Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Sale of Food (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “analyst”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “appliance”, the following definitions:“ “authorised analyst” means any person appointed by the Director-General to be an authorised analyst under section 3(3);“authorised officer” means the Director-General and any person appointed by the Director-General to be an authorised officer under section 3(2);“Authority” means the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority established under section 3 of the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority Act (Cap. 5);”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “Director” and substituting the following definition:“ “Director-General” means the Director-General, Agri-Food and Veterinary Services appointed under section 3(1) of the Animals and Birds Act (Cap. 7);”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “food”, the following definition:“ “food establishment” means any place or any premises or part thereof used for the sale, or for the preparation or manufacture for sale, or for the storage or packing for sale, of food, whether cooked or not, intended for human consumption;”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “importer”, the following definition:“ “infectious disease” means —

(a)

any disease set out in the First or Second Schedule to the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137);

(b)

any skin disease which is likely to be contagious; and

(c)

such other disease as the Minister may prescribe;”;

(f)

by deleting the definition of “officer”; and

(g)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “poison”, the following definition:“ “premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for any other purpose whatsoever;”.