Words starting with A

approved mediator

Defined in Employment Claims Act 2016, s 2

“means any individual approved by the Commissioner as a mediator for one or more of the following:(a)a mediation under Part 2 of a specified employment dispute;(b)a tripartite mediation;(c)a mediation mentioned in section 115(2A) of the …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

approved medical institution

Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

“means a hospital, clinic, healthcare establishment or other medical institution which the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, declares as an approved medical institution”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

approved medical treatment or services

Defined in Medi Shield Life Scheme Act 2015, s 2

“means any medical treatment or medical services approved by the Minister for the purposes of section 3”

approved member

Defined in Credit Bureau Act 2016, s 2

“means a member of the licensed credit bureau that is —(a)deemed to be an approved member of the licensed credit bureau under section 29(1); or(b)approved by the Authority under section 29(6)(a)”

approved mortgagee

Defined in Central Provident Fund Act 1953, s 28

“means a mortgagee approved by the Minister by notification in the Gazette”

approved pension or provident fund or society

Defined in Income Tax Act 1947, s 2

“means a pension or provident fund or society approved by the Comptroller under section 5”

approved person

Defined in Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001, s 2

“means a person approved by the Minister as an approved person under the regulations made under section 7”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

approved person or organisation

Defined in Maintenance of Parents Act 1995, s 2

“means a person or an organisation that the Minister has approved in writing for the purposes of this Act”

approved place

Defined in Public Entertainments Act 1958, s 2

“means a building, tent, street or place, or any part of that, whether open or enclosed, which is approved by the appropriate Licensing Officer for the purposes of this Act”

approved policy

Defined in Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, s 2

“means a policy of insurance, issued or renewed on or after 1 September 2020, that complies with section 26(1)”

approved project

Defined in Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967, s 41

“means a project approved by the Minister under section 43(2)”

approved provider

Defined in Medical and Elderly Care Endowment Schemes Act 2000, s 2

“means an organisation providing step‑down care in respect of which an approval under section 23(5)(a) is in force”

approved purchaser

Defined in Residential Property Act 1976, s 2

“means —(a)a Singapore company;(b)a Singapore limited liability partnership;(c)a Singapore society;(d)a foreign person to whom approval has been granted under section 25, 30 or 31;(e)any person, company, limited liability partnership …”

approved reduction

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 22FA

“means a reduction in the energy use intensity of the building by a percentage approved by the Commissioner of Building Control under section 22FO(3) for that building”

approved royalties, fees or contributions

Defined in Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967, s 3

“means royalties, technical assistance fees or contributions to research and development costs which have been approved under section 37 to be approved royalties, fees or contributions”

approved school

Defined in Children and Young Persons Act, s 2

“means any school or institution, or part thereof, for the reception, education and vocational training of children or young persons appointed or established under the provisions and for the purposes of this Act”

approved securities organisation

Defined in Securities Industry Act, s 2

“means a body corporate that is approved by the Minister under section 17”

approved security plan

Defined in Infrastructure Protection Act 2017, s 2

“means any security plan that is approved by the Commissioner and is in force for that special development or that special infrastructure under this Act”

approved services

Defined in Medical and Elderly Care Endowment Schemes Act 2000, s 2

“means step-down care provided by an approved provider in respect of which an approval under section 23(5)(a) is in force”

approved welfare officer

Defined in Children and Young Persons Act 1993, s 2

“means a person who is appointed by the Director‑General under section 3(4) to carry out any investigation, assessment, supervision, consultation or evaluation in relation to any child or young person or the parent, guardian or family …”

April 2025 Scheme child

Defined in Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001, s 2

“means —(a)a child born alive and whose mother’s confinement in respect of the child occurs on or after 1 April 2025, or occurs before 1 April 2025 but the estimated delivery date for that confinement is on or after that date; or(b)a child …”

aquatic facility

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 2

“means any pool, device or facility used or intended to be used for any recreational or therapeutic activity in, on or involving the use of water”

aquatic facility licence

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 2

“means a licence granted under this Act for a licensable aquatic facility”

arbitral award

Defined in Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Act, s 2

“has the same meaning as in the Convention”

Also defined in 1 other Act

arbitral tribunal

Defined in Arbitration Act 2001, s 2

“means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators or an arbitral institution, and includes an emergency arbitrator appointed pursuant to the rules of arbitration agreed to or adopted by the parties including the rules of arbitration of an …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

arbitration agreement

Defined in Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Act, s 2

“means an agreement in writing of the kind referred to in Article II (1) of the Convention”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

arcade

Defined in Building Control Act, s 2

“includes verandah and covered passageway or footway”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

architect

Defined in Planning Act 1998, s 2

“means a person who is registered as an architect under the Architects Act 1991 and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act”

architectural firm

Defined in Architects Act 1991, s 2

“means —(a)a partnership comprising wholly of registered architects, each of whom has in force a practising certificate; or(b)a sole proprietorship comprising a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate”

architectural practice

Defined in Architects Act 1991, s 2

“means —(a)an architectural firm;(b)a limited corporation licensed under section 20(1);(c)an unlimited corporation licensed under section 20(2);(d)a partnership licensed under section 20(3); or(e)a limited liability partnership licensed …”