Air Navigation (92 — Carriage of Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2022

No. S 998

Air Navigation Act 1966

Air Navigation
(92 — Carriage of Dangerous Goods)
Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Air Navigation Act 1966, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Air Navigation (92 — Carriage of Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 1 January 2023.

Definitions

2. Any term in these Regulations that is defined in the First Schedule to the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 441/2018) has the meaning given to that term in that Schedule unless the term is otherwise defined in the First Schedule to these Regulations.

To whom these Regulations apply

3. Subject to regulation 4, these Regulations apply to —

(a)

any foreign operator operating any aircraft into and out of Singapore for the purpose of commercial air transport, aerial work or general aviation;

(b)

any Singapore operator;

(c)

any operator of a Singapore registered aircraft operated for the purpose of general aviation;

(d)

any person that takes, or causes to be taken, any dangerous goods on board any aircraft;

(e)

any person that consigns or delivers, or causes to be consigned or delivered, any dangerous goods for loading or carriage on any aircraft;

(f)

any agent of —

(i)	an operator mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or
(ii)	a person mentioned in paragraph (d) or (e);

(g)

any person that engages in the security screening of cargo, mail, stores, passengers or baggage in Singapore;

(h)

any aerodrome operator; and

(i)

any public postal operator.

Carriage excluded from these Regulations

4.—(1) These Regulations do not apply to the carriage of the following articles and substances except where provided in paragraph (2):

(a)

any article or substance that —

(i)	is required to be aboard an aircraft in accordance with the relevant airworthiness requirements and operating regulations; or
(ii)	is authorised by the State of the operator to meet special requirements;

(b)

any aerosols, alcoholic beverages, perfumes, colognes and liquefied gas lighters (excluding any non‑refillable gas lighters and any lighters that are liable to leak when exposed to reduced pressure) that are carried by an operator of an aircraft for use or sale on the aircraft during a flight or series of flights;

(c)

any portable electronic device that —

(i)	is carried on an aircraft by its operator for use or sale on the aircraft during a flight or a series of flights; and
(ii)	contains lithium batteries that meet the relevant provisions of Part 8 of the Technical Instructions;

(d)

any dry ice that is intended for use in providing food and beverage services aboard an aircraft;

(e)

any alcohol‑based hand sanitisers and alcohol‑based cleaning products that are carried by an operator of an aircraft for use on the aircraft during a flight or a series of flights for the purpose of ensuring passenger and crew hygiene;

(f)

any electronic device (such as an electronic flight bag or a personal entertainment device or credit card reader) that —

(i)	is carried on an aircraft by its operator for use on the aircraft during a flight or a series of flights; and
(ii)	contains lithium batteries that meet the relevant provisions of Part 8 of the Technical Instructions;

(g)

any lithium batteries intended for use as spare batteries for any electronic device mentioned in sub‑paragraph (f) that —

(i)	are carried on an aircraft by its operator for use on the aircraft during a flight or a series of flights; and
(ii)	meet the relevant provisions of Part 8 of the Technical Instructions;

(h)

any dangerous goods that are carried on an aircraft in accordance with the general exceptions specified in Part 1 of the Technical Instructions.

(2) Despite paragraph (1), regulation 5 and the Technical Instructions apply to the carriage on an aircraft of —

(a)	any article or substance that is intended as a replacement for any article or substance mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g); and
(b)	any article or substance mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) that has been removed for replacement.

Made on 14 December 2022.

EDMUND CHENG WAI WING

Chairperson,
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.

[LE/LGN/A1.8; AG/LEGIS/SL/6/2020/12 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 9(9) of the Air Navigation Act 1966).

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