Clause 13

by deleting the word “approved” in the seventh line and in the last line of subsection (1E) and substituting in each case the word “certified”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1E), the following subsections:“(1F) Notwithstanding section 19, where a person proves to the satisfaction of the Comptroller that he has, on or after 1st January 1998, installed any new —

certified low-decibel machine, equipment or system;

certified effective noise control device which is a distinct entity or an accessory of any new or existing machine, equipment or system; or (c)certified effective engineering noise control measure for any existing machine, equipment or process,for the purposes of a trade, business or profession carried on by him, he shall, in lieu of the allowances provided by subsection (1) or section 19, be entitled, if he so elects, to an allowance of 100% in respect of the capital expenditure incurred on the provision of the certified machine, equipment or system, or the certified effective noise control device or measure.(1G) Notwithstanding section 19, where a person proves to the satisfaction of the Comptroller that he has, on or after 1st January 1998, installed any new —

certified machine, equipment or system which reduces or eliminates exposure to chemical risk; (b)certified effective chemical hazard control device which is a distinct entity or an accessory of any new or existing machine, equipment or process; or

certified effective chemical hazard control measure for any existing machine, equipment or process,for the purposes of a trade, business or profession carried on by him, he shall, in lieu of the allowances provided by subsection (1) or section 19, be entitled, if he so elects, to an allowance of 100% in respect of the capital expenditure incurred on the provision of the certified machine, equipment or system, or the certified effective chemical hazard control device or measure.”;

by renumbering the existing subsections (1F) and (1G) as subsections (1H) and (1J), respectively;

by deleting “(1G)” in the first line of subsection (5) and substituting “(1J)”;

by deleting the word “approved” in the first line of subsection (6)(e) and substituting the word “certified”;

by deleting the words “approved by the Minister or such person as he may appoint” at the end of subsection (6)(e) and substituting the words “which has been certified by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board to be an energy-saving equipment”; and

by deleting the full-stop at the end of subsection (6)(e) and substituting a semicolon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(f)“certified low-decibel machine, equipment or system” means —

any concrete crusher or splitter;

any plastic granulator or crusher;

any automatic sawing machine;

any metal press or stamping machine; (v)any machine with active noise control feature; or

any other machine, equipment or system, which has been certified by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board or the National University of Singapore to have satisfied the prescribed criteria;

“certified effective noise control device” means —

any acoustic enclosure for machine, equipment or process;

any acoustic silencer or muffler;

any vibration absorption, isolation or damping device; or

any active noise control device,which has been certified by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board or the National University of Singapore to have satisfied the prescribed criteria;

“certified effective engineering noise control measure” means —

any detachable personnel acoustic enclosure;

any acoustic barrier or shield;

any acoustic absorption device; or

any modification to machine, equipment or process,which has been certified by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board or the National University of Singapore to have satisfied the prescribed criteria;

“certified machine, equipment or system which reduces or eliminates exposure to chemical risk” means —

any water-based degreasing machine or system;

any automated bagging or packing machine or system;

any automated degreasing machine or system; or (iv)any other machine, equipment or system, which has been certified by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board or the National University of Singapore to have satisfied the prescribed criteria;

“certified effective chemical hazard control device” means —

any local exhaust ventilation system;

any fugitive emission control equipment or system; or

any dilution ventilation system,which has been certified by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board or the National University of Singapore to have satisfied the prescribed criteria;

“certified effective chemical hazard control measure” means —

any enclosed or automated system; or

any modification to machine, equipment or process,which has been certified by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board or the National University of Singapore to have satisfied the prescribed criteria.”.