Singapore Armed Forces (Urine Specimens and Urine Tests) Regulations 2020

These Regulations are the Singapore Armed Forces (Urine Specimens and Urine Tests) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 31 July 2020.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“Authority” means the Health Sciences Authority established under section 3 of the Health Sciences Authority Act (Cap. 122C);“Chief Executive of the Authority” means the Chief Executive of the Health Sciences Authority appointed under section 15 of the Health Sciences Authority Act;“controlled drug” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185);“enforcement officer” means a serviceman who is appointed by the Armed Forces Council for the purposes of obtaining a urine specimen of a person subject to military law who is suspected of committing an offence under the Act;“subject” means a serviceman who is required to provide a urine specimen for the purpose of a urine test under a lawful order or a general order;“urine test”, in relation to a urine specimen provided by a subject, means a test for controlled drugs conducted on that urine specimen.

Every person involved in the collection and delivery of urine specimens deposited in security boxes must do so in accordance with the Second Schedule.

The Chief Executive of the Authority must arrange for each of the 2 urine specimens to be tested by a different officer and the results of the 2 urine tests must be sent to the enforcement officer in charge of the case.

The Singapore Armed Forces (Urine Specimens and Urine Tests) Regulations 2014 (G.N. No. S 482/2014) are revoked.