PART 2
LICENSING
Application for licence
3.—(1)  An application for a licence must be accompanied by the appropriate application fee and licence fee specified in the Schedule.
(2)  A separate application for a licence must be made for each retail outlet at which an applicant intends to carry out any activity to be authorised by the licence.
Grant of licence
4.—(1)  After considering an application for a licence, the Authority may —
(a)grant the licence in respect of specified premises; or
(b)refuse to grant the licence.
(2)  For the purposes of section 18(8) of the Act, the prescribed requirements for the grant of a licence to an applicant are all of the following:
(a)the applicant is —
(i)a company incorporated in Singapore or registered under Part XI of the Companies Act (Cap. 50);
(ii)a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);
(iii)a sole proprietor or firm registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2014 (Act 29 of 2014);
(iv)a co‑operative society registered under the Co‑operative Societies Act (Cap. 62);
(v)an unincorporated association registered under the Societies Act (Cap. 311); or
(vi)an individual holding a valid licence under section 32 or 33 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95);
(b)the applicant is fit to be granted a licence, having regard to the matters set out in paragraph (3);
(c)the Authority is satisfied that the premises that are the subject of the application are not in an unsuitable location, having regard to the matters set out in paragraph (4);
(d)the Authority is of the opinion that it is not against the public interest to grant the licence.
(3)  For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), the matters that the Authority must have regard to include, but are not limited to —
(a)whether the applicant or a responsible officer of the applicant has been convicted of an offence under —
(i)section 10(1)(a) of the Act; or
(ii)section 10(1)(a) of the Act as in force immediately before 1 August 2016,
whether or not the offence was committed before, on or after 30 December 2017; and
(b)whether any licence held by the applicant or a responsible officer of the applicant has been revoked because of a contravention of —
(i)section 10(1)(a) of the Act; or
(ii)section 10(1)(a) of the Act as in force immediately before 1 August 2016,
whether or not the licence was revoked before, on or after 30 December 2017.
(4)  For the purposes of paragraph (2)(c), an unsuitable location includes, but is not limited to, premises that are —
(a)situated within the premises of a healthcare institution licensed under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Cap. 248);
(b)the subject of a pharmacy licence issued under the Health Products (Licensing of Retail Pharmacies) Regulations 2016 (G.N. No. S 330/2016);
(c)premises at which mainly health products, medicinal products or health supplements are sold or offered for sale;
(d)situated in a computer gaming centre or video games arcade;
(e)situated in a child care centre, student hostel, student service centre, home for children and young persons or remand home; or
(f)situated within the compound of a school or an institution of learning, such as a polytechnic or university, attended by individuals below 18 years of age.
Duration of licence
5.  A licence is valid for one year.
Renewal of licence
6.—(1)  A licensee may, before the expiry of the licensee’s licence, apply to the Authority to renew the licence.
(2)  An application under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by the appropriate application fee and renewal fee specified in the Schedule.
(3)  The Authority may renew a licence, on any terms and conditions, for a term of one year starting the day after the date the licence would otherwise expire.
(4)  Regulation 4 applies to every application for the renewal of a licence as if it were an application for a new licence.
Changes in particulars
7.—(1)  A licensee must inform the Authority of any change in the particulars contained in the licensee’s licence or application for the licence no later than 3 days after the change.
(2)  The Authority may, on receiving any information under paragraph (1) requiring such alterations or additions as may be necessary to ensure that the particulars recorded in the licence are accurate, grant a replacement licence (containing the alterations or additions) to the licensee concerned —
(a)in place of the licence already granted; and
(b)upon payment of the appropriate fee specified in the Schedule for the replacement licence.
Revocation or suspension of licence
8.—(1)  The Authority may revoke, or suspend for a period not longer than 6 months, a licence if the Authority is satisfied that —
(a)the licensee is not complying, or has failed to comply, with —
(i)any term or condition of the licence; or
(ii)any provision of the Act or these Regulations;
(b)the licensee is no longer able to satisfy all of the requirements for the grant of a licence in regulation 4(2); or
(c)the licence was obtained by fraud, or the licensee has, in connection with the application for the grant or renewal of the licence, made a statement or given any information or document that is false or misleading in a material particular.
(2)  The Authority must notify the licensee in writing of its decision to revoke or suspend the licence.
(3)  Despite any appeal by the licensee or former licensee against the revocation or suspension of the licence to the Minister under section 18(10) of the Act, a licence is revoked or suspended with effect from —
(a)the date specified in the written notice mentioned in paragraph (2) as the effective date of the revocation or suspension; or
(b)the date on which the licensee receives the written notice, if no date is specified in the written notice under sub‑paragraph (a).
Cancellation of licence
9.—(1)  The Authority may, on the application of a licensee, cancel a licence held by the licensee if —
(a)in the case of an import and wholesale licence, the licensee ceases to carry out all of the activities authorised by the licence; or
(b)in the case of a retail licence for a retail outlet specified in the licence, the licensee ceases to carry out all of the activities authorised by the licence at that retail outlet.
(2)  Where a licence is cancelled under paragraph (1), the Authority may refund, in whole or part, any licence fee or renewal fee paid under these Regulations in respect of the grant of that licence.
Register of licences
10.  The Authority must keep an up‑to‑date register, in such form as the Chief Executive may determine, of the particulars of every licence and licensee.