Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
of Merchant Shipping (Wing-in-Ground Craft) Regulations 2010
Regulation 9
Prohibition on proceeding to sea without valid WIG craft safety certificate or permit to operate WIG craft
Subregulation 1
The owner, agent or master of every WIG craft intending to —
enter the port;
leave the port for a port or place outside Singapore waters; or
make any movement within the port,shall, before the WIG craft enters or leaves the port or makes any movement within the port, as the case may be, including where the WIG craft intends to operate on a non-commercial basis or to engage on a transit passage without passengers or cargo, procure and carry on board —
a valid or validly endorsed WIG craft safety certificate issued in relation to the WIG craft; and
a valid or validly endorsed permit to operate WIG craft issued in relation to the WIG craft.
Subregulation 2
If any WIG craft —
is not exempted from complying with this regulation; and
without a valid or validly endorsed WIG craft safety certificate or permit to operate WIG craft issued in relation to the WIG craft —
enters, leaves or attempts to enter or leave the port; or
makes or attempts to make any movement within the port,the owner, agent and master of the WIG craft shall each be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, and the WIG craft, if it has not left Singapore waters, may be detained.
Subregulation 3
Every WIG craft safety certificate and permit to operate WIG craft required to be carried on board a WIG craft shall be readily available for inspection on board the WIG craft, and shall be produced, on request, to the Director, the Port Master, a surveyor of ships, or any officer authorised by the Director or Port Master.