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Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act
(CHAPTER 59, Section 60)
Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations
Rg 3
G.N. No. S 366/2000
REVISED EDITION 2004
(30th September 2004)
[1st September 2000]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations —
“certified vector control worker” means a vector control worker who is granted a certificate or a provisional certificate under section 29 of the Act;
“licensed vector control technician” means a vector control technician who is granted a licence or a provisional licence under section 29 of the Act;
“registered vector control operator” means a vector control operator who is registered under section 29 of the Act.
PART II
VECTOR CONTROL TECHNICIAN AND VECTOR CONTROL WORKER
Qualifications for licence or certificate
3.
—(1)  A person who wishes to apply for a vector control technician’s licence must have —
(a)
a minimum educational qualification of 4 ‘N’ Level passes or any other equivalent qualification acceptable to the Director-General; or
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(b)
3 years working experience in vector control.
(2)  A person who wishes to apply for a vector control worker’s certificate must have at least a Primary 6 education or any other equivalent qualification acceptable to the Director-General.
(3)  A person who wishes to apply for a vector control technician’s licence or a vector control worker’s certificate must successfully complete such training courses and pass such examinations as the Director-General may specify.
Medical examination
4.
—(1)  Every licensed vector control technician and certified vector control worker shall —
(a)
undergo the medical examinations specified in Part II of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011 (G.N. No. S 516/2011) (read with the Schedule thereto) in relation to persons employed in occupations involving the use or handling of or exposure to the liquid, fumes or vapour of organophosphates; and
(b)
after undergoing such medical examinations, be certified by the designated workplace doctor as defined by the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011 —
(i)
in relation to a medical examination referred to in regulation 4 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011, that he is fit to work in such occupation;
(ii)
in relation to a medical examination referred to in regulation 5 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011, that he is fit to continue to work in such occupation; and
(iii)
in relation to a medical examination referred to in regulation 6 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011, as to such results of that medical examination as may be required by the Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health (appointed under section 7 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act (Cap. 354A)).
(2)  Paragraph (1) applies without prejudice to any obligations imposed by regulations 4, 5 and 6 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2011 on a responsible person as defined under those Regulations.
(3)  The Director-General may refuse to grant a renewal of a vector control technician’s licence, a provisional vector control technician’s licence, a vector control worker’s certificate or a provisional vector control worker’s certificate under section 30 of the Act if the person seeking the renewal has failed to comply with paragraph (1) in relation to the licence or certificate sought to be renewed.
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PART III
MISCELLANEOUS
Renewal of registration, licence or certificate
5.
—(1)  An application to renew —
(a)
the registration of a vector control operator;
(b)
a vector control technician’s licence or a provisional vector control technician’s licence; or
(c)
a vector control worker’s certificate or a provisional vector control worker’s certificate,
shall be made not less than one month before the date of expiry.
(2)  The Director-General may refuse to renew the registration, licence or certificate referred to in paragraph (1) if the application is not made within the time specified in that paragraph unless the Director-General is satisfied that there is reasonable cause for the delay.
(3)  A provisional vector control technician’s licence or a provisional vector control worker’s certificate may not be renewed more than once.
Production of certificate of registration, licence or certificate
6.  A registered vector control operator, a licensed vector control technician and a certified vector control worker shall, if required by the Director-General or an authorised officer, produce for inspection the certificate of registration issued to him, or the licence or provisional licence or certificate or provisional certificate granted to him, under section 29 of the Act.
Replacement of certificate of registration, licence or certificate
7.  A registered vector control operator, a licensed vector control technician and a certified vector control worker shall, if the certificate of registration issued to him, or the licence or provisional licence or certificate or provisional certificate granted to him, as the case may be, under section 29 of the Act, is lost or defaced —
(a)
apply to the Director-General for a replacement; and
(b)
if the certificate of registration, the licence or provisional licence or certificate or provisional certificate is defaced, surrender the original to the Director-General.
Surrender of certificate of registration, licence or certificate
8.  A registered vector control operator, a licensed vector control technician and a certified vector control worker shall surrender his certificate of registration, licence or provisional licence or certificate or provisional certificate, as the case may be, to the Director-General immediately upon the cancellation or suspension of his registration, licence or provisional licence, or certificate or provisional certificate, as the case may be.
Fees
9.
—(1)  There shall be payable to the Agency, in respect of the matters set out in the first column of the Schedule, the fees set out in the second column.
(2)  The fees payable under paragraph (1) shall not be refundable.
Penalty
10.  Any person who contravenes regulation 6, 7(a) or 8 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
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THE SCHEDULE
Regulation 9
Fees
Part I
First column
 
Second column
 
 
For a period of 9 months or part thereof
(1) Provisional vector control technician licence
 
$16.50
(2) Provisional vector control worker certificate
 
$13.00
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Part II
 
 
For a period of 3 years or part thereof
(1) Vector control operator registration
 
$90
(2) Vector control technician licence
 
$28
(3) Vector control worker certificate
 
$22
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Part III
Replacement of —
 
 
(a) a certificate of registration of a vector control operator
 
$20
(b) a licence or provisional licence of a vector control technician
 
$20
(c) a certificate or provisional certificate of a vector control worker
 
$20.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations
(CHAPTER 59, Rg 3)
This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations. It is not part of these Regulations.
1.  
G. N. No. S 556/1998—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Licence Fees) Regulations 1998
Date of commencement
:
15 November 1998
2.  
2000 Revised Edition—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Licence Fees) Regulations
Date of operation
:
31 January 2000
3.  
G.N. No. S 366/2000—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations 2000
Date of commencement
:
1 September 2000
4.  
2002 Revised Edition—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations
Date of operation
:
31 January 2002
5.  
2004 Revised Edition—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations
Date of operation
:
30 September 2004
6.  
G. N. No. S 301/2005—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Date of commencement
:
15 May 2005
7.  
G. N. No. S 710/2006—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2006
Date of commencement
:
1 January 2007
8.  
G. N. No. S 551/2010—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
Date of commencement
:
1 October 2010
9.  
G.N. No. S 319/2013—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Date of commencement
:
1 January 2013