Requisition of Resources (Service of Notice of Requisition) Regulations

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as at 18 Nov 2024

Requisition of Resources Act

(Chapter 273, Sections 12, 41 and 48)

Requisition of Resources
(Service of Notice of Requisition)
Regulations

Rg 2

G.N. No. S 349/1989

REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

[18th August 1989]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Requisition of Resources (Service of Notice of Requisition) Regulations.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“authorised officer” means the person appointed by the competent authority under section 12(6) of the Act for the purpose of receiving chattels furnished pursuant to a notice of requisition.

“chattel” includes any substance, machine, equipment, vehicle, vessel or aircraft but shall not include currency, gold securities or negotiable instruments;

“competent authority” means the competent authority appointed under section 4 of the Act for the purposes of section 12 of the Act;

“equipment marshalling area” means a place appointed by the competent authority to which a chattel has to be delivered upon a notice of requisition.

Assignment of code and mobilisation centre

3.—(1) The competent authority may, by letter served in accordance with paragraph (2), assign to an owner of a chattel or a person having the possession, control or custody of the chattel any code or codes in words, figures or symbols and an equipment marshalling area in relation to any chattel specified in that letter.

(2) The letter referred to in paragraph (1) may be served —

(a)	in the case of an owner or person who is an individual, by delivering it personally or sending it by registered post addressed to that owner or person at his usual or last known place of residence or business; and
(b)	in the case of a firm, company or corporation, by delivering it personally to any partner, director, manager or secretary of the firm, company or corporation, as the case may be, or by sending it by registered post addressed to that firm, company or corporation at its principal place of business or registered office.

(3) The competent authority may, by letter served in accordance with paragraph (2), vary or revoke any code or codes or any equipment marshalling area assigned under paragraph (1).

Service by broadcast over radio or television and radio-communications pager

4.—(1) When a notice of requisition is served pursuant to section 41(3)(a) of the Act, it may be so served by broadcasting over radio and television any code or codes in words, figures or symbols as may be determined by the competent authority.

(2) When a notice of requisition is served pursuant to section 41(3)(e) of the Act, it may be so served by transmitting over a radio-communications pager any code or codes in words, figures or symbols as may be determined by the competent authority.

Chattel to be furnished at mobilisation centre

5.—(1) Every owner and the person having the possession, custody or control of a chattel who has been assigned in accordance with regulation 3 any code or codes which has or have been broadcast over radio and television or transmitted by radio-communications pager, shall upon hearing or seeing the broadcast or transmission, immediately furnish the chattel to which that code relates or those codes relate to the authorised officer at the equipment marshalling area assigned in respect of that chattel under regulation 3.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where the time for reporting is stated in the broadcast or transmission referred to in that paragraph, the owner and the person having the possession, custody or control of the chattel shall furnish the chattel at the time so stated.

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