Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) (Exemption from Liquor Licence) Order 2015

No. S 183

Liquor Control
(Supply and Consumption) Act 2015

(ACT 5 OF 2015)

Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption)
(Exemption from Liquor Licence) Order 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(2)(d) of the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) (Exemption from Liquor Licence) Order 2015 and comes into operation on 1 April 2015.

Exemption for supplies of liquor not exceeding 9 litres

2. The circumstances specified for the purpose of section 4(2)(d) of the Act are as follows:

(a)

a person makes one or more supplies of any type of liquor in a year, and the amount of liquor so supplied does not exceed 9 litres in total;

(b)

the person making the supply or supplies is 21 years or older, and does not make the supply or supplies to any person who is younger than 18 years;

(c)

the duty chargeable under the Customs Act (Cap. 70) on the liquor being supplied is paid before the supply; and

(d)

the person keeps a record for each supply of all of the following information:

(i)	the date of the supply;
(ii)	a description of the liquor supplied;
(iii)	the quantity of the liquor supplied;
(iv)	the mode of the supply;
(v)	the name, and identity card number or passport number, of the person to whom the liquor is supplied.

Exemption for supplies of liquor to military forces

3. The circumstances specified for the purpose of section 4(2)(d) of the Act are as follows:

(a)

the supply of liquor is at premises authorised by the commanding officers of the Singapore Armed Forces or of visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore; and

(b)

the supply of liquor is made to —

(i)	members of the Singapore Armed Forces or those visiting forces (as the case may be); or
(ii)	any civilian employee of those visiting forces authorised by the commanding officers of the visiting forces concerned as being employees to whom liquor may be supplied under this paragraph.

Exemption for supplies of liquor by registered pharmacist

4. The circumstances specified for the purpose of section 4(2)(d) of the Act are as follows:

(a)

the supply of liquor is made by or under the direction of a person who, at the time of the supply —

(i)	is a registered pharmacist under the Pharmacists Registration Act (Cap. 230); and
(ii)	has in force a valid practising certificate issued under that Act; and

(b)

the liquor so supplied is exempted from the payment of duty under an order made under section 13 of the Customs Act (Cap. 70), in accordance with the terms of the exemption.

Exemption of supplies of liquor in medicinal products and health products

5. The circumstances specified for the purpose of section 4(2)(d) of the Act are that the supply of liquor relates to liquor that has been incorporated into —

(a)	a medicinal product as defined in the Medicines Act (Cap. 176); or
(b)	a health product as defined in the Health Products Act (Cap. 122D).

Exemption of supplies of liquor during Seventh Month Festival

6. The circumstances specified for the purpose of section 4(2)(d) of the Act are —

(a)

the supply of liquor is made at a public place, at which any event celebrating the Seventh Month Festival of the Chinese Lunar calendar is being held —

(i)

that is not within a Liquor Control Zone; or

(ii)

that is within a Liquor Control Zone, and the event is organised by —

(A)	the People’s Association (constituted under section 2 of the People’s Association Act (Cap. 227)), or any grassroots organisation of the People’s Association; or
(B)	a registered society (as defined in the Societies Act (Cap. 311));

(b)

the liquor is supplied only during the time allocated for the event by the organiser and which time must not exceed 10.30 p.m.; and

(c)

the liquor is not supplied to any individual who is younger than 18 years or to any individual who is apparently drunk within the meaning in section 14(6) of the Act.

[S 427/2017 wef 01/08/2017]

Exemption of supplies of liquor on board commercial aircrafts

7. The circumstances specified for the purpose of section 4(2)(d) of the Act are that the supply of liquor is part of the in-flight passenger services provided on board a commercial aircraft to any passenger on board that aircraft.

[S 427/2017 wef 01/08/2017]

Exemption of supplies of liquor in food

8.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the circumstances specified for the purpose of section 4(2)(d) of the Act are as follows:

(a)	the supply of liquor as an ingredient incorporated into food;
(b)	the supply of liquor used in the cooking or preparation of food.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “food” means food for human consumption that is not a beverage.

[S 40/2019 wef 18/01/2019]

Made on 31 March 2015.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA PS10/12/03; AG/LEGIS/SL/163C/2015/5 Vol. 1]

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