§ 402 — Validation

402.—(1) Every amount collected as, or purportedly as —(a)

a fee for a permit under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999 to import frozen, chilled or processed meat products;

(b)

an application fee for a licence under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999 to operate a slaughterhouse, a meat or fish processing establishment or a cold store;

(c)

an application fee for a licence under the Sale of Food Act 1973 to carry on a non‑retail food business in the form of operating a food processing establishment; or

(d)

a fee for the issue by the Agency (or its predecessor) of a certificate relating to any food or animal feed intended for export to a foreign country, attesting to matters in respect of which the foreign country requires certification before the food or animal feed may be imported into that foreign country from Singapore,

shall be, and taken to always to have been, by force of this section, validly collected, and no legal proceedings shall lie or be instituted on or after 12 November 2024 in any court on account of or in respect of any such collection or payment of the amount.

(2) No legal proceedings shall lie or be instituted on or after 12 November 2024 in any court on account of or in respect of any collection or payment of any amount mentioned in subsection (1).

(3) However, nothing in subsections (1) and (2) applies to, or may be construed to affect —(a)

any decision or judgment issued by any court given before 12 November 2024; or

(b)

any proceedings before any court commenced before 12 November 2024,

in relation to the liability of any person to pay any sum mentioned in subsection (1).

—(1) Every amount collected as, or purportedly as —(a)

a fee for a permit under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999 to import frozen, chilled or processed meat products;

(b)

an application fee for a licence under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999 to operate a slaughterhouse, a meat or fish processing establishment or a cold store;

(c)

an application fee for a licence under the Sale of Food Act 1973 to carry on a non‑retail food business in the form of operating a food processing establishment; or

(d)

a fee for the issue by the Agency (or its predecessor) of a certificate relating to any food or animal feed intended for export to a foreign country, attesting to matters in respect of which the foreign country requires certification before the food or animal feed may be imported into that foreign country from Singapore,

shall be, and taken to always to have been, by force of this section, validly collected, and no legal proceedings shall lie or be instituted on or after 12 November 2024 in any court on account of or in respect of any such collection or payment of the amount.

(2) No legal proceedings shall lie or be instituted on or after 12 November 2024 in any court on account of or in respect of any collection or payment of any amount mentioned in subsection (1).

(3) However, nothing in subsections (1) and (2) applies to, or may be construed to affect —(a)

any decision or judgment issued by any court given before 12 November 2024; or

(b)

any proceedings before any court commenced before 12 November 2024,

in relation to the liability of any person to pay any sum mentioned in subsection (1).