Singapore legislation

Clause 69

of Enterprise Singapore Board Bill

Clause 69

Amendments to Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act

The Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act (Cap. 52A, 2009 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “Board” in section 2(1);

(b)

by deleting the word “Board” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “Commission”:Section 2(1) (definition of “chief executive”)Section 9(1), (4)(d), (e), (f) and (g), (8), (9) and (11)Section 10(1), (4), (6)(b) and (c), (9) and (10)Section 12(3)(b) and (3A)Section 12G(1), (2)(a) and (3)(a)Section 12H(1), (2)(a) and (3)Section 12I(1)Section 12J(1), (2)(a), (b)(i) and (c)(i) and (4)Section 12N(1) and (2)Section 12Q(1) and (2)(a)Section 12R (section heading)Section 12V(1) and (4);

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “chief executive” in section 2(1), the following definition:“ “Commission” means the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore established by section 3 of the Competition Act (Cap. 50B);”;

(d)

by deleting the word “Board’s” in section 12R(a) and substituting the word “Commission’s”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after section 20, the following section:“Saving and transitional provisions21.—

(1)

Any proceedings for a declaration or an injunction commenced by the Board under section 9 or 10 before the appointed date and pending on that date may be continued by the Commission as if the proceedings had been commenced by the Commission.(2) Any order made by the District Court or High Court under section 9 or 10 before the appointed date requiring any person to notify, inform, reimburse or do anything in relation to, the Board, which remains unsatisfied on that date, is satisfied if the person notifies, informs, reimburses or does that thing in relation to, the Commission.(3) Any investigation commenced by the Board under Part IIIA before the appointed date and pending on that date may be continued by the Commission as if it had been commenced by the Commission.(4) In this section —“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 65 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018;“Board” means the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board established by section 3 of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act (Cap. 303A) as in force immediately before the appointed date.”; and

(f)

by deleting the word “BOARD” in the Schedule heading of the Fifth Schedule and substituting the word “COMMISSION”.