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Biological Agents and Toxins Act

(CHAPTER 24A)

Biological Agents and Toxins Act
(Amendment of First Schedule)
Order 2021

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

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Biological Agents and Toxins Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2021 and comes into operation on 16 February 2021.

Amendment of Part I of First Schedule

2. Part I of the First Schedule to the Biological Agents and Toxins Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (f) of item 2 under the heading “VIRUSES”, the following paragraphs:

“(g)	Heartland virus
(h)	Severe Fever Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (a) of item 8 under the heading “VIRUSES” and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Types 1 and 2, except for any HIV lentiviral vector system which has at least 2 of the following features:

(i)	the U3 region of the 3’LTR in the transfer vector is absent or altered, which results in a stable self‑inactivating (SIN) configuration;
(ii)	the HIV genes for packaging function are split to a minimum of 2 packaging plasmids (excluding the env plasmid);
(iii)	the vpr, vpu, vif and nef genes are either absent or altered to be non‑functional; or
(iv)	the vector system requires minimally 4‑recombination to achieve Replication Competent Lentivirus (RCL)”; and

(c)

by deleting paragraph (d) of item 10 under the heading “VIRUSES”.

Made on 4 February 2021.

CHAN YENG KIT

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 78:70 Vol. 20; AG/LEGIS/SL/24A/2020/1 Vol. 1]