Industrial Relations Act 1960 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Awards
48. Award to be available at office of Registrar
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Every award and every order varying an award or affecting the operation of an award shall be deposited with and registered by the Registrar.
The Registrar shall cause copies to be made of every award and of every such order and copies so made shall be forwarded to the Commissioner and shall be open to inspection at the office of the Registrar.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Courts appointed under this Act and includes a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar;
A person bound by an award or a person authorised by an employer or a trade union bound by an award shall upon application to the Registrar be allowed a reasonable opportunity of comparing a copy of an award or order with the original.
employer
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes —(a)the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or servants of the Government as from time to time are declared by the President of Singapore to be employees for the purposes of this Act;(b)a statutory authority;(c)a duly authorised agent or manager of an employer;(d)a person who owns, or is carrying on, or is for the time being responsible for the management or control of a profession, business, trade or work in which an employee is engaged;(e)for the purposes of Parts 5, 6 and 7, the transferor of an undertaking whose employment of employees is transferred by virtue of section 18A of the Employment Act 1968;