11.—(1) A licensee must not store or place, or cause to be stored or placed, at any premises not specified in the licensee’s licence any tobacco product that the licensee intends to distribute or sell.
(2) A licensee must not transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of the licensee’s licence.
Duties of import and wholesale licensees
12. An import and wholesale licensee must not —
(a)
distribute by wholesale a tobacco product to any person;
(b)
sell or offer for sale by wholesale a tobacco product to any person;
(c)
permit to be sold or offered for sale by wholesale a tobacco product to any person; or
(d)
have in the licensee’s possession a tobacco product for sale by wholesale to any person,
if the licensee knows or ought reasonably to know that the person does not hold a valid import and wholesale licence, or a valid retail licence.
Duties of retail licensees
13.—(1) A retail licensee must not, for the purpose of doing any act mentioned in section 18(3)(a) to (d) of the Act, obtain any tobacco product from another person if the licensee knows or ought reasonably to know that the person does not hold a valid import and wholesale licence.
(2) A retail licensee must not —
(a)
distribute by retail;
(b)
sell or offer for sale by retail;
(c)
permit to be sold or offered for sale by retail; or
(d)
have in the licensee’s possession, for sale by retail,
any cigarette that is removed from its container.
(3) A retail licensee must not cause or permit any under-aged person to do any of the following:
(a)
distribute any tobacco product;
(b)
sell or offer for sale any tobacco product;
(c)
possess for sale any tobacco product.
[S 855/2018 wef 01/01/2019]
Furnishing of information by import and wholesale licensee
14.—(1) The Authority may require an import and wholesale licensee to —
(a)
send a sample of any consignment of tobacco product being dealt with under the authority of the licensee’s licence to a laboratory designated by the Authority to carry out tests on tar, nicotine and other substances contained in or emitted from the tobacco product; and
(b)
send the results of the tests to the Authority.
(2) In addition, the Authority may require an import and wholesale licensee to furnish any information about the import, sale or supply of any tobacco product being dealt with under the authority of the licensee’s licence, and about the operations being carried out by the licensee in relation to such activities.
(3) An import and wholesale licensee must comply with any requirement of the Authority in paragraphs (1) and (2) within such reasonable time as the Authority may specify.
(4) An import and wholesale licensee must, for a period of at least 2 years after obtaining the results mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) or furnishing the information mentioned in paragraph (2) —
(a)
keep the results or information at the licensee’s registered office or registered principal place of business; and
(b)
allow the Chief Executive or an authorised officer at all times to inspect the results or information.
Penalty
15. Any person that contravenes regulation 7(1), 11(1) or (2), 12, 13(1), (2) or (3) or 14(3) or (4) 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.
Revocation
16. The Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Licensing of Importers, Wholesalers and Retailers) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 478/2010) are revoked.