Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the Jurong Town Corporation Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the words “is lawfully so used” in the definition of “commercial property”, the words “, and includes any industrial property”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “flat”, the following definitions:“ “industrial property” means —
any building or other premises which is permitted by or under the Planning Act (Cap. 232) or any other written law for use solely for an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is an industrial purpose;
any building or other premises used solely for an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is an industrial purpose, being a use to which the building or premises was put on 1st February 1960, and the building or premises has not been put to any other use since that date; or
any land zoned in the Master Plan (within the meaning of section 6 of the Planning Act) solely for an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is an industrial purpose;“industrial purpose” means —
general industry, such as the manufacturing, altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, washing, laundry, packing, canning, adapting, breaking up or demolishing any article or part thereof, the getting, processing or treatment of minerals, or the manufacturing or packing of goods or foodstuff, whether or not the processes carried on are dangerous or offensive;
light industry where the processes in paragraph (a) or the machinery installed for such processes are such as can be carried on or installed in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of the area by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit and are not dangerous or offensive;
warehousing, storage of goods or foodstuff, or freight and logistics operations;
research and development activities, business park activities or science park activities; or
such other activity of an industrial nature as the Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, specify to be an industrial purpose;“Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established under the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 138A);”; and
by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “owner” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:“ “Urban Redevelopment Authority” means the Urban Redevelopment Authority established under the Urban Redevelopment Authority Act (Cap. 340).”.