Singapore legislation
Regulation 87
of Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control (Explosives and Explosive Precursors) Regulations 2025
Regulation 87
Surveillance requirement
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 36(1)(b)(i) of the Act, a holder of an explosives storage licence to store explosives 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 premises occupied by the licence holder concerned:
every magazine or suitable depositary in those premises where the explosives are stored or kept by the holder;
every entrance to, and exit (including an emergency exit) from, the magazine or suitable depositary mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a);
every entrance to, and exit (including an emergency exit) from, the premises in which a magazine or suitable depositary mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) is located;
where any explosive is or is to be stored or kept by the holder in the magazine or suitable depositary, and the premises are located within any grounds —
every gate and outer wall, fence or other structure or feature that marks the boundary of those grounds; and
every entrance to, and exit (including an emergency exit) from, those grounds by foot or by vehicle or vessel;
every other part within the magazine or suitable depositary —
where a special worker of the holder handles explosives; or
where an individual may be transferred possession of an explosive;
every part of the magazine or suitable depositary where a visitor to the magazine or suitable depositary may use to pass through the premises and is not expected to be seated or congregate in, but not a toilet or bathing area.
Subregulation 3
This regulation does not apply to the storing or keeping of explosives in any of the excepted circumstances mentioned in regulation 24(2).