Singapore legislation
Regulation 14
Regulation 14
Prohibitions
Subregulation 1
No person shall —
loiter, swim or fish within a fishing harbour;
construct or repair any fishing net or gear on the wharf or any other place in a fishing harbour without the permission of the Director-General;
supply fuel, ice, provisions or services or conduct any business in a fishing harbour without the written permission of the Director-General;
loosen or remove from its moorings within a fishing harbour any vessel without the leave or authority of the owner or the master of the vessel or the Director-General;
obstruct the lawful use of any mooring, pier or the wharf in or the approach to a fishing harbour;
enter on to the wharf or fish market area of a fishing harbour in a vehicle without a vehicle pass issued by the Director-General in respect of that vehicle;
[Deleted by S 629/2009 wef 28/12/2009](h)[Deleted by S 629/2009 wef 28/12/2009](i)enter any fishing harbour for the purpose of loading, unloading, keeping, collecting, selling or purchasing or offering to sell or purchase fish except under and in accordance with the conditions of a permit issued under paragraph (4).
Subregulation 2
The vehicle pass referred to in paragraph (1)(f) shall be issued subject to such conditions as the Director-General may impose and shall be issued on payment of the fee set out in the Second Schedule.
Subregulation b
The Director-General may refuse to issue a vehicle pass without assigning any reason therefor.
Subregulation c
The Director-General may, either generally or specifically and subject to such condition and for such period as he thinks fit, exempt any vehicle or class or description of vehicles from paragraph (1)(f) or from the payment of any of the fees set out in Part I or II of the Second Schedule.
Subregulation 3
A fishery officer may remove or cause to be removed anything which obstructs or impedes the lawful use of any mooring, pier, wharf, landing place or the approaches to the fishing harbour or any unauthorised vehicle from the wharf and the fish market area within a fishing harbour.
Subregulation 4
An application for the permit required under paragraph (1)(i) shall —
be made to the Director-General in such form as the Director-General may require; and
be accompanied by the appropriate fee as specified in the Second Schedule.
Subregulation 5
Upon receipt of an application under paragraph (4), the Director-General may issue the permit applied for to the applicant, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, including conditions which —
limit the number of persons who may be brought into a fishing harbour by the person to whom the permit is issued to assist him in carrying out any work in respect of which the permit has been issued; and
require that any such person who is brought into a fishing harbour by the person to whom the permit has been issued should, at all times when he is in the fishing harbour, wear a badge to be issued by the Director-General.
Subregulation 6
Where a person to whom a permit has been issued under paragraph (5) contravenes or fails to comply with any condition thereof, the Director-General may, if he thinks fit, revoke the permit.