Words starting with B

broadcasting apparatus licence

Defined in Broadcasting Act 1994, s 2

“means a licence granted under section 20 in respect of broadcasting apparatus, and “broadcasting apparatus licensee” is to be construed accordingly”

broadcasting licence

Defined in Broadcasting Act 1994, s 2

“means a licence granted under section 8 or 9 for the provision of a licensable broadcasting service, and “broadcasting licensee” is to be construed accordingly”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

broadcasting licensee

Defined in Copyright Act, s 7

“have the same meanings as in section 2(1) of the Broadcasting Act”

Also defined in 1 other Act

broadcasting service

Defined in Broadcasting Act 1994, s 2

“means a service whereby signs or signals transmitted (whether or not encrypted) comprise —(a)any programme capable of being received, or received and displayed, as visual images, whether moving or still;(b)any sound programme for …”

Also defined in 5 other Acts

broadcasting station

Defined in Broadcasting and Television Act, s 2

“means a station which transmits broadcast matter by radio waves, wire or cable for reception by the general public”

Also defined in 1 other Act

brothel

Defined in Women’s Charter 1961, s 2

“means any place —(a)habitually used by any 2 or more women or girls (whether or not at the same time or at different times) for the purpose of prostitution;(b)that has been used by any 2 or more women or girls (whether or not at the same …”

builder

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means any person who undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out any building works for the person’s own account or for or on behalf of another person but does not include a sub-contractor in …”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

building

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes —(a)a hut, shed or roofed enclosure;(b)an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary;(c)a dock, wharf or jetty;(ca)a floating structure, not …”

Also defined in 34 other Acts

Building and Construction Authority

Defined in Building (Strata Management) Act 2004, s 2

“means the Building and Construction Authority established under section 3 of the Building and Construction Authority Act 1999”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Building Authority

Defined in Building Control Act, s 2

“means the Deputy Director-General, Development and Building Control Division of the Public Works Department”

Also defined in 6 other Acts

building manager

Defined in Resource Sustainability Act 2019, s 24

“means —(a)where the prescribed building is occupied by only one person — the owner or occupier of the building; or(b)where the prescribed building is occupied by more than one person —(i)where the prescribed building is a subdivided …”

building operation

Defined in Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006, s 4

“means —(a)the construction, structural alteration, repair or maintenance of a building (including the rewiring of any electrical installation, the replacement of any lift, air conditioning plant and ancillary ducting of a building, and the …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

building operations

Defined in Housing and Development Act 1959, s 2

“includes any building or erectional operations, rebuilding operations, structural alterations of or additions to buildings and other operations normally undertaken by a person carrying on business as a builder and the making of access …”

building product

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 22G

“means any product, material, assembly of components, software or other thing that is, or could be, used in a building and is prescribed by building regulations to be a building product for the purposes of Division 2”

building project

Defined in Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act 1965, s 2

“means a building project comprising units of housing accommodation”

building purposes

Defined in Conveyancing and Lawof Property Act 1886, s 2

“includes the erecting and the improving of, and the adding to and the repairing of buildings”

building regulations

Defined in Building Control Act, s 2

“means the regulations made under section 27”

Also defined in 1 other Act

building works

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means —(a)the erection, extension or demolition of a building;(b)the alteration, addition or repair of a building;(c)the provision, extension or alteration of any air conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a …”

Also defined in 8 other Acts

buildings or works

Defined in Housing and Development Act 1959, s 2

“includes waste materials, refuse and other matters deposited on land, and reference to the erection or construction of buildings or works is to be construed accordingly”

bulk

Defined in Sale of Goods Act 1979, s 61

“means a mass or collection of goods of the same kind which —(a)is contained in a defined space or area; and(b)is such that any goods in the bulk are interchangeable with any other goods therein of the same number or quantity”

Bunker Convention

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008, s 2

“means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage 2001”

Bunker Convention country

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008, s 2

“means a country in respect of which the Bunker Convention is in force”

Bunker Convention State

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008, s 2

“means a State which is a party to the Bunker Convention”

bunker oil

Defined in Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008, s 2

“means any hydrocarbon mineral oil, including lubricating oil, used or intended to be used for the operation or propulsion of a ship, and any residues of such oil”

buoy

Defined in Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996, s 2

“includes a floating object of any size, shape and colour which is moored to the seabed and serves as an aid to navigation or for other specific purposes”

Also defined in 1 other Act

buoys and beacons

Defined in Merchant Shipping Act, s 2

“includes all other marks and signs of the sea”

bus

Defined in Bus Services Industry Act 2015, s 2

“means any motor vehicle registered as a bus under the Road Traffic Act 1961”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

bus depot

Defined in Bus Services Industry Act 2015, s 2

“means any premises with purpose‑built facilities for the parking, maintenance or refuelling of buses, or the charging of batteries of buses (when the battery is attached to the bus), by bus operators holding Class 1 bus service licences …”

bus depot licence

Defined in Bus Services Industry Act 2015, s 2

“means a bus depot licence granted (or deemed granted) under Part 4 to operate a bus depot specified in the licence”

bus depot site

Defined in Bus Services Industry Act 2015, s 2

“means the premises in Singapore on which a bus depot is or is to be situated”