Singapore legislation

Clause 20

of Singapore Workforce Development Agency (Amendment) Bill

Clause 20

Consequential amendments to other Acts

(1)

Item 50 of the Schedule to the Accounting Standards Act (Cap. 2B, 2008 Ed.) is deleted and the following item substituted therefor:“50.Workforce Singapore AgencyWorkforce Singapore Agency Act (Chapter 305D)”.

(2)

Paragraph 6 of the First Schedule to the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36, 2013 Ed.) is amended by deleting item (65) and substituting the following item:“(65)Workforce Singapore Agency.”.

(3)

Section 5 of the Institute of Technical Education Act (Cap. 141A, 1993 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “Singapore Workforce Development Agency established by section 3 of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency Act” in paragraph (e) and substituting the words “Workforce Singapore Agency established by section 3 of the Workforce Singapore Agency Act”.

(4)

Item 27 of the Schedule to the Official Secrets Act (Cap. 213, 2012 Ed.) is deleted and the following item substituted therefor:“27.Workforce Singapore Agency”.

(5)

The SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016 is amended —

(a)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of the definition of “transfer date” in section 2 and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:“ “Workforce Singapore Agency” means the SWDA renamed as the Workforce Singapore Agency by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2016.”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “Singapore Workforce Development Agency” wherever they appear in section 5(1)(n) and substituting in each case the words “Workforce Singapore Agency”.

(6)

Section 6(1) of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act (Cap. 303A, 2002 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “Singapore Workforce Development Agency established by section 3 of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency Act” in paragraph (ia) and substituting the words “Workforce Singapore Agency established by section 3 of the Workforce Singapore Agency Act”.

(7)

Item 24 of Part I of the Schedule to the Statutory Bodies and Government Companies (Protection of Secrecy) Act (Cap. 319, 2004 Ed.) is deleted and the following item substituted therefor: “24.Workforce Singapore AgencyWorkforce Singapore Agency Act (Chapter 305D)”.

(8)

Item 40 of the Schedule to the Statutory Corporations (Contributions to Consolidated Fund) Act (Cap. 319A, 2004 Ed.) is deleted and the following item substituted therefor:“40.Workforce Singapore AgencyWorkforce Singapore Agency Act (Chapter 305D)”.