Multimodal Transport Regulations 2021

Multimodal Transport Act 2021

(Section 31)

Multimodal Transport Regulations 2021

2025 REVISED EDITION

(2 June 2025)

[28 November 2021]

Citation

1.  These Regulations are the Multimodal Transport Regulations 2021.

Application for registration certificate

2.—(1)  For the purposes of section 4(2) of the Act, an application for a registration certificate —

(a) must be accompanied by a non‑refundable application fee of $130.80; and

(b) must include all the following information, where applicable:

(i) the name of the applicant and whether the applicant is a company, partnership, sole proprietor, or any other type of entity and the type of entity;

(ii) the place of the applicant’s place of incorporation or formation;

(iii) the following particulars of the applicant:

(A) principal place of business;

(B) registered address;

(C) email address, Internet website address, phone number and fax number;

(D) date of incorporation or formation;

(E) Unique Entity Number or NRIC number (in the case of an individual sole proprietor);

(F) SSIC classification code of the activity carried on by the applicant;

(iv) if the applicant is a company, the applicant’s substantial shareholders and the proportion of their shareholdings in the company;

(v) the name, designation, phone number, email address and residential address of every director, partner, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the applicant;

(vi) the name, address, phone number, email address and mailing address of one or more persons in Singapore authorised by the applicant to accept on the applicant’s behalf the registration certificate and the service of any notice under the Act;

(vii) the details of any insurance, bond, guarantee or any other financial arrangements mentioned in section 4(4)(c) of the Act;

(viii) if the applicant does not maintain the prescribed minimum assets mentioned in section 4(4)(d) of the Act, the details of the equivalent guarantee to be provided by the applicant.

(2)  The Singapore competent national body may —

(a) require an applicant to produce any documentary evidence to support any information mentioned in paragraph (1)(b);

(b) in any particular case, dispense with the requirement for an applicant to include in the application for a registration certificate, all or any information mentioned in paragraph (1)(b); and

(c) in any particular case, waive wholly or in part the application fee mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).

(3)  In this regulation —

“SSIC classification” means the Singapore Standard Industrial Classification that is established by the Department of Statistics of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, as updated from time to time;

“substantial shareholder” means a person who has a substantial shareholding in a company in accordance with section 81 of the Companies Act 1967.

Prescribed minimum assets

3.  For the purposes of section 4(4)(d) of the Act, the prescribed minimum assets are 80,000 special drawing rights.

Application for renewal of registration certificate

4.—(1)  For the purposes of section 5(1) of the Act, an application for the renewal of a registration certificate —

(a) must be accompanied by a non‑refundable application fee of $130.80; and

(b) must include particulars of any change to the information mentioned in regulation 2(1)(b) included in the application for the registration certificate.

(2)  The Singapore competent national body may —

(a) require an applicant to produce any documentary evidence of any change to the information mentioned in regulation 2(1)(b);

(b) in any particular case, dispense with the requirement for an applicant to include in the application for the renewal of a registration certificate, particulars of any change to the information mentioned in regulation 2(1)(b); and

(c) in any particular case, waive wholly or in part the application fee mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).

Contents of multimodal transport document

5.  For the purposes of section 10(1) of the Act, the prescribed particulars are as follows:

(a) in relation to the goods taken in charge in Singapore by the multimodal transport operator —

(i) the general nature of the goods;

(ii) the marks necessary for the identification of the goods;

(iii) a statement, if applicable, as to the dangerous or perishable character of the goods;

(iv) the number of packages or pieces of the goods;

(v) the gross weight of the goods or their quantity otherwise expressed;

(vi) the apparent condition of the goods; and

(vii) all particulars furnished by the consignor of the goods;

(b) the name and principal place of business of the multimodal transport operator;

(c) the name of the consignor of the goods;

(d) the consignee of the goods, if named by the consignor;

(e) the place and date the goods are taken in charge by the multimodal transport operator;

(f) the place of delivery of the goods;

(g) the date or the period of delivery of the goods at the place of delivery, if expressly agreed upon between the parties to the multimodal transport contract;

(h) a statement indicating whether the multimodal transport document is negotiable or non‑negotiable;

(i) the place and date of issue of the multimodal transport document;

(j) the signature of the multimodal transport operator or of a person authorised by the multimodal transport operator to execute the multimodal transport document on its behalf;

(k) the freight for each mode of transport, if expressly agreed between the parties to the multimodal transport contract, or the freight (including its currency) to the extent payable by the consignee of the goods, or other indication that freight is payable by the consignee of the goods;

(l) the intended route, modes of transport and places of transshipment if known at the time the multimodal transport document is issued;

(m) any other particulars which the parties to the multimodal transport contract have agreed are to be included in the multimodal transport document.