Singapore legislation

Clause 7

of Strategic Goods (Control) Bill

Clause 7

Permits

(1)

An application for a permit to carry out an act referred to in section 5(1)(a), (b) or (d) or (2)(a) or (b) shall be made to the Director-General.

(2)

An application for a permit to carry out an act referred to in section 5(1)(c) or (2)(c), or to carry out an act referred to in section 6(1) in relation to —

(a)

any goods referred to in section 6(2)(b); or

(b)

any technology referred to in section 6(3) or any document in which such technology is recorded, stored or embodied,shall be made to the Board.

(3)

An application for a permit shall be made in such manner and form as the Director-General or the Board may determine, and shall be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.

(4)

The Director-General or the Board may, subject to the regulations made under subsection (8), grant a permit to the applicant and may impose such conditions on him as the Director-General or the Board thinks fit.

(5)

The Director-General or the Board may, subject to the regulations made under subsection (8), renew a permit with or without conditions, or cancel a permit.

(6)

A person aggrieved by a decision of the Director-General or the Board not to grant or renew a permit, or to cancel a permit, may appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.

(7)

The Director-General or the Board may delegate any of his or its powers under this section to a senior authorised officer.

(8)

The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the class or classes of permits that may be granted, the time, form and manner of application for a permit, the conditions of a permit, the circumstances under which an application may be granted or refused, or a permit may be cancelled, renewed or replaced, and the fees payable in respect thereof.