Health Products (Medical Devices and Therapeutic Products for World Aquatics Delegations — Exemption) Order 2025

This Order is the Health Products (Medical Devices and Therapeutic Products for World Aquatics Delegations — Exemption) Order 2025 and comes into operation on 4 July 2025.

In this Order —“applicable health product” means a health product categorised as a medical device or a therapeutic product in the First Schedule to the Act;“exemption period” means the period between 4 July 2025 and 2 September 2025 (both dates inclusive);“medical practitioner” means an individual who is registered temporarily as a medical practitioner under section 23(1)(c) of the Medical Registration Act 1997 and has a valid practising certificate;“medical professional” means a medical practitioner or any other healthcare professional, but does not include a veterinarian;“World Aquatics” means the world governing body for the sport of aquatics known as World Aquatics;“World Aquatics Championships 2025” means the World Aquatics Championships — Singapore 2025 to be held in Singapore between 11 July 2025 and 3 August 2025 (both dates inclusive);“World Aquatics delegation” means a group of persons comprising athletes selected to compete at the World Aquatics Championships 2025 as representatives of a World Aquatics Member Federation, and their respective coaches, medical professionals and officials;“World Aquatics Member Federation” means a national federation affiliated to World Aquatics in a country or a geographical territory or region recognised by World Aquatics.

A medical professional who is a member of a World Aquatics delegation who, during the exemption period, supplies any applicable health product imported by the medical professional under paragraph 3 to any member of that same World Aquatics delegation is exempt from sections 15(1), 17(1), 18(1), 42(1) and 44(1) of the Act, if the medical professional satisfies the conditions mentioned in paragraph 5.

The exemptions mentioned in paragraphs 3 and 4 for a medical professional who is a member of a World Aquatics delegation are subject to the following conditions:

A medical professional who is a member of a World Aquatics delegation is exempt from section 14(1), (2) or (3) of the Act when supplying any applicable health product by export to a party outside Singapore under paragraph 5(e).