§ 33 — Subject information of section 32 requirement

33.—(1) The power in section 32 may be exercised only in relation to any information —(a)

about matters relating to a person’s activities connected with the agri‑food supply chain so far as the activities are in or relate to Singapore;

(b)

which the Director‑General, Food Security considers necessary for all or any of the following purposes:(i)

to determine what is an MSR product and the MSR activity for an MSR product, and holdings of an MSR product;

(ii)

to determine whether there are grounds to exercise any power under section 23, 24, 25, 26 or 27, or under any other provision of this Act directed at mitigating the impact on Singapore of agri‑food supply chain disruptions or the impact of disruptive events on the supply of food or agri‑food production inputs in Singapore;

(iii)

to monitor or analyse markets connected with agri‑food supply chains;

(iv)

to monitor the resilience of the agri‑food supply chain in response to natural or man‑made disasters, climate change, severe disturbances in agricultural markets and other disruptions in the supply of food and agri‑food production inputs; and

(c)

that is —(i)

within the knowledge of the person to whom a requirement under section 32 is given; or

(ii)

in the custody or under the control of that person.

(2) However, nothing in this section requires a person to provide any information subject to legal privilege.

—(1) The power in section 32 may be exercised only in relation to any information —(a)

about matters relating to a person’s activities connected with the agri‑food supply chain so far as the activities are in or relate to Singapore;

(b)

which the Director‑General, Food Security considers necessary for all or any of the following purposes:(i)

to determine what is an MSR product and the MSR activity for an MSR product, and holdings of an MSR product;

(ii)

to determine whether there are grounds to exercise any power under section 23, 24, 25, 26 or 27, or under any other provision of this Act directed at mitigating the impact on Singapore of agri‑food supply chain disruptions or the impact of disruptive events on the supply of food or agri‑food production inputs in Singapore;

(iii)

to monitor or analyse markets connected with agri‑food supply chains;

(iv)

to monitor the resilience of the agri‑food supply chain in response to natural or man‑made disasters, climate change, severe disturbances in agricultural markets and other disruptions in the supply of food and agri‑food production inputs; and

(c)

that is —(i)

within the knowledge of the person to whom a requirement under section 32 is given; or

(ii)

in the custody or under the control of that person.

(2) However, nothing in this section requires a person to provide any information subject to legal privilege.