Division 1 — Dangerous goods permit
Dangerous goods permit needed if not otherwise authorised
5.—(1)  An operator of an aircraft operated for the purpose of commercial air transport without any authorisation granted with respect to transport of dangerous goods by air under regulation 14 of the ANR‑121 or regulation 14 of the ANR‑135, must not do any of the following except under the authority of and in accordance with a dangerous goods permit that is in force:
(a)load, or cause or permit the loading of, any dangerous goods as cargo onto the aircraft;
(b)use, or cause or permit the use of, the aircraft to carry any dangerous goods as cargo.
(2)  Nothing in paragraph (1) applies to the carriage by or loading onto an aircraft of any dangerous goods where the operator of the aircraft has diplomatic clearance from the Government to land the aircraft in Singapore.
Application for dangerous goods permit
6.—(1)  An application for a dangerous goods permit must be made to the Authority in accordance with this regulation.
(2)  An application for a dangerous goods permit must —
(a)be made at least 7 days before the date on which the applicant’s loading or carriage of dangerous goods as cargo on an aircraft is to start or is intended to start;
(b)be made in the form and manner required by the Authority; and
(c)be accompanied by the following information and documents, in the form required by the Authority:
(i)the name of the applicant;
(ii)the name and contact details of the person employed by the applicant to have overall responsibility for the loading or carriage of dangerous goods on the aircraft at the applicant’s operating base;
(iii)the name and contact details of the person employed by the applicant to have overall responsibility for the applicant’s loading or carriage of dangerous goods on an aircraft in Singapore;
(iv)the name and contact details of the agent appointed by the applicant to handle dangerous goods on behalf of the applicant;
(v)any relevant sections of the applicant’s Operations Manual and all other relevant documentation that are, in the Authority’s opinion, necessary to ensure that the applicant has established procedures to comply with the requirements in the Technical Instructions;
(vi)the classes or divisions of dangerous goods (in accordance with the Technical Instructions) that the applicant intends to load onto or carry on the aircraft;
(vii)any other information and documents that the Authority may require to decide on the application.
(3)  The Authority may refuse to consider an application for a dangerous goods permit that is —
(a)incomplete; or
(b)not made in accordance with paragraph (2).
Grant and validity of dangerous goods permit
7.—(1)  After considering any application for a dangerous goods permit, the Authority may —
(a)grant the dangerous goods permit, subject to any conditions that the Authority thinks fit; or
(b)refuse to grant the application.
(2)  Before granting a dangerous goods permit, and the conditions to impose, the Authority must be satisfied that —
(a)the applicant is authorised by the State of the operator to transport dangerous goods by air as cargo on its aircraft;
(b)the applicant’s dangerous goods training programmes are approved by the State of the operator; and
(c)the applicant has established procedures in its Operations Manual to ensure compliance with the requirements in the Technical Instructions.
(3)  A dangerous goods permit remains in force for the period specified in the permit, which must not in any case exceed 6 months.