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Regulation 2

of Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials — Exemption) Order

Regulation 2

Definitions

Amended byS 547/2013 wef 01/09/2013S 84/2023 wef 31/12/2021S 84/2023 wef 21/08/2023

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 547/2013 wef 01/09/2013S 84/2023 wef 31/12/2021S 84/2023 wef 21/08/2023

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —[Deleted by S 547/2013 wef 01/09/2013](2) In this Order, the symbols specified in the first column of the following table shall have the meanings specified in relation to those symbols in the second column of the table:First columnSecond columnSymbolMeaningLlitrekgkilogram

Definition

“Class III petroleum” and “cylinder” have the same meanings, respectively as in regulation 2(1) of the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations (Rg 7);

Amended byS 547/2013 wef 01/09/2013

Definition

“eating place” means any place that is not enclosed and is used for the sale or supply, or the consumption within that place, of meals prepared at one or more individual stalls within that place, and in which any other business carried on is ancillary and subsidiary to the provision of such meals, such as a canteen, cafeteria, food court or hawker centre, and includes such other place of a similar kind approved by the Commissioner;

Definition

“enclosed”, in relation to any place, means any place that has a ceiling or roof and is, except for doors and passageways, completely enclosed by walls or windows, whether permanently or temporarily;

Definition

“factory” has the same meaning as in the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006;

Amended byS 84/2023 wef 31/12/2021

Definition

“restaurant” means any place that is enclosed, is used for the sale or supply and consumption within that place of meals prepared in a kitchen or in stalls set aside from the dining area in that place, and in which any other business carried on is ancillary and subsidiary to the provision of such meals;

Definition

“scheduled chemical” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations;

Amended byS 84/2023 wef 21/08/2023

Definition

“stall” means any table, shed or structure in, at or on which food or drink is or to be offered for sale, or from which food or drink is or to be sold, other than food or drink brought thereto in an impermeable container and offered for sale in the same container.