Home Team Science and Technology Agency Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Establishment, Functions and Powers of Agency
5. Functions of Agency
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Agency
“Agency” means the Home Team Science and Technology Agency established by section 3;
to provide scientific and technological services for or in relation to a forensic purpose or public security purpose to any Home Team agency or organisation in the Singapore public sector;
to carry out, support and facilitate the research and development and application of science and technology in relation to forensic purposes or public security purposes for the benefit of any Home Team agency or organisation in the Singapore public sector;
to manage scientific or technological cooperation between any Home Team agency and other persons in relation to a forensic purpose or public security purpose;
to undertake as an agent of the Government the procurement of goods and services relating to any Home Team agency;
to manage and administer contracts to which any Home Team agency is party so as to ensure that contractual obligations and activities are performed by all parties to the contract;
to establish and manage any framework contract connected with or related to science and technology in relation to forensic purposes or public security purposes, for the benefit of any Home Team agency or organisation in the Singapore public sector;
to design and develop security systems and provide systems design services for the benefit of the Singapore public sector;
to perform such other functions as may be conferred on the Agency by any other Act.
In performing the functions conferred on the Agency by subsection (1), the Agency is to have regard to —
functions
“functions”, in relation to the Agency, means functions conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act;
efficiency and economy;
the potential impact or benefit of scientific or technological advances on the operations of any Home Team agency; and
the evolving nature of criminal activities in and security threats to Singapore.
In addition to the functions conferred by this section, the Agency may undertake such other functions as the Minister may assign to the Agency by notification in the Gazette, and in so undertaking —
the Agency is deemed to be fulfilling the purposes of this Act; and
the provisions of this Act apply to the Agency in respect of those other functions and duties.
Nothing in this section imposes on the Agency, directly or indirectly, any form of duty or liability enforceable by proceedings before any court to which the Agency would not otherwise be subject.
liability
“liability”, in relation to the transferor, means any liability, duty or obligation (whether actual or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether owed alone or jointly, or jointly and severally with any other person) of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date;