Exemption
13.—(1)  The requirements under sections 5 and 6 shall not apply to —
(a)any act authorised by or carried out for or on behalf of the Government;
(b)the following acts carried out by a military, naval or air force of a foreign government (not being a visiting force) in the course of duty:
(i)the export, transhipment or bringing in transit of any goods or document that is brought into Singapore by that force; or
(ii)the transmission of any technology that is brought into Singapore or received by that force from its government;
(c)the export, transhipment, bringing in transit or transmission of any goods, document or technology by or on behalf of a visiting force in the course of duty; or
(d)diplomatic correspondence.
(2)  Section 5(1)(a) shall not apply to —
(a)the transhipment of any goods listed in Parts I and II of the Schedule to the SG Order, other than those specified in the Fourth Schedule; or
(b)the bringing in transit of any goods listed in Parts I and II of the Schedule to the SG Order,
if —
(i)the goods are taken into a free trade zone immediately after they have been brought into Singapore;
(ii)they remain in the free trade zone at all times before they are brought out of Singapore; and
(iii)the period in which they remain in the free trade zone is no more than —
(A)45 days if they are brought into Singapore by water; or
(B)21 days if they are brought into Singapore by air.
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(3)  Section 5(1)(a) shall not apply to —
(a)the export to a non-Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 63 of Category Code 1C350 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no one specified chemical constitutes more than 10% by weight of the mixture;
(b)the export to a Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items 1, 3, 5, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 63 of Category Code 1C350 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no one specified chemical constitutes more than 30% by weight of the mixture;
(c)the export to a non-Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items a.1. and a.2. of Category Code 1C450 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no one specified chemical constitutes more than 1% by weight of the mixture;
(d)the export to a Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items a.1. and a.2. of Category Code 1C450 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no one specified chemical constitutes more than 30% by weight of the mixture;
(e)the export to a non-Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items b.1., b.2., b.3., b.4., b.5. and b.6. of Category Code 1C450 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no individually specified chemical constitutes more than 10% by weight of the mixture; or
(f)the export to a Convention State of a chemical mixture containing one or more chemicals specified in items b.1., b.2., b.3., b.4., b.5. and b.6. of Category Code 1C450 in Division 2 of Part II of the Schedule to the SG Order, in which no individually specified chemical constitutes more than 30% by weight of the mixture.
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(4)  In this regulation —
“chemical mixture” means a solid, liquid or gaseous product made up of 2 or more components which do not react together under the conditions under which the mixture is stored;
“Convention” means the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction concluded at Paris on 13th January 1993;
“Convention State” means a State (other than Singapore) for which the Convention has entered into force;
“free trade zone” has the meaning given to that expression in the Free Trade Zones Act (Cap. 114);
“non-Convention State” means a State for which the Convention has not entered into force;
“visiting force” means any body, contingent or detachment of the military, naval or air force of a country ––
(a)with whom the Government has entered into an agreement regarding the status of that country’s forces in Singapore; or
(b)that is specified in the Second Schedule.
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