Singapore legislation
Section 66B
Section 66B
Prohibition of use or operation of aerosol-generating system
(1)
The Director-General may, by written notice (called in this section the cessation notice) require the cessation (immediately or within the time specified in the cessation notice) of the use or operation of any aerosol‑generating system or class of aerosol‑generating systems (called in this section the relevant aerosol‑generating system) for all or any of the purposes specified in subsection (2) if —
it appears to the Director-General that —
the use or operation of the relevant aerosol‑generating system is likely to endanger the health of any person and the cessation is necessary to prevent or manage that risk; or
the cessation is necessary to prevent or manage the outbreak or spread of any infectious disease; or
in the case where the relevant aerosol‑generating system is a registrable aerosol‑generating system, the Director‑General is satisfied that any of the following (called in this section the applicable requirement) has been contravened in respect of the relevant aerosol‑generating system:
any provision of this Part;
any regulations made under section 111 in relation to registrable aerosol‑generating systems;
any condition of the registration of the relevant aerosol‑generating system.
(2)
The purposes mentioned in subsection (1) are —
the taking and analysis of any materials (whether solid, liquid, gaseous or vapour) found in or on the relevant aerosol‑generating system;
the cleaning or disinfecting of the relevant aerosol‑generating system;
the conducting of investigations relating to the relevant aerosol‑generating system or any outbreak, suspected outbreak or spread of any infectious disease; and
the implementation of remedial measures in relation to the relevant aerosol‑generating system.
(3)
The cessation notice must be complied with by the owner or occupier of the premises in or on which the relevant aerosol‑generating system is located (called in this section the responsible person).
(4)
The Director-General must, by written notice (called in this section the resumption notice), permit the resumption of use or operation of the relevant aerosol-generating system when the Director‑General is satisfied that —
where the cessation notice is issued under subsection (1)(a)(i) — the use or operation of the relevant aerosol‑generating system is no longer likely to endanger the health of any person;
where the cessation notice is issued under subsection (1)(a)(ii) — the cessation of the use or operation of the relevant aerosol‑generating system is no longer necessary to prevent or manage the outbreak or spread of any infectious disease; or
where the cessation notice is issued under subsection (1)(b) — the Director‑General is satisfied that the responsible person is no longer in contravention of the applicable requirement.
(5)
Where the cessation notice or resumption notice applies to or affects a class of responsible persons, it may be published in any manner that the Director‑General thinks necessary for bringing it to the notice of those responsible persons.
(6)
Any person that contravenes any notice issued under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.