Customs (Authorised Piers and Places for Transhipment, Export and Transit by Sea) Regulations

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Customs Act

(Chapter 70, Sections 31 and 143)

Customs (Authorised Piers and Places for Transhipment, Export and Transit by Sea) Regulations

Rg 5

REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

[24th February 1984]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Authorised Piers and Places for Transhipment, Export and Transit by Sea) Regulations.

Authorised piers and places for transhipment, export and transit by sea

2. The following piers and places shall be authorised piers and places for transhipment, export and transit by sea of dutiable goods (referred to in these Regulations as the authorised piers and places):

(a)

the free trade zones for export of dutiable goods;

[Deleted by S 10/96 wef 12/01/1996]

(b)

the pier at the Harbour Branch Headquarters for the export of dutiable goods as sea stores, subject to the condition that, in respect of dutiable sea stores, prior permission shall be obtained from a senior officer of customs to load into a local craft such stores that may be temporarily kept in the Customs Transit Bond for eventual export and transhipment;

(c)

the Eastern Anchorage, Western Anchorage and any other anchorage approved by the Director-General for —

(i)	uplifts of dutiable goods for export into vessels in such anchorage;
(ii)	transhipment of dutiable goods removed from a Government or licensed warehouse or from an approved point in the free trade zone to the exporting vessel; and
(iii)	transhipment of dutiable goods from one vessel to another;

(d)

the Jurong Fishing Port (for approved quantities of liquor and tobacco as sea stores);

(e)

the Senoko Fishing Port (for approved quantities of liquor and tobacco as sea stores);

(g)

the Loyang Off-shore Base (for oil drilling materials and equipment and approved quantities of liquor and tobacco as sea stores destined for off-shore oil drilling bases);

(h)

the jetty at Changi Creek; and

(i)

any pier, wharf, anchorage or place, other than those specified above, which the Director-General may approve, subject to such conditions as he may think fit to impose.

[S 24/2001 wef 13/01/2001]

Movements of loaded vessels

3. Where dutiable goods have been uplifted or loaded into a vessel for export at an authorised pier or place —

(a)

in the case of a local craft carrying such goods for loading into an exporting vessel, the local craft shall proceed direct from the authorised pier or place to the exporting vessel in the Eastern Anchorage, the Western Anchorage or an anchorage approved by the Director-General; and

(b)

in the case of a vessel directly exporting such goods, the vessel shall after loading leave the authorised pier or place by the most direct or usual sea route and shall not call at any other place in Singapore for any purpose whatsoever without the prior approval of a senior officer of customs, except that a vessel may, on leaving a free trade zone, call at another free trade zone by the most usual sea route without such prior approval.

Exception for export of petroleum

4. These Regulations shall not apply to the export of petroleum —

(a)	by petroleum installations or refineries established on offshore islands specified under section 2(a) of the Act; and
(b)	by licensed or approved petroleum installations and refineries, other than those specified under paragraph (a), which shall be subject to such conditions as a senior officer of customs may impose.

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