Singapore legislation
Regulation 15
of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (School Use — Class Licence) Order 2025
Regulation 15
Conditions of principal’s or teacher’s class licence
Subregulation 1
A teacher of a school who is a class licensee by virtue of paragraph 14 may possess and use an explosive precursor subject to all the following conditions:
the teacher does not intentionally or negligently allow —
any student to have unsupervised access to any explosive precursor in the teacher’s possession; and
any other individual to have unsupervised access to any explosive precursor in the teacher’s possession unless that other individual is authorised by or under the Act to handle that explosive precursor;
the teacher does not have on any occasion an amount of explosive precursor in the teacher’s possession that is more than is necessary for the teacher to perform a teacher’s task in connection with a student at the school;
the teacher’s possession and use of the explosive precursor must otherwise be in conformity with the lawful instructions of the school’s operator;
the teacher reports to the school’s operator about any of the following matters, without delay upon the teacher becoming aware of the matter:
any theft or attempted theft, or loss of any explosive precursor while in the teacher’s possession under this Order;
any defined incident happening in the laboratory, or a craft or repair workshop, of the school when the teacher was performing a teacher’s task.
Subregulation 2
A principal of a school who is a class licensee by virtue of paragraph 14 may possess and use an explosive precursor subject to all the following conditions:
the principal does not allow —
any student to have unsupervised access to any explosive precursor in the principal’s possession;
a teacher of the school to have unsupervised access to any explosive precursor in the principal’s possession unless the teacher is performing a teacher’s task involving that explosive precursor in a laboratory, or a craft or repair workshop, of the school; and
any other individual to have unsupervised access to any explosive precursor in the principal’s possession unless that other individual is authorised by or under the Act to handle that explosive precursor;
the principal does not have on any occasion an amount of explosive precursor in his or her possession that is more than is necessary on the occasion for an educational purpose connected with the school;
the principal’s possession and use of the explosive precursor must otherwise be in conformity with the lawful instructions of the school’s operator;
the principal reports to the school’s operator about any of the following matters, without delay upon the principal becoming aware of the matter:
any theft or attempted theft, or loss of any explosive precursor while in the principal’s possession under this Order;
any defined incident happening in the laboratory, or a craft or repair workshop, of the school when a student at the school undertakes any permitted activity or a teacher of the school performs a teacher’s task.
Subregulation 3
Sub‑paragraphs (1)(d) and (2)(d) do not apply if the teacher or principal (as the case may be) of a school knows that another person has, or other persons have, already reported the matter mentioned in those provisions to the school’s operator.