Words starting with F

fire performance requirements

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 2

“means the objectives specified in the Fire Code in respect of fire safety works”

fire protection system

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 2

“includes any installation, equipment or works manufactured, used or designed to be used for the purposes of —(a)extinguishing, attacking, preventing or limiting a fire and its by‑product; or(b)giving warning of a fire”

fire protection works

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 2

“means the provision, extension or alteration of any fire protection system”

fire safety engineer

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 2

“means a person who is registered as a fire safety engineer under this Act”

fire safety measures

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 2

“includes any installation, equipment or works manufactured, used or designed to be used for the purposes of —(a)extinguishing, attacking, preventing or limiting a fire and controlling the spread of smoke resulting from the fire;(b)giving …”

fire safety works

Defined in Fire Safety Act 1993, s 2

“means —(a)any fire protection works;(b)the installation, provision or removal of, or addition or alteration to, any fire safety measure;(c)any relevant pipeline works; or(d)any relevant works”

Fire Service

Defined in Fire Service Act, s 2

“means the Singapore Fire Service constituted under section 3”

firearm

Defined in Internal Security Act 1960, s 2

“means any lethal barrelled weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged or which can be adapted for the discharge of any such shot, bullet or other missile and any weapon of whatever description …”

firm

Defined in Accountants Act 2004, s 2

“means a sole proprietorship or partnership”

Also defined in 10 other Acts

first emissions threshold

Defined in Carbon Pricing Act 2018, s 2

“means the first emissions threshold specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule”

First Schedule (Part 1) biological agent

Defined in Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005, s 2

“means any biological agent specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule”

First Schedule (Part 2) biological agent

Defined in Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005, s 2

“means any biological agent specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule”

First Schedule biological agent

Defined in Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005, s 2

“means any biological agent specified in the First Schedule”

fish

Defined in Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999, s 2

“means any species of fish and includes crustacea, shellfish, echinoderm, mollusc, and the young and eggs thereof”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

fish culturist

Defined in Fisheries Act 1966, s 2

“means any person culturing or cultivating fish for profit and includes fish pond operators and aquarists”

fish dealer

Defined in Fisheries Act 1966, s 2

“includes any person engaged in buying (except for personal consumption), selling, exposing for sale, consigning or exhibiting fish, whether living, fresh or processed, in any manner, or any person engaged in processing fish”

fish pond

Defined in Fisheries Act 1966, s 2

“means any enclosed area of water whether fresh or otherwise, which is used or intended for use in the cultivation, storage or capture of fish, and includes estuarine prawn ponds”

fish product

Defined in Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999, s 2

“means —(a)any fish or part of a fish; and(b)any product or by-product of any fish,which is intended for human consumption”

Also defined in 1 other Act

fishing stakes

Defined in Fisheries Act 1966, s 2

“means any device used for the capture of fish which is made up of poles or other supports permanently fixed into the ground and enclosed by ramie, rattan, wire or other screening material, so designed as to lead fish into the enclosures …”

fishing vessel

Defined in Fisheries Act 1966, s 2

“includes any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used for fishing or the transport of fish or fishing materials”

fit individual

Defined in Women’s Charter 1961, s 2

“means an individual whom the Director‑General, having regard to the character of the individual, thinks competent to provide care and protection to another individual”

fit person

Defined in Children and Young Persons Act 1993, s 2

“means —(a)a foster parent; or(b)such other person whom the court, the Director‑General or a protector, having regard to the character of the person, thinks is competent to provide care, protection and supervision to a child or young person”

Also defined in 1 other Act

fitness examination

Defined in Enlistment Act 1970, s 2

“means any examination which is considered by the proper authority to be necessary for the purpose of determining the fitness of a person for service”

fitrah

Defined in Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966, s 2

“means the amount of rice or its equivalent value in money payable under the Muslim law annually by a Muslim during the month of Ramadan to be used for religious or charitable purposes recognised by the Muslim law”

fittings

Defined in Sewerage and Drainage Act 1999, s 2

“means any apparatus or parts used for any sanitary facility or drain‑line of any premises”

Also defined in 1 other Act

fixed capital expenditure

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

“means capital expenditure to be incurred on an approved project by a company on the following items that are used for carrying out the project —(a)factory building (excluding land) in Singapore and, in relation to any project under section …”

fixed EV charger

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

“has the meaning given by section 2 of the Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022”

fixed installation

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means any of the following machine-powered installations:(a)an escalator;(b)a lift;(c)a mechanised car parking system,and includes any supporting structure, machinery, equipment, apparatus and enclosure used or designed for use for …”

fixed installation owner

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means —(a)where the fixed installation is part of any common property of a housing estate of the Housing and Development Board —(i)the Town Council established under the Town Councils Act 1988 with the duty to maintain that common property …”

fixed installation works

Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

“means —(a)the installation of any fixed installation;(b)the carrying out of such major alteration or replacement works as may be prescribed in respect of any fixed installation; or(c)the testing and commissioning, following the completion …”