Singapore legislation
Regulation 72
Regulation 72
Additional requirements for arms and explosives
Subregulation 1
The provisions of this regulation shall apply where any arms or explosives are carried on board a vessel or are being loaded onto or discharged from a vessel.
Subregulation 2
The owner, agent or master of a vessel, and any person engaged in the carrying or loading of any arms or explosives onto the vessel (other than safety ammunition) which he knows or ought to know present a serious risk when carried on board the vessel as cargo shall ensure that the arms or explosives are not taken on board the vessel unless the arms or explosives are —
stowed in an approved magazine that is kept securely closed while the vessel is at sea; (b)effectively separated from detonators; and
stowed in a compartment in which all electrical apparatus and cables that are present in the compartment are of such design and used in such manner as to minimise the risk of fire or explosion.
Subregulation 3
[Deleted by S 140/2025 wef 01/03/2025]
Subregulation 4
The owner, agent or master of a harbour craft on which explosives are carried and any person engaged in the carrying or loading of arms or explosives onto the harbour craft shall ensure that the following substances and articles are not carried on board the harbour craft:
bi-sulphide of carbon, petroleum, paraffin, naptha or other mineral oil;
spirit or any liquid or substance liable to give off flammable vapour;
any substance liable to spontaneous ignition;
any article which in the opinion of the Port Master or an authorised officer as conveyed to the owner, agent or master or the person engaged in the carrying or loading of explosives, is liable to cause fire or explosion; or (e)any other goods or articles except —
such articles as may be necessary for ensuring the safety of the goods and the harbour craft;
food which does not require cooking; and (iii)clothing required by a person on board the vessel for his personal use.
Subregulation 5
The owner, agent or master of a harbour craft and any person engaged in the carrying or loading of arms or explosives onto the harbour craft shall ensure that no fulminate, ammunition (which contains its own means of ignition) or fireworks shall be carried on board the harbour craft unless —
the fulminate, ammunition or fireworks are separated from any explosives that are not of the same class so as to prevent a fire or explosion occurring in one explosive from spreading to the other substances; and
the separation is made to the satisfaction of the Port Master or an authorised officer.
Subregulation 6
The owner, agent or master of a harbour craft onto or from which explosives are loaded, discharged or conveyed and any person engaged in the carrying or loading of arms or explosives onto the harbour craft shall ensure that, except with the written permission of the Port Master, no goods other than explosives shall be carried on board the harbour craft.
Subregulation 7
The owner, agent or master of a vessel and any person engaged in the carrying, loading or discharging of arms and explosives onto or from the vessel shall ensure that no radio communication device or any electronic equipment is operated when —
explosives are handled; or
compartments containing explosives are uncovered.
Subregulation 8
The owner, agent or master of a vessel and any person engaged in the carrying or loading of arms or explosives onto the vessel shall ensure that the explosives under various hazard divisions and the maximum quantity of such explosives that are carried on board the vessel at an explosives anchorage or at a wharf shall be as specified by the Port Master by notification in the Gazette.
Subregulation 9
If, through accident or in case of emergency, an explosive is dropped into the sea, the master of the vessel from which the explosive was dropped shall —
take immediate steps to recover the explosive by the safest possible means; and
inform the Port Master of the explosive dropping into the sea immediately by the most direct means.
Subregulation 10
The owner, agent or master of any vessel carrying explosives shall ensure that —
efficient lightning conductors shall be fitted to all wooden and steel masts on the vessel where the electrical conductivity of the rigging is defective; and
in the case of steel ships, steel masts shall be bonded to the hull or be provided with efficient lightning conductors.