Customs (Authorised Piers and Places) Regulations 2011

No. S 708

Customs Act

(CHAPTER 70)

Customs
(Authorised Piers and Places)
Regulations 2011

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 31(1)(a) of the Customs Act, the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Authorised Piers and Places) Regulations 2011 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2012.

Definition

1A. In these Regulations, “investment precious metal” means any investment precious metal specified in Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A).

[S 490/2012 wef 01/10/2012]

Authorised piers and places

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 31(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the places specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule are prescribed as authorised piers and places for the import by sea of dutiable goods specified in the second column of that Part of the Schedule.

(2) For the purposes of section 31(1)(a)(i) of the Act, the places specified in the first column of Part II of the Schedule are prescribed as authorised piers and places for the export or the transhipment by sea of dutiable goods or goods of a class dutiable on import (as the case may be) specified in the second column of that Part of the Schedule.

(3) For the purposes of section 31(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, in addition to the authorised piers and places referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), the Director-General may determine any place to be an authorised pier or place for the import or export of such dutiable goods or transhipment of such goods of a class dutiable on import as the Director-General may determine, in any of the following circumstances:

(a)

where the place is to be used for such import, export or transhipment on any single occasion, or for such fixed period of time as may be determined by the Director-General;

(b)

where the place is to be used for such import, export or transhipment by any person himself of goods —

(i)	for his personal use; or
(ii)	for use in his own business carried out at such place.

Conditions for operators of authorised piers and places

3. The Director-General may impose on the operator of an authorised pier or place referred to in regulation 2 such restrictions and requirements as the Director-General thinks fit in connection with any operations carried out at the authorised pier or place, and the operator of the authorised pier or place shall comply with such requirements and restrictions.

Conditions in relation to dutiable goods for export

4. 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

5. Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent the export of petroleum from any petroleum installation or refinery established on any offshore island specified under section 2(a) of the Act.

Savings for other laws

6. Nothing in these Regulations shall permit the import or export of goods at, or transhipment of goods through, any authorised pier or place if the import, export or transhipment is prohibited or is not in compliance with any restriction imposed by, under or pursuant to any written law.

Revocation

7. The Customs (Authorised Piers and Places for Transhipment, Export and Transit by Sea) Regulations (Rg 5) and the Customs (Authorised Piers and Places for Import by Sea) Regulations (Rg 6) are revoked.

Made this 23rd day of December 2011.

CHAN LAI FUNG

Permanent Secretary
(Finance) (Performance),
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.

[Customs (Conf) 0102/71/V33; AG/LLRD/SL/70/2010/17 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 143(2) of the Customs Act).

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