Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Bill

Clause 2

Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health appointed under section 3 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95), and includes a Deputy Commissioner of Public Health and an Assistant Commissioner of Public Health appointed under that section;“manager” includes any owner, occupier, lessee or person who is responsible for the management of a specified building or is in charge or control thereof, and includes an assistant manager or supervisor or any person holding an appointment analogous to that of manager or assistant manager or supervisor;“operator”, in relation to a specified vehicle, means any owner, ticket or tour conductor, driver, ticket inspector or person who is in charge or control of the specified vehicle;“public health officer” has the same meaning as in the Environmental Public Health Act;“public officer” includes any officer of any statutory body who is authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner to carry out all or any of the powers conferred on a public officer by any of the provisions of this Act;“public service vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);“smoking”, with its grammatical variations, means inhaling and expelling the smoke of tobacco or any other substance and includes the holding of any cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other form of tobacco product which is alight or emitting smoke;“specified place” means any premises or building or part thereof specified in a notification made under section 3;“specified vehicle” means any public service vehicle or part thereof specified in a notification made under section 3.

Definition

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health appointed under section 3 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95), and includes a Deputy Commissioner of Public Health and an Assistant Commissioner of Public Health appointed under that section;

Definition

“manager” includes any owner, occupier, lessee or person who is responsible for the management of a specified building or is in charge or control thereof, and includes an assistant manager or supervisor or any person holding an appointment analogous to that of manager or assistant manager or supervisor;

Definition

“operator”, in relation to a specified vehicle, means any owner, ticket or tour conductor, driver, ticket inspector or person who is in charge or control of the specified vehicle;

Definition

“public health officer” has the same meaning as in the Environmental Public Health Act;

Definition

“public officer” includes any officer of any statutory body who is authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner to carry out all or any of the powers conferred on a public officer by any of the provisions of this Act;

Definition

“public service vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);

Definition

“smoking”, with its grammatical variations, means inhaling and expelling the smoke of tobacco or any other substance and includes the holding of any cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other form of tobacco product which is alight or emitting smoke;

Definition

“specified place” means any premises or building or part thereof specified in a notification made under section 3;

Definition

“specified vehicle” means any public service vehicle or part thereof specified in a notification made under section 3.