Clause 7

by deleting the words “a corporation” in the 2nd line of subsection (1) and substituting the words “any limited corporation”;

by deleting paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)the articles of association of the corporation provide that a prescribed number or proportion of the directors of the corporation shall be registered surveyors or allied professionals;”;

by deleting sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (1)(e) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:“(i)is a registered surveyor who has in force a practising certificate; and

is authorised under a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation to make all final survey decisions on behalf of the corporation with respect to the requirements of this Act, the rules or any other law relating to the supply of survey services by the corporation; and”;

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board may grant a licence to any unlimited corporation to supply survey services in Singapore if —

the memorandum of association of the corporation provides that a primary object of the corporation is to supply survey services;

the articles of association of the corporation provide that —

no person shall be a director of the corporation unless he is either a registered surveyor or an allied professional; and

no person shall be registered as a member of the corporation unless he is —

a registered surveyor or an allied professional, or a nominee of such a person; and

a director, a manager or an employee of the corporation; and

the business of the corporation, so far as it relates to survey work in Singapore, will be under the control and management of a director of the corporation who —

is a registered surveyor who has in force a practising certificate;

is a member, or a registered owner of at least one share, of the corporation; and

is authorised under a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation to make all final survey decisions on behalf of the corporation with respect to the requirements of this Act, the rules or any other law relating to the supply of survey services by the corporation.”;

by deleting the words “ordinarily resident in Singapore;” in subsection (3)(b);

by deleting the words “subsections (1)(c) and (2)(b) and (c)” in subsection (4)(a) and substituting the words “subsection (2)(b) and (c)”;

by deleting the words “subsection (1)(b), (c), (d)(ii), (e) and (f)” in subsection (4)(b) and substituting the words “subsection (1)(b), (c), (e) and (f)”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(9) In subsection (1), “prescribed number or proportion of the directors” means —

a majority of the directors, where no number or proportion is specified under paragraph (b); or

such number or proportion of the directors as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify for the purposes of subsection (1).”.