s 14E Conditions of free trade zone operator licence
14E.—(1) The Director-General may at any time impose any conditions on or modify any conditions of an FTZ operator licence that the Director-General considers requisite or expedient having regard to the purposes of this Act. (2) The conditions under subsection (1) include conditions —(a) requiring the licensed FTZ operator to provide any support or assistance to any officer of customs for performing any duty of the officer of customs under this Act or any other written law; (b) requiring the licensed FTZ operator —(i) to nominate, and ensure that at all times there is nominated, one or more representatives of the licensed FTZ operator; and (ii) to provide the name and contact details of each representative so nominated; (c) requiring the licensed FTZ operator to construct, install or otherwise provide, and maintain, in accordance with any specifications specified by the Director-General, any structure, facility or device —(i) for the purpose of ensuring the security of the free trade zone; (ii) for officers of customs whose duties require their presence within or at the perimeter of the free trade zone; or (iii) that is necessary for the proper and efficient functioning of the free trade zone; (d) requiring the licensed FTZ operator to implement systems and procedures to monitor the free trade zone and ensure the security of the free trade zone; (e) requiring the licensed FTZ operator to monitor the activities of any person within the free trade zone to ensure that activities are not carried out in contravention of this Act or any other written law in the free trade zone; (f) requiring the licensed FTZ operator to take reasonable measures to assess whether any person who intends to carry out any activities or otherwise operate in the free trade zone, or who is carrying out any activities or otherwise operating in the free trade zone, falls within any list of prohibited persons specified under subsection (3); (g) requiring the licensed FTZ operator to refuse to grant, to any person who falls within any list of prohibited persons specified under subsection (3), permission under section 10(1) to enter or reside in the free trade zone; (h) relating to the provision or publication, within the free trade zone, of information in relation to the requirements that any person or activity must comply with; (i) in relation to any goods or operations that are dangerous or prejudicial to the public interest, health or safety —(i) requiring the licensed FTZ operator to provide information to any person of the nature of those goods or operations; (ii) specifying the classes of goods that the licensed FTZ operator must order, under section 14H(1), to be excluded or removed from the free trade zone; and (iii) specifying the types of operations that the licensed FTZ operator must order, under section 14H(1), to be discontinued in the free trade zone; (j) specifying the types of retail trade that the licensed FTZ operator may authorise, and the conditions to be imposed by the licensed FTZ operator, under section 8(1); (k) specifying the persons that the licensed FTZ operator may permit to erect buildings and other structures in the free trade zone, the type of buildings and other structures that may be erected, and the conditions to be imposed by the licensed FTZ operator, under section 14G(1); and (l) requiring the licensed FTZ operator to ensure that any lessee (including an FTZ cargo handler) of the licensed FTZ operator of any immovable property in the free trade zone obtains the licensed FTZ operator’s approval before sub-leasing the immovable property to any other person, and specifying the circumstances in which such approval may or may not be given. (3) The Director-General may, for the purpose of subsection (2)(f) and (g), specify as prohibited persons such persons as the Director-General has reasonable grounds to believe have engaged or are engaging in conduct that —(a) amounts to an offence involving fraud or dishonesty, whether in Singapore or elsewhere; or (b) will prejudice the security of the free trade zone. (4) In this section, “representative”, in relation to a licensed FTZ operator, means an individual who —(a) is directly involved in the day-to-day management of the operations of the licensed FTZ operator within the free trade zone; (b) is responsible for ensuring the licensed FTZ operator adheres to the licence conditions imposed under subsection (1); and (c) is authorised to represent the licensed FTZ operator for the purposes of this Act.[Act 33 of 2023 wef 01/03/2024]