§ 137 — Direction to address threats to primary production, etc.

137.—(1) The Director‑General may give a biosecurity direction in subsection (2) to any person described in section 119(2) if the Director‑General considers that —(a)

an event —(i)

has happened or is happening; and

(ii)

has had or is having an adverse effect on —(A)

the production of primary produce in any part of Singapore; or

(B)

the health of food producing animals or to their habitats in any part of Singapore;

(b)

the event was or is being caused by, or may be or may have been caused by a biosecurity matter; and

(c)

it is necessary to exercise powers under this section to mitigate or prevent a significant threat or likely significant threat to securing or maintaining consumer confidence in supply sources of safe and suitable food for the general public.

(2) A direction under this section may require the recipient to do all or any of the following, at stated premises within the part of Singapore mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii) and within a stated period of time:(a)

prohibit or restrict the movement or relocation of any biosecurity matter or biosecurity carrier —(i)

out of or within the stated premises; or

(ii)

into the stated premises;

(b)

prohibit or restrict the completion of a movement or relocation of a type mentioned in paragraph (a) if the movement or relocation is already in progress when the direction under this section is made;

(c)

isolate a biosecurity matter or a biosecurity carrier at the stated premises in a stated way;

(d)

cull or otherwise destroy, or cause the culling or destruction of, a biosecurity matter or a biosecurity carrier at the stated premises in a stated way;

(e)

dispose of a biosecurity matter or a biosecurity carrier in a stated way, including by burning or burying it or by depositing it at a place where waste is deposited or disposed of;

(f)

treat in a stated way, or refrain from treating, a biosecurity carrier of a biosecurity matter so as to control the biosecurity matter, or to stop the spread or lessen the risk of the spread of the biosecurity matter;

Illustration

Vaccinate animals not culled.

(g)

clean or disinfect the stated premises, or part of the stated premises, an individual at those premises, or anything on the individual or a biosecurity carrier at those premises, in a stated way;

(h)

stop or restrict using the stated premises, or part of the stated premises, for a stated purpose or a stated period, or until a stated action is taken;

(i)

take such measures as are reasonably necessary or desirable to prevent the further introduction or spread of any biosecurity matter which is the subject of the direction.

Illustration

To keep daily records about the movement of animals not culled.

(3) In addition, the Director‑General may direct a food business licensee undertaking any primary production activity —(a)

to revise the licensee’s farm management plan to prevent or mitigate any significant hazard relating to the primary production activity, or to food producing animals or to their habitats; and

(b)

to submit the revised farm management plan for acceptance by the Agency.

(4) In this section —“movement”, in relation to any thing, includes —(a)

the transport of the thing by any conveyance; and

(b)

the deployment of equipment in more than one premises;

“thing” means a thing, whether alive, dead or inanimate.

—(1) The Director‑General may give a biosecurity direction in subsection (2) to any person described in section 119(2) if the Director‑General considers that —(a)

an event —(i)

has happened or is happening; and

(ii)

has had or is having an adverse effect on —(A)

the production of primary produce in any part of Singapore; or

(B)

the health of food producing animals or to their habitats in any part of Singapore;

(b)

the event was or is being caused by, or may be or may have been caused by a biosecurity matter; and

(c)

it is necessary to exercise powers under this section to mitigate or prevent a significant threat or likely significant threat to securing or maintaining consumer confidence in supply sources of safe and suitable food for the general public.

(2) A direction under this section may require the recipient to do all or any of the following, at stated premises within the part of Singapore mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii) and within a stated period of time:(a)

prohibit or restrict the movement or relocation of any biosecurity matter or biosecurity carrier —(i)

out of or within the stated premises; or

(ii)

into the stated premises;

(b)

prohibit or restrict the completion of a movement or relocation of a type mentioned in paragraph (a) if the movement or relocation is already in progress when the direction under this section is made;

(c)

isolate a biosecurity matter or a biosecurity carrier at the stated premises in a stated way;

(d)

cull or otherwise destroy, or cause the culling or destruction of, a biosecurity matter or a biosecurity carrier at the stated premises in a stated way;

(e)

dispose of a biosecurity matter or a biosecurity carrier in a stated way, including by burning or burying it or by depositing it at a place where waste is deposited or disposed of;

(f)

treat in a stated way, or refrain from treating, a biosecurity carrier of a biosecurity matter so as to control the biosecurity matter, or to stop the spread or lessen the risk of the spread of the biosecurity matter;

Illustration

Vaccinate animals not culled.

(g)

clean or disinfect the stated premises, or part of the stated premises, an individual at those premises, or anything on the individual or a biosecurity carrier at those premises, in a stated way;

(h)

stop or restrict using the stated premises, or part of the stated premises, for a stated purpose or a stated period, or until a stated action is taken;

(i)

take such measures as are reasonably necessary or desirable to prevent the further introduction or spread of any biosecurity matter which is the subject of the direction.

Illustration

To keep daily records about the movement of animals not culled.

(3) In addition, the Director‑General may direct a food business licensee undertaking any primary production activity —(a)

to revise the licensee’s farm management plan to prevent or mitigate any significant hazard relating to the primary production activity, or to food producing animals or to their habitats; and

(b)

to submit the revised farm management plan for acceptance by the Agency.

(4) In this section —“movement”, in relation to any thing, includes —(a)

the transport of the thing by any conveyance; and

(b)

the deployment of equipment in more than one premises;

“thing” means a thing, whether alive, dead or inanimate.