Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Control of Plants (Plant Importation) Rules

Regulation 6

Discretion of Director-General to prohibit plant, plant product or material from entering Singapore

Amended byS 258/2005 wef 25/04/2005

Subregulation 1

Where —

(a)

a consignment of regulated plants, regulated plant products or regulated materials is imported —

(i)

without a phytosanitary certificate or other certificate or document or mark required under rule 5(4); or

(ii)

with a phytosanitary certificate or other certificate or document or mark required under rule 5(4) that does not comply with rule 5(5) or (6);

(b)

an imported consignment of plants, plant products or materials is found to be infested with a non-quarantine pest; or

(c)

an imported consignment of plants, plant products or materials is found to be infested with a pest (other than a regulated pest) which is not native to Singapore and which the Director-General determines to be potentially damaging to any plant in Singapore or the ecosystem of any plant in Singapore,the Director-General may, in his discretion —

(i)

prohibit the consignment of plants, plant products or materials from entering Singapore; or

(ii)

permit the consignment of plants, plant products or materials to enter Singapore, subject to such terms and conditions as the Director-General thinks fit.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 258/2005 wef 25/04/2005

In this rule, a reference to an imported consignment includes a reference to any consignment brought into Singapore by an incoming traveller for his own use.