Words starting with A

animal quarantine station

Defined in Animals and Birds Act 1965, s 2

“means a quarantine station established under section 57”

animal-related business

Defined in Animals and Birds Act 1965, s 41

“means —(a)the operation of any place or establishment for the purpose of —(i)using or holding animals for display, sport, entertainment, sale, breeding or conservation; or(ii)the care, boarding, grooming, treatment, vaccination …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

animal-related services

Defined in National Parks Board Act 1996, s 2

“includes any of the following activities:(a)bathing, grooming or clipping of animals;(b)treatment, vaccination or inoculation of animals;(c)providing accommodation or boarding to or training of animals;(d)exhibiting (whether or not for …”

animal-related services industry

Defined in National Parks Board Act 1996, s 2

“means an industry consisting of persons carrying out any animal-related services in the course of business”

anniversary date

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014, s 47

“means the day and the month of each year corresponding to the date of expiry of the relevant certificate”

annual general meeting

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means a meeting of the company required to be held by section 175”

annual income

Defined in Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1966, s 2

“means, in relation to the net estate of a deceased person, the income that the net estate might be expected at the date of the order made under this Act, when realised, to yield in a year”

annual licence

Defined in Contact Lens Practitioners Act, s 2

“means an annual licence granted under section 9”

annual pensionable salary

Defined in Judges’ Remuneration Act 1994, s 1A

“means the emoluments of the holder, the whole or any part of which count —(a)for a pension in accordance with the Pensions Act 1956 if the holder is appointed to any judicial office before 1 January 2015; or(b)for a gratuity in accordance …”

annual return

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 4

“means the return required to be lodged under section 197(1)”

annual value

Defined in Local Government Integration Act, s 3

“means annual value within the meaning of the Property Tax Act”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

annual wage supplement

Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 50

“means a single annual payment to employees that is supplemental to the total amount of annual wages earned by them, whether expressed as a percentage thereof or otherwise”

annually

Defined in Enlistment Act 1970, s 2

“mean the period from 1 April of each year to 31 March of the following year”

annuities

Defined in Apportionment Act 1928, s 2

“includes salaries and pensions”

annuity plan

Defined in Central Provident Fund Act 1953, s 27J

“means an annuity plan under the Scheme, pursuant to which the Board will pay a relevant member his or her monthly income under section 27K(6)”

anonymised

Defined in National Registry of Diseases Act 2007, s 2

“means that the identity of that individual has been concealed or protected, whether by presenting the information in a statistical form or otherwise, such that it cannot be readily discovered or ascertained from that information”

anonymised microdata

Defined in Statistics Act 1973, s 2

“means particulars or information pertaining to any person which is in a form that conceals or protects the identity of that person, whether by presenting the particulars or information in statistical form or otherwise, so that the identity …”

anonymous donation

Defined in Political Donations Act 2000, s 2

“means a donation which the recipient is (whether because the donation is offered anonymously or by reason of deception or concealment) unable to ascertain the identity of the person giving the donation”

Antarctica

Defined in Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997, s 2

“means the area south of 60º South latitude, including all ice shelves in that area”

anticipated merger

Defined in Competition Act 2004, s 2

“means an arrangement that is in progress or contemplation and that, if carried into effect, will result in the occurrence of a merger referred to in section 54(2)”

apex organisation

Defined in Co-operative Societies Act 1979, s 2

“means an organisation established to facilitate the operations of all primary and secondary societies in Singapore”

app

Defined in Online Criminal Harms Act 2023, s 2

“includes a computer program”

app distribution service

Defined in Online Criminal Harms Act 2023, s 2

“means an online service that enables the distribution or download of an app”

app removal direction

Defined in Online Criminal Harms Act 2023, s 2

“means a direction described in section 12”

app removal order

Defined in Online Criminal Harms Act 2023, s 2

“means an order described in section 30”

apparatus

Defined in District Cooling Act 2001, s 2

“means any appliance or equipment including any machine, device, fitting or any accessory thereof used for the purpose of or in connection with the provision or use of district cooling services”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

appeal

Defined in Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act 1959, s 2

“includes any proceedings by way of discharging or setting aside a judgment or an application for a new trial or stay of execution”

Appeal Advisory Board

Defined in Infrastructure Protection Act 2017, s 2

“means the Appeal Advisory Board established under section 63”

Appeal Advisory Committee

Defined in Health Products Act 2007, s 2

“means an Appeal Advisory Committee established by the Minister under section 11”

Appeal Board

Defined in Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966, s 2

“means an Appeal Board constituted under section 55”

Also defined in 1 other Act