Singapore legislation

Regulation 9

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

Regulation 9

Conditions of class licence for acquisition, possession or storage

Subregulation 1

An operator of a school who is a class licensee by virtue of paragraph 8 may acquire and possess or store an explosive precursor subject to all the following conditions:

(a)

the class licensee does not have at any time more than an amount of explosive precursor in possession or storage than is necessary for a permitted purpose;

(b)

the class licensee takes all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that any explosive precursor it is authorised by this Order to possess or store is kept secure within a suitable storeroom situated within the school, whenever the explosive precursor is not required for a permitted purpose;

(c)

the class licensee does not abandon any explosive precursor it is authorised by this Order to possess or store except by an act of disposal authorised by paragraph 10;

(d)

the class licensee provides and maintains an electronic video surveillance system (such as closed‑circuit television (CCTV) or its digital equivalent) as to enable the recording of activities taking place at —

(i)

every suitable storeroom in the school where explosive precursors are stored;

(ii)

every laboratory or craft or repair workshop of the school where explosive precursors are used; and

(iii)

every entrance to, and exit (including an emergency exit) from, each place in sub‑paragraph (i) or (ii);

(e)

the class licensee keeps each recording made using the electronic video surveillance system required by sub‑paragraph (d) for a period of not less than 31 days after the date the recording is made;

(f)

the class licensee takes all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that the explosive precursor it is authorised by this Order to possess or store —

(i)

is not lost or stolen; and

(ii)

is not accessible or transferred to anyone else who is not authorised by or under the Act to possess the explosive precursor;

(g)

the class licensee keeps and maintains an accurate and updated inventory of all explosive precursors in the class licensee’s possession under this Order;

(h)

the class licensee establishes and maintains procedures and protocols to ensure that no student has unsupervised access to any explosive precursor while in the school;

(i)

the class licensee takes reasonable precautions to protect other people from alarm relating to a student or teacher using an explosive precursor to whom the class licensee has transferred possession for a permitted purpose;

(j)

the class licensee notifies the police by calling ‘999’, without delay upon becoming aware of any of the following matters:

(i)

any theft or attempted theft, or loss of any explosive precursor while in the class licensee’s possession under this Order;

(ii)

any defined incident happening in a laboratory, or a craft or repair workshop, of the school after the class licensee transferred possession of any explosive precursor to any student or teacher for a permitted purpose.

Subregulation 2

Sub‑paragraph (1)(j) does not apply if a class licensee knows that another person has, or other persons have, already reported the matter mentioned in that provision to the police.