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Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Hazardous Substances Control

23. Prohibitions and regulations with respect to importation, manufacture and sale of hazardous substances

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Last amended by an amending law of 2011.

(1)

A person must not import, manufacture, possess for sale, sell or offer for sale any hazardous substance unless —

(a)

the importation, manufacture, possession for sale, sale or offer for sale is effected in accordance with the provisions of the licence and with any condition specified in the licence;

(b)

the sale is effected by or under the personal supervision of the person named in the licence; and

(c)

proper records of the sale as required by the Director‑General are kept.

(2)

A person must not possess for sale, sell or offer for sale any hazardous substance unless the container of the hazardous substance is labelled in the manner prescribed in regulations made by the Agency, with the approval of the Minister.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

Terms defined in s 2

Agency
Defined · s 2
“Agency” means the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act 2002;
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container
Defined · s 2
“container” means —(a)any vessel, can, drum, barrel or other receptacle; or(b)where such vessel, can, drum, barrel or other receptacle is contained in another container or is wholly enveloped in a covering or coverings of whatever nature — the outermost container or covering, as the case may be, but does not include the carrying tank of a road tanker, a tank container or a freight container;
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Director-General
Defined · s 2
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Environmental Protection appointed under section 3(1);
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hazardous substance
Defined · s 2
“hazardous substance” means any of the substances specified in the first column of Part I of the Second Schedule but does not include —(a)the substance when contained in any substance, preparation or product specified in the second column of that Part corresponding to that substance; or(b)the substance when contained in any substance, preparation or product specified in Part II of that Schedule;
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import
Defined · s 2
“import”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, water or air from any place which is outside Singapore but does not include the bringing into Singapore by water or air of any substances, plant, equipment, machinery or any products which it is proved to be intended to be taken out of Singapore on the same vessel or aircraft on which they were brought into Singapore without any landing or transhipment within Singapore;
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sale
Defined · s 2
“sale” includes barter, exchange, import and export and also includes offering or attempting to sell, or causing or allowing to be sold, or exposing for sale or receiving or sending or delivering for sale; and the word “sell” is to be construed accordingly;
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