Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Validation of fees collected by National Parks Board
(1)
Every sum collected before 31 March 2026 by the National Parks Board (or its predecessor) as, or purportedly as, a fee —
under the Animals and Birds Act 1965, for —
the expedited processing of an application for a licence to import, tranship or export any animal or bird for commercial purposes or as personal effects under section 8 or 16 of that Act;
the expedited processing of an application for a licence to import or tranship veterinary biologics under section 8 of that Act; or
the expedited processing of an application for a licence to export the carcase of any animal or bird under section 16 of that Act; or
under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 2006, for —
the expedited processing of an application for a permit to import, export, re‑export or introduce from the sea any scheduled species;
the expedited processing of an application for a permit to export or re‑export as a tourist item or personal effect any manufactured product that comprises or contains a readily recognisable part or derivative of a scheduled species;
the expedited certification of any scheduled species;
the certification or expedited certification that any animal or plant, or part or derivative thereof, is not a scheduled species; or
the endorsement or expedited endorsement of a declaration that a manufactured product does not comprise or contain a scheduled species,is deemed to be and always to have been, by force of this section, validly collected.
(2)
No legal proceedings may be instituted on or after 7 April 2026 in any court on account of or in respect of any collection or payment of any sum mentioned in subsection (1).
(3)
In this section, “National Parks Board” means the National Parks Board established under the repealed National Parks Act (Cap. 198A, 1991 Revised Edition) in force before 1 July 1996 and continued by section 3 of the National Parks Board Act 1996.