Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Saving and transitional provisions for existing persons authorised to issue preferential certificates of origin under certain self‑certification schemes
(1)
This section applies to any person who, immediately before the appointed date, is authorised by the Director‑General for the purposes of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), the ASEAN‑wide self‑certification scheme or the Second Protocol to the Agreement establishing the ASEAN‑Australia‑New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA), to issue preferential certificates of origin in respect of one or more classes of goods that are —
manufactured in Singapore by the person; or
to be exported or re‑exported from Singapore by the person,for a period of time specified by the Director‑General.
(2)
Despite anything in this Act, the person is treated as authorised on the appointed date under section 10A(2)(b) of the principal Act (as in force on the appointed date) as an authorised certificate issuer for the issue of preferential certificates of origin in respect of those classes of goods, until the expiry of that period.
(3)
Any conditions imposed by the Director‑General and apply to the person immediately before the appointed date in respect of the issue of preferential certificates of origin by the person are treated as imposed under section 10C(1) of the principal Act (as in force on the appointed date) on the authorisation in subsection (2).