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Part 3 · Import, Export and Transhipment

43. Matter to which Part 3 applies

(1)

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Part applies only to the following:

(a)

the export of any export‑controlled item;

(b)

the import of any import‑controlled item;

(c)

the transhipment of any transhipment‑controlled item.

(2)

This Part does not apply to or in relation to —

(a)

any food, or any prepacked food additive preparation, that is imported for private consumption;

(b)

any controlled item that is sea, air or railway stores on board a vessel, an aircraft or a train furnished under section 39(1) or 41(1) of the Customs Act 1960; and

(c)

any eggs that are imported —

(i)

only for poultry breeding; or

(ii)

only for the breeding of egg‑laying birds for the purpose of collecting for human consumption eggs laid by such birds.

(3)

Subject to section 86, this Part does not apply to or in relation to any of the following:

(a)

any export of an export‑controlled item before the commencement of this Part;

(b)

any import of an import‑controlled item before the commencement of this Part;

(c)

any transhipment of a transhipment‑controlled item entering Singapore before the commencement of this Part.

Part 4

Food Businesses

Part 5

Defined Food and Pre-Market Approval

Part 6

Provision of Non-Packaged Drinking Water

Part 7

Food Safety and Sustainable Primary Production Measures

Part 8

Offences Relating to Food Safety

Part 9

Food and Health Promotion

Part 10

Misleading or Deceptive Conduct and Other Marketing Offences

Part 11

Certain Agri-Food Production Inputs

Part 12

Appeals

Part 13

Monitoring and Enforcement

Part 14

Administration

Part 15

Regulations and Codes

Part 16

Miscellaneous

Part 17

Amendments to Other Acts and Final Provisions

Schedules