Singapore legislation
Clause 59
Clause 59
Amendments to Fisheries Act
The Fisheries Act (Cap. 111, 2002 Ed.) is amended —
by inserting, immediately before the definition of “authorised officer” in section 2, the following definition:“ “Agency” means the Singapore Food Agency established by the Singapore Food Agency Act 2019;”;
by deleting the definitions of “Authority” and “Director‑General” in section 2 and substituting the following definition:“ “Director‑General” means the Director‑General, Food Administration appointed under section 3(1) of the Sale of Food Act (Cap. 283);”;
by deleting the words “the Authority or of any other statutory authority” in section 3(2) and substituting the words “the Agency or any other statutory authority, or an auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Force Act (Cap. 235),”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “powers conferred or duties imposed upon him by this Act” in section 3(3), the words “(except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection)”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (3) of section 3, the following subsections:“(4) The Director‑General may, for any reason that appears to the Director‑General to be sufficient, at any time revoke a person’s appointment as an authorised officer.(5) An auxiliary police officer who is appointed as an authorised officer under subsection (2) does not, by virtue only of the appointment, become an employee or agent of the Agency.”;
by deleting subsections (4) and (5) of section 13;
by deleting the word “Authority” in section 15(3) and substituting the word “Agency”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2) of section 18, the following subsections:“(3) On payment of such sum of money, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.(4) All composition sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.”;
by repealing section 26 and substituting the following section:“Fees, etc., payable to Agency
26. All fees, charges and moneys collected under this Act or any rules made thereunder (except composition sums) must be paid to the Agency.”; and
by inserting, immediately after paragraph (c) of section 27(2), the following paragraph:“(ca)to set out requirements and procedures for document control and recording by any fishery or persons involved in the cultivation of fish so as to monitor the supply of fish in Singapore for human consumption, including —
the information that must be collected about the fish or a particular species of fish;
the periods for which the information must be kept; and
how, when and to whom that information must be reported;”.