Biological Agents and Toxins Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2007

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 18 Dec 2007

No. S 676

Biological Agents and Toxins Act

(Chapter 24A)

Biological Agents and Toxins Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 62 of the Biological Agents and Toxins Act, the Minister for Health hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Biological Agents and Toxins Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2008.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Biological Agents and Toxins Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Japanese encephalitis virus” in item 3 (a) in Part I under the heading “VIRUSES”, the words “(except for the vaccine strain 14-14-2 virus)”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (a) of item 6 in Part I under the heading “VIRUSES” and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

Poliovirus, except for the following vaccine strains:

(i)	sabin Type-1;
(ii)	sabin Type-2; and
(iii)	sabin Type-3”;

(c)

by deleting paragraph (a) of item 10 in Part I under the heading “VIRUSES”;

(d)

by deleting items 1 and 2 in Part II under the heading “BACTERIA” and substituting the following items:

“1. Bacillus anthracis, except for the attenuated strains devoid of —

(a)	plasmid pX02; or
(b)	plasmids pX01 and pX02

2. Brucella abortus, except for the attenuated strains —

(a)	19; or
(b)	RB51”;

(e)

by deleting items 8 and 9 in Part II under the heading “BACTERIA” and substituting the following items:

“8. Franciscella tularensis, except for the attenuated strains of —

(a)	the subspecies of novicida (the UTAH 112 [ATCC 15482]);
(b)	the subspecies of holartica live vaccine strain [ATCC 29684]; or
(c)	the B38 strain [ATTC 6223]

9. Yersinia pestis, except for the attenuated strains devoid of —

(a)	Pgm locus [EV76 strain];
(b)	75 kb low-calcium response virulence plasmid [Tjiwidej S strain]”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the words “ Coxiella burnetii” in item 1 in Part II under the heading “RICKETTSIAE”, the words “(except for the attenuated Phase II, plaque purified clone 4 of the Nine Mile strain)”;

(g)

by deleting item 2 in Part II under the heading “ FUNGI” and substituting the following item:

“

”;

(h)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Rift Valley fever virus” in item 2(d) in Part II under the heading “VIRUSES”, the words “(except for the vaccine strain MP-12)”; and

(i)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Yellow fever virus” in item 4 (a) in Part II under the heading “VIRUSES”, the words “(except for the vaccine strain 17-D)”.

Made this 28th day of November 2007.

YONG YING-I

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 78:70 Vol. 14; AG/LEG/SL/24A/2005/2 Vol. 1]

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