Regulation of Imports and Exports (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2017

No. S 645

Regulation of
Imports and Exports Act

(CHAPTER 272A)

Regulation of Imports and Exports
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act, the Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade) makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Regulation of Imports and Exports (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2017 and come into operation on 8 November 2017.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations (Rg 1) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “Part A, B or C” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “competent authority” and substituting the words “Part A or C”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “Part B or C” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “controlled export” and substituting the words “Part C”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “and (4)”, the words “and regulation 5A”.

Amendment of regulation 4

4. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “permit” in paragraph (1), the words “under regulation 3”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (5) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(5) A person granted a permit under this regulation must comply with every condition of the permit imposed by the Director‑General under paragraph (4)(a).

(6) Any person who contravenes paragraph (5) shall be guilty of an offence.”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “permit” in the regulation heading, the words “mentioned in regulation 3”.

New regulations 5A and 5B

5. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 5, the following regulations:

“Permit for certain goods

5A.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), goods originating from, or bound for, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as the case may be, must not be —

(a)	imported into Singapore;
(b)	exported out of Singapore;
(c)	transhipped in Singapore; or
(d)	brought in transit through Singapore,

except in accordance with a permit granted by the Director‑General under this Part.

(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) for a permit mentioned in that paragraph does not apply to goods that are —

(a)	personal or household effects, not listed in the Seventh Schedule, which accompany passengers, crew or employees of transport undertakings by land, sea or air;
(b)	diplomatic correspondence; or
(c)	human corpses, human remains, human bones or cremated ashes.

(3) Any —

(a)	importer who contravenes paragraph (1)(a);
(b)	exporter who contravenes paragraph (1)(b); and
(c)	shipping agent, air cargo agent, freight forwarder or common carrier who contravenes paragraph (1)(c) or (d),

shall be guilty of an offence.

Application for permit mentioned in regulation 5A

5B.—(1) An application for a permit mentioned in regulation 5A to import, export, tranship, or bring in transit, any goods is to be made to the Director‑General —

(a)	by the importer, exporter, shipping agent, air cargo agent, freight forwarder or common carrier, as the case may be, or the declarant mentioned in Part IVA; and
(b)	in such form and manner as the Director‑General may determine.

(2) The applicant must provide the Director‑General with any further document or information that the Director‑General may require in any particular case.

(3) The Director‑General may, in any case in which the Director‑General thinks fit, grant or refuse to grant any permit to import, export, tranship, or bring in transit, any goods under paragraph (1).

(4) For the purpose of paragraph (3), where an exporter has contravened any provision of the Act or these Regulations or any condition imposed under the Act or these Regulations, whether as an exporter or otherwise, the Director‑General may refuse to grant any permit for the export of such goods by the exporter for such period of time following the contravention as the Director‑General thinks fit.

(5) A permit granted under this regulation is subject to such conditions as the Director‑General may impose.

(6) A person granted a permit under this regulation must comply with every condition of the permit imposed by the Director‑General under paragraph (5).

(7) Any person who contravenes paragraph (6) shall be guilty of an offence.”.

Amendment of regulation 6

6. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “Notwithstanding regulation 3” in paragraphs (1), (2) and (2A) and substituting in each case the words “Despite regulations 3 and 5A”.

Amendment of regulation 10

7. Regulation 10(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (b);
(b)	by deleting the word “; or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (c) and substituting a full‑stop; and
(c)	by deleting sub‑paragraph (d).

Amendment of regulation 36

8. Regulation 36 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “, visa” wherever it appears in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3);
(b)	by deleting the words “Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) certificate” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) certificate”; and
(c)	by deleting the words “, textile visa” in paragraph (1).

Amendment of First Schedule

9. Part B of the First Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted.

Amendment of Seventh Schedule

10. Item 2 of Part 1 of the Seventh Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after “S/2016/308” in paragraph (3) in the second and third columns, the words “, S/2017/728 and S/2017/822”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (8) in the second column and substituting the following paragraph:

“(8) Coal, iron, and iron ore, but excluding coal that has originated outside the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and was transported through the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea solely for export from the Port of Rajin (Rason), provided that such transactions are unrelated to generating revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear or ballistic missile programmes or other activities prohibited by resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 2094 (2013) or 2270 (2016).”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (12) in the second column, the following paragraphs:

“(13)

Seafood (including fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates in all forms).

(14)	Lead and lead ore.

(15)	Textiles (including but not limited to fabrics and partially or completed apparel products).

(16)	Any goods that are for the purposes of trade with any person in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (11) in the third column, the following paragraphs:

“(12)

Condensates and natural gas liquids.

(13)	Refined petroleum products.

(14)	Crude oil.

(15)	Any goods that are for the purposes of trade with any person in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 591/99; S 27/2000; S 607/2000; S 197/2001; S 79/2003; S 170/2003; S 319/2003; S 502/2003; S 633/2003; S 161/2004; S 209/2004; S 566/2004; S 718/2004; S 259/2005; S 496/2005; S 26/2006; S 526/2006; S 697/2006; S 706/2006; S 54/2007; S 266/2007; S 119/2009; S 77/2010; S 614/2010; S 406/2011; S 519/2012; S 189/2013; S 370/2013; S 538/2015; S 425/2017]

Made on 3 November 2017.

LOH KHUM YEAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Singapore.

[Customs (Conf) 0110/70/V5; AG/LEGIS/SL/272A/2015/1 Vol. 3]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 3(4) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act).

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