Clause 2

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “builder”, the following definition:“ “building authority” means any person empowered under the provisions of the Building Control Act to approve plans of building works;”;

by deleting the definition of “Investigation Committee” and substituting the following definitions:“ “Disciplinary Committee” means a Disciplinary Committee appointed under section 31C;“Investigation Committee” means an Investigation Committee appointed under section 30;“Investigation Panel” means the Investigation Panel appointed under section 27;”;

by deleting the words “corporation or partnership” wherever they appear in the definition of “licensed” and substituting in each case the words “corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership”;

by deleting the definition of “manager” and substituting the following definitions:“ “limited liability partnership” has the same meaning given to it by section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005);“manager” —

in relation to a corporation or partnership, means the principal executive officer of the corporation or partnership for the time being by whatever name called and whether or not he is a director or partner thereof; and

in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;”;

by deleting the definition of “practising certificate” and substituting the following definition:“ “practising certificate” —

in relation to a registered architect, means an annual certificate issued under section 18 authorising him to engage in the practice of architecture in Singapore;

in relation to an allied professional who is a professional engineer registered under the Professional Engineers Act (Cap. 253), means a practising certificate issued under section 18 of that Act; and

in relation to an allied professional who is a land surveyor registered under the Land Surveyors Act (Cap. 156), means a practising certificate issued under section 15 of that Act;”;

by deleting the words “appointed under section 4A(1)(a)” in the definition of “President”; and

by deleting the words “corporations and partnerships” in the definition of “register of licensees” and substituting the words “corporations, partnerships and limited liability partnerships”.