Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
New Division 1 of Part 7
Part 7 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately before section 57, the following Division:“Division 1 — Preliminary matters, appointments and powersMeaning of “incentive”, “grant” and “loan” from Agency56A. In this Part, an incentive, a grant or a loan from the Agency means —
an incentive, a grant or a loan given by the Agency out of moneys in the Skills Development Fund in accordance with section 7 of the Skills Development Levy Act 1979;
an incentive, a grant or a loan given by the Agency out of moneys not in the Skills Development Fund; or
an incentive, a grant or a loan given by the Agency out of a combination of moneys mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).Appointment of authorised persons and inspectors56B.—
The Agency may appoint an employee or agent of the Agency, a public officer or an officer of another statutory authority or any other suitably qualified individual to be an authorised person for the purposes of section 57.(2) The Agency may appoint any of its officers or employees to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.(3) The Agency must issue to every authorised person and inspector an identification card that identifies him or her as an authorised person or inspector, as the case may be.(4) An authorised person or inspector must produce his or her identification card for inspection —
before exercising a power conferred on him or her by this Act; and
at any time during the exercise of a power conferred on him or her by this Act, if asked to do so.”.