Singapore legislation

Regulation 54

of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Explosives and Explosive Precursors) Regulations 2025

Regulation 54

Surveillance requirements

Subregulation 1

For the purposes of section 36(1)(b)(i) of the Act, a holder of an explosives manufacturing licence or explosive device repair licence must apply the surveillance requirement to every watched zone specified in paragraph (2).

Subregulation 2

The watched zones for the purpose of paragraph (1) are the following parts of the munitions factory or repair facility occupied by the licence holder concerned:

(a)

every part of those premises where the manufacture of any explosives, or the repair of any explosive device, happens;

(b)

every entrance to, and exit (including an emergency exit) from, the part of those premises in sub‑paragraph (a);

(c)

every magazine or other storage facility where the explosives manufactured or explosive devices repaired, or to be manufactured or repaired, are stored or kept;

(d)

every entrance to and exit (including an emergency exit) from, any magazine or other storage facility in sub‑paragraph (c);

(e)

where any explosive or explosive device is or is to be manufactured or repaired, and the munitions factory or repair facility is located within any grounds —

(i)

every gate and outer wall, fence or other structure or feature that marks the boundary of those grounds; and

(ii)

every entrance to and exit (including an emergency exit) from those grounds by foot or by road;

(f)

every other part within the munitions factory or repair facility where a special worker handling explosives, or to whom possession of an explosive may be transferred, may move about, but not a toilet or bathing area;

(g)

every part of the munitions factory or repair facility where a visitor to the munitions factory or repair facility may use to pass through the premises and is not expected to be seated or congregate in.