Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the Property Tax Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “industrial premises” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “Minister” means —
in relation to the definitions of “prescribed structural network” and “public authority” in section 2(1) and sections 2(5), 3(1), 6(7), (8) and (11), 7, 8(2), 9(2) and (3), 23(1) and (3) to (7), 24, 25, 66(13) and 69, the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance; and
in relation to section 49(1), (3), (4), (7), (8) and (9), the Minister charged with the responsibility for national development;”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “public authority” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “Street and Building Names Board” or “SBNB” means the Street and Building Names Board established under section 49(1);”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “(whether closed or otherwise)” in the definition of “structural network” in subsection (1), the words “or any part thereof”;
by inserting, immediately after the word “used” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “structural network” in subsection (1), the words “or intended to be used”;
by deleting the word “comprising —” in paragraph (b) of the definition of “structural network” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “comprising one or more of any of the following:”; and
by deleting the words “lease of State land or a lease of property by a public authority” in subsection (8) and substituting the words “State lease or a lease of property by a public authority (where the public authority is the lessor)”.