Singapore legislation

Regulation 18

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Weapons and Noxious Substances) Regulations 2025

Regulation 18

Reporting of loss or safety incident

Subregulation 1

A holder of a weapon licence or noxious substance licence must, without delay, notify the police by calling ‘999’ upon becoming aware of any of the following occurrences:

(a)

any theft or attempted theft, or any loss, of any weapon or noxious substance authorised to be possessed, handled or used by the holder under the holder’s weapon licence or noxious substance licence;

(b)

any of the following found on any place or the premises occupied by the holder to carry on the regulated activity covered by the holder’s weapon licence or noxious substance licence:

(i)

any weapon or noxious substance that appears to be abandoned;

(ii)

any weapon or noxious substance that the holder is not authorised by or under the Act to possess, handle or use;

(c)

any unauthorised entry of any person into the place or premises which are occupied by the holder to carry on the regulated activity covered by the holder’s weapon licence or noxious substance licence;

(d)

a defined incident happening within any place or premises where and when the holder is carrying on a regulated activity.

Subregulation 2

In paragraph (1)(d), “defined incident” means an occurrence associated with the carrying out of a regulated activity involving a weapon or noxious substance where —

(a)

an individual suffers a fatal relevant injury;

(b)

an individual suffers a serious relevant injury;

(c)

any premises or conveyance is wholly or partly destroyed; or

(d)

any premises or conveyance sustains damage or structural failure that adversely affects the structural strength or performance of the premises or conveyance.

Subregulation 3

For the purposes of the definition of “defined incident” in paragraph (2), an individual suffers a fatal relevant injury if —

(a)

he or she suffers an injury as a result of —

(i)

being in any premises or conveyance used in the carrying out of a regulated activity involving a weapon or noxious substance; or

(ii)

direct contact during a regulated activity with a weapon or noxious substance;

(b)

he or she dies as a result of the injury after sustaining the injury; and

(c)

the injury did not result from natural causes.

Subregulation 4

For the purposes of the definition of “defined incident” in paragraph (2), an individual suffers a serious relevant injury if —

(a)

he or she suffers an injury as a result of —

(i)

being in any premises or conveyance used in the carrying out of a regulated activity involving a weapon or noxious substance; or

(ii)

direct contact during a regulated activity with a weapon or noxious substance; (b)the injury is —

(i)

any loss of a limb or part of a limb;

(ii)

loss of sight, whether temporary or permanent;

(iii)

penetrating injury to the eye;

(iv)

an injury leading to the individual’s unconsciousness or the individual requiring resuscitation; (v)an injury to any internal organ of the individual; or

(vi)

likely to require hospitalisation for a period that starts no later than the 7th day after the date the individual sustained the injury and exceeds 48 hours after starting; and

(c)

the injury did not result from natural causes.

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