Singapore Food Agency Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Transfer of Undertakings to Agency
53. Transfer of records
Feedback & supportOn the transfer date, the following records become the record of the Agency:
records
“records”, in relation to a transferor, means registers, papers, documents, minutes, receipts, books of account and other records, however compiled, recorded or stored, of that transferor existing on the eve of the transfer date;
every record, or part of any record, of the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority that relates to —
any asset or liability transferred to the Agency under section 50; or
asset
“asset”, in relation to a transferor, means property of any kind (whether tangible or intangible, whether arising from, accruing under, created or evidenced by or the subject of, an instrument or otherwise and whether actual or contingent) of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date and includes, without limitation, any —(a)legal or equitable interest in real or personal property, whether situated in Singapore or elsewhere;(b)chose in action;(c)money or securities;(d)plant and equipment, whether situated in Singapore or elsewhere;(e)intellectual property;(f)infrastructure, whether situated in Singapore or elsewhere;(g)records; and(h)right;
any transferring AVA employee;
transferring AVA employee
“transferring AVA employee” means an employee of the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in any department of the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority comprised in the transferable AVA undertaking;
every record, or part of any record, of the National Environment Agency that relates to —
National Environment Agency
“National Environment Agency” or “NEA” means the National Environment Agency established by section 3 of the National Environment Agency Act 2002;
any asset or liability transferred to the Agency under section 50; or
liability
“liability”, in relation to a 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;
any transferring NEA employee;
transferring NEA employee
“transferring NEA employee” means an employee of the National Environment Agency who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of the National Environment Agency.
every record, or part of any record, of the Health Sciences Authority that relates to —
any asset or liability transferred to the Agency under section 50; or
any transferring HSA employee.
transferring HSA employee
“transferring HSA employee” means an employee of the Health Sciences Authority who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in the Food Safety Division of the Health Sciences Authority;