Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Consequential amendments to other written laws

(1)

The Health Sciences Authority Act (Cap. 122C) is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (d) of section 11(1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(d)to provide professional, investigative, analytical and other services in health sciences and chemical metrology (relating to human health) to the Government and to any other person or body (whether in Singapore or elsewhere);”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “cosmetic” in section 11(5), the following definition:“ “chemical metrology” means the science of achieving traceable analytical data in chemistry;”; and

(c)

by deleting the words “or advisory services” in section 12(d) and substituting the words “, advisory or other services”.

(2)

The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act (Cap. 303A) is amended ––

(a)

by deleting the word “, metrology” in section 6(1)(a);

(b)

by deleting the words “, and the development of the measurement infrastructure” in section 7(2)(a);

(c)

by deleting paragraphs (k) and (l) of section 7(2); and

(d)

by deleting the word “measurement” in section 7(2)(m) and substituting the word “accreditation”.

(3)

Section 4 of the Weights and Measures Act (Cap. 349) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “Board” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “Agency for Science, Technology and Research established under section 3 of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research Act (Cap. 5A) or such other person as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “by the Board” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “under subsection (1)”.