No. S 763
Tobacco
(Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act
(CHAPTER 309)
Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale)
(Licensing) Regulations 2017
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Licensing) Regulations 2017 and come into operation on 30 December 2017.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“applicant”, in relation to a licence, means a person applying for or to renew the licence;
“container”, in relation to cigarettes, means a box, tin, packet or other receptacle, but does not include any outer wrapper or cellophane or other transparent material;
“health product” has the same meaning as in the Health Products Act (Cap. 122D);
“home for children and young persons” and “remand home” have the same meanings as in the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38);
“import and wholesale licensee” means the holder of an import and wholesale licence mentioned in section 18(1) or (2) of the Act;
“licensee” means —
(a)an import and wholesale licensee; or
(b)a retail licensee;
“limited liability partnership” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);
“medicinal product” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Medicines Act (Cap. 176);
“responsible officer”, in relation to an applicant or a licensee, means —
(a)where the applicant or licensee is a body corporate (other than a limited liability partnership), a director of the body corporate;
(b)where the applicant or licensee is a partnership (including a limited partnership and limited liability partnership), a partner of the partnership; or
(c)where the applicant or licensee is an unincorporated association, an officer of the unincorporated association;
“retail licensee” means the holder of a retail licence mentioned in section 18(3) of the Act.
Made on 26 December 2017.
CHAN HENG KEE
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.
[MH 78:29/2 Vol. 11; AG/LEGIS/SL/309/2015/3 Vol. 2]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 37(2) of the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act).