| Singapore Food Agency Act 2019 |
| Singapore Food Agency (Certification Marks) Regulations 2019 |
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| Citation and commencement |
| 1. These Regulations are the Singapore Food Agency (Certification Marks) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 2 April 2019. |
| Definitions |
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
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| Application for or renewal of certificate |
| Issue of certificate |
4.—(1) An authorised officer may, subject to such conditions as the authorised officer thinks fit, issue a certificate to an applicant if the authorised officer is satisfied that —
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| Authorised officer may refuse to issue certificate |
5.—(1) An authorised officer may, in the authorised officer’s discretion, refuse to issue a certificate to an applicant if —
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| Duration of certificate |
| 6. Every certificate is valid for a period of 12 months, or such other period as may be specified in the certificate, and may be renewed upon its expiry. |
| Certificate not transferable or assignable |
| 7. A certificate holder or a person who is authorised under these Regulations to use a certification mark must not transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of the certificate or authorisation, as the case may be. |
| Suspension or cancellation of or refusal to renew certificate |
8.—(1) An authorised officer may suspend, cancel or refuse to renew a certificate if the authorised officer is satisfied that —
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| Certificate holder to remove certification mark, etc., when certificate has been suspended or cancelled or has not been renewed |
9. Any certificate holder whose certificate has been suspended, cancelled or has not been renewed by an authorised officer under regulation 8 must —
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| Lifting of suspension of certificate |
| 10. An authorised officer may lift the suspension of a certificate after the authorised officer is satisfied that corrective actions have been duly performed by the certificate holder within the permitted time. |
| Duty of certificate holder |
11.—(1) Every certificate holder must comply with the Act, these Regulations and any condition subject to which the certificate was issued.
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| Certificate holder to notify Agency of change |
12.—(1) Where a certificate holder makes any change to the system, scheme or product in respect of which a certificate has been issued to the certificate holder, being a change that the Agency specifies as a change to which this regulation applies, the certificate holder must, within such time as the Agency may specify, notify the Agency in writing of that change.
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| Penalty |
| 13. A person who contravenes regulation 7, 9, 11 or 12(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. |
Chairperson, Singapore Food Agency, Singapore. |
| [MEWR C030/01/131; AG/LEGIS/SL/299C/2015/3 Vol. 1] |