Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
Regulation 6
Discretion of Director-General to prohibit plant, plant product or material from entering Singapore
Subregulation 1
Where —
a consignment of regulated plants, regulated plant products or regulated materials is imported —
without a phytosanitary certificate or other certificate or document or mark required under rule 5(4); or
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);
an imported consignment of plants, plant products or materials is found to be infested with a non-quarantine pest; or
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 —
prohibit the consignment of plants, plant products or materials from entering Singapore; or
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
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.