Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Biological Agents and Toxins (Exemption) Regulations 2009
Regulation 2
Exemption for excluded purposes
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 3(2), sections 31, 35 and 36 of the Act do not apply to a person when possessing or handling any Fifth Schedule toxin (called in these Regulations the exempted Fifth Schedule toxin) for carrying out any activity undertaken solely with the intention of analysing any specimen from another person, an animal, the environment or any other source (including but not limited to a food sample) in which a Fifth Schedule toxin is, or is suspected of being, present for any of the following purposes:
determining the cause of any disease suffered by any person or animal;
assessing the clinical progress of any person or animal;
carrying out the clinical management of any person or animal;
determining the cause of death of any person or animal in an autopsy;
identifying, or determining the nature of, the toxin that is, or that is suspected of being, present in the specimen for public health purposes.
Subregulation 2
Regulation 6 of the Biological Agents and Toxins (Transportation) Regulations 2005 does not apply to a transferor in relation to the transportation in Singapore of any exempted Fifth Schedule toxin, and regulations 7 and 8 of those Regulations do not apply to a carrier in relation to such transportation.
Subregulation 3
To avoid doubt, paragraph (1) does not apply in a case where the person who possesses or handles any exempted Fifth Schedule toxin for any purpose specified in that paragraph —
uses the exempted Fifth Schedule toxin for any other purpose; or
transfers the exempted Fifth Schedule toxin to any other person for any other purpose.