Application for grant or renewal of permit under section 7(1)
3.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), a person may, under section 7(1), apply for a permit that is —
(a)a single-use permit; or
(b)a bulk permit.
(2)  A person may apply for a bulk permit only in respect of an act referred to in section 5(1).
(3)  An application for the grant or renewal of a permit shall be made by the person who wishes to carry out the act concerned or a person acting on his behalf.
(4)  An application for the grant of a single-use permit shall be made not less than 5 working days before —
(a)the goods or document in respect of which the application is made is brought on board the conveyance on which it is to be exported or transhipped, in the case of export or transhipment;
(b)the arrival in Singapore of the conveyance on which the goods or document in respect of which the application is made are to be brought in transit, in the case of bringing in transit;
(c)the transmission of the technology in respect of which the application is made is to be carried out, in the case of the transmission of technology; or
(d)any step is taken to arrange or negotiate or facilitate the arrangement or negotiation of a contract for the acquisition, disposal or transmission of the goods, document or technology in respect of which the application is made, in the case of an act referred to in section 6(1) in relation to any goods referred to in section 6(2)(b) or any technology referred to in section 6(3) or any document in which such technology is recorded, stored or embodied.
[S 638/2007 wef 01/01/2008]
(5)  An application for the grant of a bulk permit shall be made not less than 2 months before the first export, transhipment or transmission of the goods, document or technology in respect of which the application is made is carried out.
(6)  An application for the renewal of a permit shall be made —
(a)not less than 2 months before the date of expiry of a bulk permit; and
(b)at any time before the expiry of a single-use permit.
(7)  Notwithstanding paragraph (4), (5) or (6), the Director-General may in any particular case, allow an application for the grant or renewal of a permit to be made within a period that is less than that specified in that paragraph where it is not practicable for the application to be made within the period specified in that paragraph.
(8)  For the purpose of paragraph (4)(a), where there is more than one person involved in the transhipment of the goods or document in respect of which the application is made, the application shall be made by the person who issues the through bill of lading or through airway bill or a person acting on his behalf.