Clause 6

in relation to enterprise development —

to enhance the skills, capacity and resources of Singapore‑based and other enterprises;

to provide technical and consultancy services;

to facilitate access by the enterprises to departments of the Government or any public authority, or to a foreign government or foreign authority;

to organise and participate in any trade exhibition, trade fair and trade mission; and

to foster connections among Singapore‑based enterprises and between Singapore‑based enterprises and foreign enterprises, associations and agencies;

to establish and maintain offices or facilities in Singapore or overseas;

to collect, compile and analyse information, or commission surveys, research or studies relating to its functions;

to collect, compile and analyse particulars and information furnished under the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act (Cap. 272A) or any regulations made under that Act;

to establish and administer any scheme or programme relating to its functions;

to administer and regulate the establishment of representative offices in Singapore by foreign persons;

to enter into memoranda of understanding or other similar arrangements with any person in or outside Singapore for the purpose of discharging any of its functions;

to be a member or an affiliate of any international body the functions, objects or duties of which are similar to the functions of the Board;

in relation to standards, certification and accreditation —

to assess materials, products, processes or persons for the purposes of certification, accreditation or conformity assessment;

to accredit, appoint, authorise or recognise any person that performs testing and certification, or conformity assessment, and to regulate the practice of such persons;

to establish and publish, by notification in the Gazette, the Singapore Standard in relation to any product or process;

to specify, by notification in the Gazette, accreditation marks and certification marks of the Board and control the use of such accreditation marks or certification marks;

to administer the national standardisation programme and to facilitate the participation of Singapore in international standardisation activities;

to form or join in the formation of a company, association, trust or partnership or enter into a joint venture with any person —

for the purposes of discharging any of the Board’s functions; or

with the approval of the Minister, for any other purpose approved by the Minister;

to acquire or dispose of any property, movable or immovable, and to use any such property, including mortgaging it;

to apply for, obtain and hold any intellectual property rights, and enter into agreements or arrangements for the commercial exploitation of those intellectual property rights;

to act as agent for the Government or, with the approval of the Government, for any other person in the transaction of any business for the Government or that other person;

to grant loans, provide training and award scholarships to officers of the Board, and to provide facilities for their welfare;

to do anything incidental to any of its powers.