Section 31A

a case, box, bag, wrapper or material of any kind used or intended to be used to cover, contain or package something (whether or not designed for that purpose); or

a bulk container, or any means of bulk transport, used or intended to be used to cover, contain or package something;“conveyance” means any vessel, vehicle or aircraft;“enforcement officer” means —

the Chief Executive of the Authority appointed under section 13(1); or

an employee of the Authority appointed by the Chief Executive to be an enforcement officer for the purposes of this Part;“essential construction material” means any of the following materials which are suitable for use in any building works, street works or railway works in Singapore and the domestic supply thereof is short: (a)granite;

sand;

such rocks, minerals or other construction materials (whether manufactured or otherwise) as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be essential construction material;“granite” means —

granite slabs or blocks extracted or won from naturally occurring mineral deposits and suitable (if crushed) for use as primary aggregate in any building works, street works or railway works in Singapore; or

granite aggregate, gravel, stones or overburden of such prescribed dimensions that are extracted or won from mineral sources, which have been subject to nothing more than crushing and sizing or other physical processing, and suitable for use, either on their own or with the addition of cement or other binder, in any building works, street works or railway works in Singapore;“immigration officer” means any person appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act (Cap. 133);“import”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, water or air from any place which is outside Singapore but does not include the bringing into Singapore of essential construction material which are to be taken out of Singapore on the same conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore without any landing or transhipment within Singapore;“import permit” means an import permit granted under section 31H to import a particular consignment of essential construction material;“isolation order” means an order issued or deemed to be issued under section 31J in respect of a consignment of essential construction material;“licence” means a licence granted under section 31E to carry on the business of importing essential construction material specified therein;“licensee” means a person who holds a valid licence;“occupier” —

in relation to any premises or conveyance, means the person in occupation of the premises or conveyance or having the charge, management or control thereof; and

in relation to any part of any premises different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;“officer of customs” has the same meaning as in the Customs Act (Cap. 70);“procure”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the process of acquiring essential construction materials (by purchase or exchange) and importing those materials;“railway works” means any works for the construction, reconstruction or realignment, or the permanent improvement of a railway;“sand” means any sand or gravel that is suitable for use as fine aggregate in any building works, street works or railway works in Singapore, but excludes any unwashed or unprocessed marine-dredged sand or gravel;“site”, in relation to any essential construction material, means any land or land underwater outside Singapore —

from which granite is extracted or won by blasting, sorting, breaking, loading and transporting, whether the processes are executed by manual labour or mechanical means;

on which persons are employed in any process for or incidental to the getting, dressing or preparation for the sale or otherwise of sand; or

from which any other essential construction material is extracted or won;“storage permit” means any storage permit granted under section 31I in respect of such premises as may be specified therein;“street works” has the same meaning as in the Street Works Act (Cap. 320A);“supply”, in relation to any essential construction material, means to transfer possession of the essential construction material by any means whether or not for reward, and includes ––

to sell the essential construction material, whether by retail, wholesale or auction;

to transfer possession of the essential construction material by exchange, gift, lease or loan;

to supply the essential construction material in connection with a contract for the provision of any goods or the performance of any service; and

to offer, agree or attempt to supply the essential construction material in any of the ways described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) or to cause or permit the essential construction material to be so supplied;“vehicle” means a conveyance that is designed to be propelled or drawn by any means, whether or not capable of being so propelled or drawn, and includes —

any aircraft, trailer, bicycle or other pedal-powered vehicle; and

any train, railway locomotive, wagon or carriage,and includes a part of any of the above;“vessel” means any kind of craft used in navigation by sea or water, however propelled or moved, and includes —

a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; or

a vessel engaged in a towing operation or in any dredging, surveying or underwater operations,and includes a part of any of the above.