Exemption for duty-free retailers at certain ferry terminals
4.—(1) This paragraph applies to a duty-free retailer that distributes, sells or offers for sale any tobacco product by retail at a retail outlet that is specified in the retailer’s retail licence and situated in —
(a)
the Singapore Cruise Centre; or
(b)
the Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore.
[S 684/2018 wef 09/10/2018]
(2) Sections 3(1) and 12A(1) and (2) of the Act do not apply to a duty‑free retailer mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) that —
(a)
keeps, within the retail outlet, a separate enclosed area (called a tobacco area) for the purposes of displaying any tobacco product intended or offered for sale;
(b)
plainly displays or causes to be plainly displayed any tobacco product within the tobacco area only;
(c)
ensures that no customer or member of the public can see, from outside the tobacco area, any tobacco product that is displayed within the tobacco area; and
(d)
does not require or encourage any individual to pass through or enter the tobacco area if the individual is not intending to buy any tobacco product.
(3) In sub-paragraph (1) —
(a)
“Singapore Cruise Centre” refers to any passenger terminal of the Singapore Cruise Centre located at —
(i)
HarbourFront Centre, 1 Maritime Square; or
(ii)
the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, 50 Tanah Merah Ferry Road; and
(b)
“Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore” refers to the passenger terminal of the Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore located at 61 Marina Coastal Drive.