Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Types of licences
Subregulation 1
An applicant for a licence may elect to be issued with an ordinary licence or a temporary licence.
Subregulation 2
An ordinary licence shall, unless revoked or surrendered, remain valid for the period specified in the licence which may be one year or 2 years from the date specified therein.
Subregulation 3
A temporary licence shall, unless revoked or surrendered, remain valid for such period, not exceeding 30 days from the date stated therein, as the Licensing Officer may determine.
Subregulation 4
Upon receipt of an application for a licence, the Licensing Officer shall consider —
the character of the applicant and his fitness to be allowed to deal in secondhand goods; or
where the applicant is a body corporate, the character of the members of the board of directors, management committee, board of trustees or other governing body of the body corporate and their fitness to be allowed to deal in secondhand goods as if they were applicants themselves.
Subregulation 5
If, after having considered the matters referred to in paragraph (4), the Licensing Officer is not satisfied that the applicant for an ordinary licence is a fit and proper person to be issued with such a licence, he may issue a temporary licence to the applicant instead.
Subregulation 6
Nothing in this rule shall prevent the holder of a temporary licence from applying for an ordinary licence upon the expiry of his temporary licence.