(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), no permit to import a Second Schedule biological agent shall be granted to any person unless he has already been granted an approval to possess the Second Schedule biological agent as referred to in section 15.
(4) Every permit to import or tranship a Second Schedule biological agent shall be valid only in respect of one consignment of the Second Schedule biological agent for which an application for the permit has been made.
(5) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.
Notification of failure of receipt of import
18.—(1) Every holder of a permit to import any Second Schedule biological agent shall immediately notify the Director, in such form and manner as the Director may require, in the event he fails to receive the consignment of the Second Schedule biological agent to which the permit to import relates.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the holder of the permit to import shall be deemed to have failed to receive the consignment of the Second Schedule biological agent to which the permit to import relates if he does not receive the consignment within 24 hours of such time as may be reasonably estimated by him for the receipt.
(3) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
Storage of Second Schedule biological agents upon import or pending transhipment
19.—(1) Where any Second Schedule biological agent that has been imported into Singapore is required to be stored temporarily at any place before it is delivered to the facility for which it is destined, the person to whom the permit to import the Second Schedule biological agent has been granted shall ensure that the Second Schedule biological agent is stored at a place which is safe and secure, and that the storage at such place is carried out in accordance with such requirements as may be prescribed.
