Singapore legislation

Section 14

of Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005

Section 14

Prohibition against use of Second Schedule biological agents without special approval

(1)

A person must not use any Second Schedule biological agent for any purpose unless the use of the Second Schedule biological agent is authorised by and is carried out in accordance with the conditions of a special approval to handle the Second Schedule biological agent granted by the Director.

(2)

A special approval to handle any Second Schedule biological agent must not be granted to any person unless the Director is satisfied that —

(a)

the use for which the person requires the Second Schedule biological agent is necessary in the public interest; and

(b)

the person who requires the Second Schedule biological agent has put in place adequate measures to contain the risks to public health and security posed by the Second Schedule biological agent.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

(4)

This section does not apply to —

(a)

any person who has been engaged to transport any Second Schedule biological agent within Singapore and whose possession of the Second Schedule biological agent is merely incidental to the person’s transporting it in accordance with such engagement; or

(b)

any person who has been engaged to store any Second Schedule biological agent within Singapore pending —

(i)

the delivery of the Second Schedule biological agent to the person who has procured its import into Singapore; or

(ii)

the export of the Second Schedule biological agent from Singapore in the course of transhipment,and whose possession of the Second Schedule biological agent is merely incidental to the person’s storing it in accordance with such engagement.

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