Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations

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 “O” Level passes or any other equivalent qualification acceptable to the Director-General; or (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) A person who wishes to apply for a vector control technician’s licence or a vector control worker’s certificate must undergo a medical examination and submit the results of the medical examination together with his application. (2) No vector control technician’s licence, provisional vector control technician’s licence, vector control worker’s certificate or provisional vector control worker’s certificate shall be granted if the results of the medical examination under paragraph (1) are unsatisfactory. (3) Every licensed vector control technician and certified vector control worker shall undergo a regular half-yearly medical examination, and submit the results of the medical examination to the Director-General, within the period specified by the Director-General. (4) If the results of the medical examination under paragraph (3) are unsatisfactory, the licensed vector control technician or the certified vector control worker, as the case may be, shall undergo a monthly medical examination until the results of the medical examination are satisfactory. (5) If the results of 2 consecutive monthly medical examinations are unsatisfactory, the vector control technician or the vector control worker shall have his licence or provisional licence, or certificate or provisional certificate, as the case may be, suspended until the results of the medical examination are satisfactory. (6) 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 shall not be renewed unless — (a) the licensed vector control technician or the certified vector control worker, as the case may be, complies with the requirements of this regulation; and (b) the results of the last medical examination that the licensed vector control technician or the certified vector control worker, as the case may be, was required to undergo under this regulation are satisfactory. (7) In this regulation, “medical examination” means a medical examination for the purpose of determining a person’s level of red blood cell acetylcholinesterase. 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 4(3) or (4), 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. 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 [S 551/2010 wef 01/10/2010] 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 [S 551/2010 wef 01/10/2010] 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