Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Explosives and Explosive Precursors) Regulations 2025
Regulation 10
When to apply
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), for the purposes of section 50(2) and (3) of the Act, an application for an explosives licence or EP licence must be made at least 30 days before the date the regulated activity under the licence starts or the date the licence to be renewed expires, as the case may be.
Subregulation 2
No application to renew may be made for any single event licence.
Subregulation 3
An application for a single event licence must be made as follows:
if applying for an explosives user’s licence authorising the use of a firework or fireworks for the purpose of a fireworks display — at least 14 days before the start of the fireworks display the organising of which is to be authorised by the licence applied for;
if applying for any other single event licence — at least 5 days before the start of the regulated activity to be authorised by the single event licence applied for.
Subregulation 4
Despite paragraph (3)(b), a Licensing Officer may accept and consider an application for a single event licence that is made in a shorter time than is specified in that paragraph in any case where the Licensing Officer is reasonably satisfied that an earlier application could not have been made.
Subregulation 5
An application for an explosives licence or EP licence that is not a single event licence must be made as follows:
if applying for an explosives user’s licence authorising the use of a blasting explosive or explosives to conduct, at any blasting site stated in the licence, a blasting operation in connection with a project stated in the licence — at least 60 days before the start of the blasting operation the conduct of which is to be authorised by the licence applied for;
if applying for any other explosives licence or an EP licence — at least 30 days before the start of the regulated activity which is to be authorised by the licence applied for.