Words starting with A

alarm monitoring station

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 47

“means any building at which an alarm monitoring service is carried out”

alcohol

Defined in Customs Act 1960, s 3

“means ethanol”

alleged offence

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 149A

“means an offence specified in the Sixth Schedule”

allied health professional

Defined in Allied Health Professions Act 2011, s 2

“means a person who has a professional qualification in any of the allied health professions listed in the First Schedule”

Also defined in 1 other Act

allied health professional with conditional registration

Defined in Allied Health Professions Act 2011, s 2

“means a person registered as such under a provision of this Act”

allied health professional with full registration

Defined in Allied Health Professions Act 2011, s 2

“means a person registered as such under a provision of this Act”

allied health professional with restricted registration

Defined in Allied Health Professions Act 2011, s 2

“means a person registered as such under a provision of this Act”

allied health professional with temporary registration

Defined in Allied Health Professions Act 2011, s 2

“means a person registered as such under a provision of this Act”

allied professional

Defined in Professional Engineers Act 1991, s 2

“means —(a)an architect who is registered under the Architects Act 1991; or(b)a land surveyor who is registered under the Land Surveyors Act 1991”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

allowance

Defined in Carbon Pricing Act 2018, s 20A

“means the amount by which the total amount of reckonable GHG emissions of the taxable facility in the emissions year may be reduced for the purpose only of determining the amount of the tax chargeable for the emissions year, in accordance …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

alteration

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 2

“includes deterioration”

Also defined in 1 other Act

alternate address

Defined in Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005, s 2

“means an alternate address maintained with the Registrar under section 37 that meets the requirements of that section”

Also defined in 1 other Act

alternative solution

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 2

“means an engineering solution for the fire safety works to satisfy any fire performance requirements in the Fire Code, being a solution that is based on —(a)a deterministic or probabilistic analysis of fire scenarios or both types of …”

AME

Defined in Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, s 2

“means an amount computed in accordance with paragraph 6 of the First Schedule”

amended plans

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means plans showing any deviation from, or any amendment or addition to, any plans of building works approved or deemed approved under section 5(3) or 5AA(1)”

amendment

Defined in Planning Act 1998, s 2

“includes any alteration or addition to or any repeal or replacement of the Master Plan in whole or in part”

AMI meter

Defined in Public Utilities Act 2001, s 2

“means —(a)a meter that can transmit information to the Board by means of telecommunications; and(b)a meter, and a device which is associated with or ancillary to that meter and which —(i)is capable of converting mechanical readings to …”

AML/CFT authority

Defined in Variable Capital Companies Act 2018, s 86

“have the meanings given by section 152 of the MAS Act, except that a reference to a foreign financial institution in the definitions of those terms in that section is to a foreign financial institution as defined in this subsection”

AML/CFT/CPF requirements

Defined in Accountants Act 2004, s 38B

“means the prescribed requirements relating to the detection and prevention of money laundering, the financing of terrorism or proliferation financing by public accountants and accounting entities”

AML/CFT/CPF requirements review

Defined in Accountants Act 2004, s 38B

“means a review to determine the compliance with any AML/CFT/CPF requirement by an accounting entity and any of its individual practitioners”

ammunition

Defined in Internal Security Act 1960, s 2

“means ammunition for any firearm as hereafter defined and includes grenades, bombs and other like missiles whether capable of use with such a firearm or not and any ammunition containing or designed or adapted to contain any noxious …”

amusement ride

Defined in Amusement Rides Safety Act 2011, s 2

“means any mechanised or power‑driven device or any combination of such devices, together with any machinery, equipment and plant connected thereto or used in connection therewith, which —(a)is designed to carry patrons on, along, around …”

analysis

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, s 2

“includes the taking of a sample or any test, measurement, calculation or examination made for the purpose of determining the characteristics of any matter or substance or the effects of any discharge, emission or deposit of trade effluent …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

analyst

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means an analyst approved by the Commissioner of Building Control”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

ancillary criminal matter

Defined in Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000, s 2

“means —(a)the restraining of dealing with, or the seizure, forfeiture or confiscation of, property in connection with a Singapore offence or foreign offence, as the case may be; or(b)the obtaining, enforcement or satisfaction of a …”

ancillary facility

Defined in Common Services Tunnels Act 2018, s 2

“means —(a)any electrical substation, electrical switch room, generator set room or control centre used for the purposes of the common services tunnel; and(b)any ancillary structure”

ancillary service

Defined in Electricity Act 2001, s 2

“means a service required or provided for the security or reliability of the electricity system”

ancillary structure

Defined in Common Services Tunnels Act 2018, s 2

“means —(a)any entrance to or exit from the common services tunnel;(b)any passage, corridor or stairway connecting an entrance to or exit from the common services tunnel;(c)any ventilation opening, duct or shaft necessary for the operation …”

animal

Defined in Animals and Birds Act 1965, s 2

“means any mammal (other than man) or fish and includes any other living creature that is prescribed as an animal for the purposes of this Act or that falls within a class of animals that is prescribed for those purposes”

Also defined in 14 other Acts

animal feed

Defined in Feeding Stuffs Act 1965, s 2

“means organic or mineral substances or mixtures of such substances used for the feeding of animals”