Words starting with A

agri-food and veterinary sectors

Defined in Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority Act, s 2

“means the sectors connected with the supply of food and ornamental fish and plants, safety of food, veterinary public health, fisheries, aquaculture, horticulture, animal health, fish health, plant health, veterinary medicine, veterinary …”

agricultural officer

Defined in Agricultural Pests Act, s 2

“means the Senior Primary Production Officer”

Also defined in 1 other Act

aided person

Defined in Legal Aid and Advice Act, s 2

“means a person who has been granted a certificate that he is entitled to legal aid under Part III and, where such a person is an infant, includes his guardian”

Also defined in 1 other Act

aided school

Defined in School Boards (Incorporation) Act 1990, s 2

“means a school which —(a)is established by any person other than the Government; and(b)is conducted by a committee of management which is in receipt of a grant-in-aid from the Government for defraying the expenses incurred for conducting …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

air and ventilation networks

Defined in Environmental Public Health Act 1987, s 31E

“means —(a)all air and ventilation transmission pipelines or interconnected transmission pipelines; and(b)other devices and equipment (including pressure regulating and control valves),used or intended for, or for purposes connected with …”

air conditioning

Defined in District Cooling Act 2001, s 2

“means the process of treating air so as to control simultaneously its temperature, humidity, cleanliness and distribution to meet the requirements of the conditioned space”

air impurities

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, s 2

“includes smoke, cinders, solid particles of any kind, gases, fumes, mists, odours and radioactive substances”

air impurity

Defined in Clean Air Act, s 2

“includes smoke, soot, dust, ash (including fly-ash), cinders, solid particles of any kind, gases, fumes, mists, odours and radioactive substances”

air marshal

Defined in Police Force Act 2004, s 60

“means any police officer who is appointed by the Commissioner under section 61(1) to serve as an air marshal”

air navigation services

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means services provided to air traffic during all phases of operations to ensure their safe and efficient movement, and includes —(a)air traffic control services, including air traffic control service for arriving or departing controlled …”

air pollution

Defined in Clean Air Act, s 2

“means the emission into the air of any air impurity”

Also defined in 1 other Act

air pollution control equipment

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, s 2

“includes —(a)any apparatus for separating any air impurities from the gas or liquid medium in which they are carried;(b)any automatic device used for securing the more efficient operation of any fuel burning equipment;(c)any device to …”

air quality index

Defined in Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014, s 2

“means a number that describes, through such periodic recording and methodology as the Agency approves, the presence and movement of pollutants and particles in the air environment outdoors in that area relative to the health, wellbeing …”

air receiver

Defined in Factories Act, s 7

“means —(a)any vessel (other than a pipe or coil or an accessory, fitting or part of a compressor) for containing compressed air and connected with an air compressing plant;(b)any fixed vessel for containing compressed air and used for the …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

air traffic

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means all aircraft in flight or operating on any manoeuvring area of an aerodrome”

air traffic control service

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means a service provided for the purposes of —(a)preventing collisions between aircraft, and between aircraft and obstructions on any manoeuvring area; and(b)expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of air traffic”

Also defined in 1 other Act

air traffic service

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means —(a)any aerodrome control service;(b)any area control service provided for controlled flights in such airspace of defined dimensions within which an air traffic control service is provided;(c)any approach control service provided for …”

aircraft

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air otherwise than by the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth”

Also defined in 14 other Acts

aircraft flight operation

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 71B

“means —(a)the landing of the aircraft on a runway;(b)the taking-off of the aircraft on a runway; and(c)the use of the full range of airport infrastructure (such as the runway, terminal, apron and gate) necessary for the purpose of …”

aircraft objects

Defined in International Interests in Aircraft Equipment Act 2009, s 2

“has the meaning given by Article I(2)(c) of the Protocol”

airline

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means a person who carries on a commercial air transport enterprise that involves offering or operating air services”

airport

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means any defined area of land in Singapore declared under section 3 to be an airport”

Also defined in 1 other Act

airport development levy

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means a tax of that name payable under section 87A”

airport licence

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means a licence granted under section 36”

airport licensee

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means the holder of an airport licence”

airport service operator

Defined in Energy Conservation Act 2012, s 2

“means —(a)a person operating an airport under an airport licence or an exemption granted under the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009; or(b)a person providing any service or facility for an aircraft’s arrival at or departure …”

airport services and facilities

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means the services and facilities provided —(a)to enable the landing and taking off of aircraft, such as the provision within such areas of —(i)airfields, runways, taxiways, parking aprons and parking stands for aircraft;(ii)facilities and …”

airport site

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means the site on which an airport is situated”

airport undertaking

Defined in Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009, s 2

“means —(a)all the lands, buildings and other property, movable or immovable, vested in the Authority immediately before the transfer date for the airport purposes of the Authority, excluding such lands, buildings and other property as the …”

alarm monitoring service

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 47

“means the service consisting of monitoring signals from any alarm system installed in or for a building for the purpose of fire safety and for transmission to the Force”