Singapore legislation

Regulation 52

of Health Products (Therapeutic Products) Regulations 2016

Regulation 52

Import of therapeutic products for personal use without importer’s licence

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (2), a person may, without holding an importer’s licence, import for that person’s personal use or for the use of any member of that person’s family a therapeutic product not containing —

(a)

any psychotropic substance; or

(b)

an amount greater than the amount specified in the second column of the Seventh Schedule of any substance specified in the first column of that Schedule.

Subregulation 2

The amount of the therapeutic product imported under paragraph (1) must not exceed a total dosage of 3 months per individual as recommended by —

(a)

the manufacturer of the therapeutic product; or

(b)

a foreign doctor or dentist by way of a written recommendation, or a qualified practitioner by way of a valid prescription.