Clause 31

by repealing section 98 and substituting the following section:“Director-General may charge rates, etc.98.—

Where, upon the application of a person having the possession and management of any place (referred to in this section as the applicant), that place or any part thereof —

is determined by the Director-General under section 31(1)(a)(ii) to be an authorised pier or place in Singapore reserved for the separate and exclusive import, export and transhipment by sea of goods by a particular person or class of persons associated with the applicant;

is prescribed by regulations under section 143 to be a customs airport reserved for the separate and exclusive import, export and transhipment by air of goods by a particular person or class of persons associated with the applicant; or

is prescribed by regulations under section 143 to be a customs office or a customs station reserved for the separate and exclusive import, export and transhipment of goods by a particular person or class of persons associated with the applicant,the Director-General may, with the approval of the Minister, require the applicant to pay to the Director-General a rate at such intervals and at such amount or rate as may be prescribed, for or in connection with acts required by or under this Act to be done by officers of customs at that place or part thereof.(2) The number of officers of customs to be deployed at any authorised pier or place or at any customs airport, customs office or customs station referred to in subsection (1) shall be determined at the discretion of the Director-General.(3) In this section and section 143, any reference to the separate and exclusive import, export and transhipment of goods includes a reference to the separate and exclusive import, export and transhipment of goods carried out only during a particular period or periods in a day by a particular person or class of persons.(4) Any sum purportedly determined and collected by the Director-General before the date of commencement of section 31(a) of the Immigration (Amendment) Act 2012 at any customs airport reserved for the separate and exclusive import, export and transhipment by air of goods by a particular person or class of persons associated with the applicant shall be deemed to have been, by force of this section, validly imposed as a rate under this section as if this section was in force at the material time; and no legal proceedings shall be instituted on or after 9th July 2012 in any court on account of or in respect of any collection of these sums by the Director-General.”;

by deleting paragraphs (d) and (e) of section 143(1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(d)to prescribe customs offices and customs stations, either generally or for the separate and exclusive import, export and transhipment of goods by a particular person or class of persons;

to prescribe customs airports for the import, export and transhipment of dutiable goods by air, either generally or for the separate and exclusive import, export and transhipment by a particular person or class of persons;”;

by deleting paragraph (sb) of section 143(1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(sb)to prescribe the fees to be paid for any declaration, or any application for or grant of any licence, permit, authorisation, approval or registration, or for any other matter or thing done under this Act by officers of customs, and for any service rendered by officers of customs which is not required to be done under this Act, and to provide for the circumstances in which such fees or any part thereof may be refunded;”; and

by deleting paragraph (w) of section 143(1).