Regulation of Importsand Exports Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Trade Information Certificates
10B. Authorisation to issue trade information certificates
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An application for, or to renew, an authorisation as an authorised certificate issuer must —
be made to the Director-General in the form and manner that the Director‑General specifies; and
state —
the class, description or type of goods for which the applicant proposes to issue trade information certificates as an authorised certificate issuer; and
the class, description or type of trade information certificate which the applicant proposes to issue, and the matters which the applicant proposes to certify in respect of those goods, as an authorised certificate issuer.
The Director-General may, after considering an application —
Director-General
“Director-General” means the Director-General of Customs appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act 1960;
grant the application; or
refuse the application.
The Director-General must not grant any application under subsection (2)(a) unless the Director-General is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to be an authorised certificate issuer of the class, description or type of trade information certificate, and in respect of the class, description or type of goods, to which the application relates.
trade information certificate
“trade information certificate” means any certificate (by whatever name called) certifying any one or more of the following matters in respect of any goods:(a)their import into, export from, transhipment in or transit through Singapore;(b)their manufacture, processing or production in Singapore;(c)the place of origin of the goods;(d)whether the goods are freely available for purchase in Singapore;(e)whether the goods have been subject to any change or modification of any kind while they are in transit in Singapore;(f)such other matter as may be prescribed,but excludes any document certifying any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) in respect of any goods that is prescribed as not being a trade information certificate;
In determining whether an applicant is a fit and proper person for the purpose mentioned in subsection (3), the Director‑General must take into account all relevant facts or matters, including but not limited to —
whether the applicant has contravened, or is reasonably suspected of having contravened, any provision of this Act or any regulations made under this Act; and (b)in the case of an application to renew an authorisation, whether the applicant has breached any condition imposed on the applicant under section 10C.
The Director-General may, from time to time, prepare and publish a list of all authorised certificate issuers in the form and manner that the Director‑General thinks fit.