Singapore legislation
Section 33
Section 33
Regulations
(1)
The Minister may make regulations for any matter that is necessary or desirable for the purposes of implementing this Act or the Convention, or any agreement that is concluded between Singapore and the Organisation pursuant to the Convention.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), regulations may be made —
to impose on any importer, exporter, agent, forwarding agent, common carrier, consignor or consignee of goods or on any owner, agent, master or person in charge of a conveyance as may be prescribed in the regulations, the duty to furnish —
to the Director‑General; or
to the owner, agent, master or person in charge of a conveyance, or to a railway station‑master or to such other person as may be prescribed,such particulars, information or documents as may be prescribed in respect of any scheduled chemical that is imported or exported;
to require the master of any vessel to attend at the office of the Director‑General or Port Master, and to furnish such particulars, information and documents, as may be prescribed;
to prohibit the issue of a port clearance to the master of any vessel pending compliance with any provision of the regulations;
for the registration of any scheduled chemical that is imported or exported;
to prescribe offences in respect of the contravention of or non-compliance with any regulations made under this section, and prescribing fines, not exceeding $10,000, that may, on conviction, be imposed in respect of any such offence; and
to prescribe anything which is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act or is necessary or expedient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act.