Clause 2

by deleting the definition of “agricultural officer” and substituting the following definitions:“ “authorised analyst” means any person appointed by the Director as an authorised analyst under section 3(2);“authorised officer” means any person appointed by the Director as an authorised officer under section 3(1);”;

by deleting the words “the Director, Agriculture Division” in the definition of “Director” and substituting the words “any Divisional Director”;

by deleting the definition of “pest” and substituting the following definition:“ “pest” means any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent which is or is capable of being injurious to plants or plant products;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “premises”, the following definitions:“ “prohibited pesticide” means a pesticide not specified in the Tenth Schedule to the Food Regulations (Cap. 283, Rg 1);“prohibited pesticide residue” means the remains of any substance resulting from the use of any prohibited pesticide;” and

by deleting the definition of “tranship” and substituting the following definition:“ “tranship”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, sea or air from any place which is outside Singapore any plant and thereafter to —

remove or cause to be removed that plant from the conveyance in which it was brought into Singapore; and

return or cause to be returned that plant to the same conveyance or transfer it or cause it to be transferred to another conveyance, for the purpose of export,whether such plant is to be transferred directly between conveyances or whether it is to be landed in Singapore after it was brought into Singapore and stored, pending export;”.