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

Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act

(CHAPTER 59, Section 60)

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 [S 319/2013 wef 01/01/2013]
(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.

[S 319/2013 wef 01/01/2013]

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.

7. [Deleted by S 636/2025 wef 01/10/2025]

8. [Deleted by S 636/2025 wef 01/10/2025]

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.

[S 710/2006 wef 01/01/2007]

(2) The fees payable under paragraph (1) shall not be refundable.

Penalty

10. Any person who contravenes regulation 6 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.

[S 319/2013 wef 01/01/2013]

[S 636/2025 wef 01/10/2025]

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

$19

(2)	Provisional vector control worker certificate

$15

[S 137/2026 wef 01/04/2026]

[S 301/2005 wef 15/05/2005]

[S 710/2006 wef 01/01/2007]

[S 551/2010 wef 01/10/2010]

Part II

For a period of 3 years or part thereof

(1)	Vector control operator registration

$99

(2)	Vector control technician licence

$31

(3)	Vector control worker certificate

$25

[S 137/2026 wef 01/04/2026]

[S 710/2006 wef 01/01/2007]

[S 551/2010 wef 01/10/2010]

Part III

[Deleted by S 636/2025 wef 01/10/2025]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

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

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.

G.N. No. S 366/2000—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations 2000

Date of commencement

1 September 2000

2002 Revised Edition—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations

Date of operation

31 January 2002

2004 Revised Edition—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) Regulations

Date of operation

30 September 2004

G. N. No. S 301/2005—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Date of commencement

15 May 2005

G. N. No. S 710/2006—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Date of commencement

1 January 2007

G. N. No. S 551/2010—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Date of commencement

1 October 2010

G.N. No. S 319/2013—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Date of commencement

1 January 2013

G.N. No. S 636/2025—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Date of commencement

1 October 2025

G.N. No. S 137/2026—Control of Vectors and Pesticides (Registration, Licensing and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Date of commencement

1 April 2026