Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Amendment of Weights and Measures Act 1975
(1)
In the Weights and Measures Act 1975, in section 2(1) —
delete the definition of “Board”; and
after the definition of “check‑weighed”, insert —“ “Commission” means the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore established by section 3 of the Competition Act 2004;”.
(2)
In the Weights and Measures Act 1975, in section 40, after subsection (4), insert —“(5) Any approval, appointment, order, notification or decision granted or made or anything done by the Board under this Act before the appointed date, which was valid immediately before that date, remains valid and continues on and after that date as if it were granted, made or done by the Commission, until such time the Commission invalidates, revokes, cancels or otherwise ceases the approval, appointment, order, notification or decision.(6) Any application made before the appointed date to the Board under section 29A(2) that is pending immediately before that date is deemed on and after that date to be an application made to the Commission under section 29A(2).(7) In this section —
Definition
“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 11 of the Competition (Amendment) Act 2025;
Definition
“Board” means the Enterprise Singapore Board established by section 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018.”.
(3)
In the Weights and Measures Act 1975 —
in the following provisions, replace “Board” wherever it appears with “Commission”:Section 2(1), definition of “Authorised Verifier”Section 7A(5)Section 7B(4)Section 29(1) and (2)Section 29A(1), (2) and (3)Section 36ASection 36BSection 40(4); and
in section 36A, in the section heading, replace “Board” with “Commission”.