Singapore legislation
Clause 3
of Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Amendment) Bill
Clause 3
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting the definition of “article”;
by deleting the definition of “Certification Mark”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Chairman”, the following definition:“ “chief executive” means the chief executive of the Institute appointed under section 20A and includes any temporary chief executive of the Institute;”;
by deleting the definition of “code of practice”;
by inserting, immediately after the word “trade,” in the definition of “industry”, the words “manufacturing or”;
by deleting the words “the Certification Mark” in the definition of “licence” and substituting the words “a Mark”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “licence”, the following definition:“ “Mark” means a Mark of the Institute referred to in section 15A(b);”;
by deleting the definitions of “process” and “quality control” and substituting the following definitions:“ “process” means any practice, system, procedure or activity in industry, and includes any process for —
the design, manufacture, construction, installation, operation or maintenance of products, instruments, plant or equipment; and
the design, administration or operation of any system of quality management or testing;“product” means any commodity, article or substance, artificial or natural or partly artificial or natural, or whether tangible or intangible, or whether raw or partly or wholly processed or manufactured, and includes any service;“quality control” means a process, carried out at any time, including inspection, tests, record keeping or otherwise, to ascertain whether or to ensure that a product satisfies any standard applicable to it;“quality management” includes the setting of quality objectives and quality control, organisation, delineation of responsibilities, training, control of documentation and management of rejects and complaints to achieve those quality objectives;”;
by deleting the definition of “Singapore Code of Practice”;
by deleting the words “section 15(c)” in the definition of “Singapore Standard” and substituting the words “section 15A(a)”; and
by deleting the definition of “standard” and substituting the following definition:“ “standard” means a code, definition, classification, specification or description of a product or process, as far as possible, by reference to its procedure, safety requirement, mode of manufacture, nature, material, quality, strength, purity, composition, quantity, dimensions, weight, grade, durability, origin, age or other characteristics or any combination of the same;”.