarding the status of that country’s forces in Singapore; or
(b)	that is specified in the Second Schedule.”.

Amendment of regulation 20

5. Regulation 20 (3) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “2 years” and substituting the words “5 years”.

New Fourth Schedule

6. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after the Third Schedule, the following Schedule:

“FOURTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 13(2)

Goods the Transhipment of Which
Exemption under Regulation 13 (2)
Does Not Apply

1. Goods specified in the following Category Codes in Division 2 of Part I of the Schedule to the SG Order:

(a)	ML1;
(b)	ML2;
(c)	ML3;
(d)	ML4;
(e)	ML6;
(f)	ML7.b.1., 2. and 3.;
(g)	ML7.c.;
(h)	ML8.a.1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 7., 10., 11., 13.a., 13.c., 15., 18., 19., 20., 21., 23., 26., 27., 28., 32.j., 33., 34.;
(i)	ML8.b.1. to 5.;
(j)	ML8.c.1., 3. to 9.;
(k)	ML8.d.1., 2., 3., 5., 6., 8., 9., 10.;
(l)	ML8.e.1. to 6., 8. to 13., 15. to 18.;
(m)	ML8.f.;
(n)	ML8.g.;
(o)	ML9; and
(p)	ML10.

2. Goods specified in the following Category Codes in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order:

(a)	0A, 0B, 0C;
(b)	1C350.1. to 9., 11., 12., 13., 17., 18., 19., 21., 22., 23., 26. to 36., 38., 46., 51., 52., 54. to 57., 59., 63.;
(c)	1C351.a.2., 4., 5., 7., 8., 10. to 17., 19., 31.;
(d)	1C351.b.1., 3., 4.;
(e)	1C351.c.1., 2., 3., 4., 7., 8., 9., 13.;
(f)	1C351.d.1., 2., 4. to 7., 12.;
(g)	1C352.a.1. to 4., 9., 10., 12., 14., 15., 17.;
(h)	1C352.b.;
(i)	1C354.b.1., 5.;
(j)	1C354.c.1.;
(k)	1C450.a.;
(l)	1C450.b.; and
(m)	5A2, 5B2.

[S 743/2007”. wef 28/12/2007]

Transitional provision

7.—(1) Regulation 5 shall apply in relation to any record required to be kept under regulation 20 of the principal Regulations by a permit holder granted a permit to carry out an act referred to be in section 5 (1)(a) or (b) or (2)(a) or (b), whether the obligation to keep such record first arises before, on or after 1st January 2008.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to any record if the period for which it is to be kept under regulation 20(3) of the principal Regulations in force immediately before 1st January 2008 has expired by that date.

Made this 23rd day of November 2007.

PETER ONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Singapore.

[MTI 066/01-2-024 PT01; AG/LEG/SL/300/2003/1 Vol. 2]

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