Singapore legislation
Schedule 1
of Air Navigation (92 — Carriage of Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2022
Schedule 1
Definitions
FIRST SCHEDULERegulation 2Definitions“acceptance checklist” means a document used to assist in carrying out a check on the external appearance of packages of dangerous goods and their associated documents to determine that all appropriate requirements have been met.“aerodrome certificate”, in relation to a certified aerodrome, means a certificate granted by the Authority under paragraph 67 of the Air Navigation Order to a person to operate an aerodrome.“aerodrome operator”, in relation to a certified aerodrome, means the holder of an aerodrome certificate.“agent” means any person that undertakes the responsibilities or carries out any of the functions of an operator or a shipper (as the case may be), on behalf of the operator or shipper in relation to the carriage of dangerous goods.“ANR‑119” means the Air Navigation (119 — Air Operator Certification) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 443/2018).“ANR‑121” means the Air Navigation (121 — Commercial Air Transport by Large Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 444/2018).“ANR‑135” means the Air Navigation (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 445/2018).“AOC holder” means a holder of an air operator certificate granted under the ANR‑119.“approved dangerous goods training” means training that is conducted in accordance with an approved dangerous goods training programme.“approved dangerous goods training programme” means a dangerous goods training programme that is the subject of a valid dangerous goods training programme approval.“baggage” means the personal property of any passenger or crew member that is carried on an aircraft by agreement with the operator.“cargo” means any property carried on an aircraft other than mail and accompanied or mishandled baggage.“cargo aircraft” means an aircraft, other than a passenger aircraft, which carries goods or property.“certified aerodrome” means an aerodrome in respect of which an aerodrome certificate has been granted.“consignment” means one or more packages of dangerous goods received and accepted as a single lot by an operator from a single shipper on a single occasion for conveyance from a single address to a single consignee at a single destination.“dangerous goods” means any article or substance —
which is capable of posing a hazard to health, safety, property or the environment; and
which is set out in the list of dangerous goods in, or is classified as dangerous goods according to, the Technical Instructions.“dangerous goods accident” means any occurrence associated with and related to the transport of dangerous goods by air which results in —
fatal or serious injury to a person; or
major property or environmental damage.“dangerous goods incident” means any occurrence, other than a dangerous goods accident, which is associated with and related to the transport of dangerous goods by air, not necessarily occurring on board an aircraft, which results in injury to a person, property or environmental damage, fire, breakage, spillage, leakage of fluid or radiation or other evidence that the integrity of the packaging has not been maintained, and includes any occurrence relating to the transport of dangerous goods and which seriously jeopardises the aircraft or its occupants.“dangerous goods permit” means a permit granted under regulation 7.“dangerous goods training programme” means an initial and recurrent dangerous goods training programme.“dangerous goods training programme approval” means an approval of a dangerous goods training programme granted by the Director‑General of Civil Aviation under regulation 21.“ID number” means a temporary identification number specified in the Technical Instructions for an item of dangerous goods or a substance which has not been assigned a UN number.“mail” means any letter, correspondence, postal article or thing that is tendered by, and intended for delivery to, a postal service in accordance with the provisions of the Convention regulating the affairs of the Universal Postal Union.“overpack” means an enclosure used by a single shipper to contain one or more packages and to form one handling unit for convenience of handling and stowage.“package” means the complete product of a packing operation consisting of the packaging and its contents prepared for transport.“packaging” means a receptacle and any components or materials necessary for the receptacle to perform its containment function.“passenger aircraft” means an aircraft that carries any person other than a crew member, an operator’s employee in an official capacity, an authorised representative of an appropriate national authority or a person accompanying a consignment or other cargo.“pilot‑in‑command” means the pilot designated by the operator, or in the case of general aviation, the owner, as being in command and charged with the safe conduct of a flight.“Postal Authority” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Postal Services Act 1999.“postal service” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Postal Services Act 1999.“public postal operator” means any provider of postal services designated by the Postal Authority under section 7 of the Postal Services Act 1999 to operate postal services and to fulfil the related obligations of the Convention regulating the affairs of the Universal Postal Union on its territory.“regulation 10 approval” means an approval granted under regulation 10.“repeat offender”, in relation to any offence under these Regulations, means a person who —
is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and
has been convicted or found guilty of the same offence on at least one other earlier occasion before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence.“serious injury” means any injury which is sustained by a person in an accident and which —
requires hospitalisation for a period exceeding 48 hours, where the period starts within 7 days from the date the injury was sustained;
results in a fracture of any bone, other than a simple fracture of any finger, toe or nose;
involves lacerations which cause severe haemorrhage or nerve, muscle or tendon damage;
involves injury to any internal organ;
involves second or third degree burns, or any burns affecting more than 5% of the surface of the body; or
involves verified exposure to infectious substances or injurious radiation.“shipper”, in relation to any dangerous goods, means a person that consigns or delivers, or causes to be consigned or delivered, any dangerous goods for carriage by air.“State of Destination”, in relation to a consignment, means the State in the territory of which the consignment is, or is to be, finally unloaded from an aircraft.“State of Origin”, in relation to a consignment, means the State in the territory of which the consignment is, or is to be, first loaded on an aircraft.“State of Overflight”, in relation to a consignment that is transported by an aircraft, means a State having sovereignty over any territory that is overflown by the aircraft without landing or taking off in that territory.“State of the operator”, in relation to an operator, means the State in which —
the operator’s principal place of business is located; or
where the operator has no principal place of business, the operator’s permanent residence is located.“State of Transit”, in relation to a consignment, means a State —
in which the consignment arrives on an aircraft; and
from which the consignment departs on the same aircraft.“Technical Instructions” means the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air (Doc 9284), approved and issued from time to time in accordance with the procedure established by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.“transport”, by air, includes carriage by air.“UN number” means a four‑digit number assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals to identify —
an article or a particular group of articles; or
a substance or a particular group of substances.“undeclared or misdeclared dangerous goods” means dangerous goods which are —
not declared in accordance with the Technical Instructions; or
inaccurately declared in the dangerous goods transport document accompanying the dangerous goods.“unit load device” means any type of —
freight container;
aircraft container;
aircraft pallet with a net; or
aircraft pallet with a net over an igloo.