Singapore legislation

Regulation 14

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (School Use — Class Licence) Order 2025

Regulation 14

Class licence for principals and teachers

Subregulation 1

Every individual who is a principal or a teacher of a school mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2) is subject to a class licence authorising the individual to possess and use an explosive precursor in a laboratory, or a craft or repair workshop, of the school for an educational purpose connected with the school.

Subregulation 2

The schools for the purposes of sub‑paragraph (1) are as follows:

(a)

a Government secondary school;

(b)

a Government‑aided secondary school;

(c)

an independent school;

(d)

a Government junior college;

(e)

a Government‑aided junior college;

(f)

the Institute of Technical Education;

(g)

a religious school;

(h)

any of the following schools, the operator of which is the holder of an EP licence to acquire and possess or store an explosive precursor:

(i)

a relevant post‑secondary education school other than the Institute of Technical Education;

(ii)

a local university;

(iii)

a foreign system school;

(iv)

a school at which private education is provided by a registered private education institution.

Subregulation 3

For the purposes of sub‑paragraph (1), an educational purpose connected with a school is —

(a)

in the case of a teacher of the school — to perform a teacher’s task involving an explosive precursor in connection with a student at the school; and

(b)

in the case of a principal of the school —

(i)

to enable a teacher of the school to perform a teacher’s task involving an explosive precursor in connection with a student at the school; or

(ii)

to apply and give effect to the requirements of the school’s operator which are directed at complying with the conditions of a class licence under Division 3 or an EP licence applicable to that operator.

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