Words starting with R

road authority

Defined in Parks and Trees Act 2005, s 2

“means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995”

road related facility

Defined in Street Works Act 1995, s 2

“includes any traffic sign, directional sign, street name sign, traffic light, bus shelter, place for the parking of bicycles, power-assisted bicycles or personal mobility devices, railing, lighting apparatus and any optical, electronic …”

road structure

Defined in Street Works Act 1995, s 2

“includes any bridge, underpass, tunnel, earth retaining wall and ancillary buildings”

road tanker

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, s 2

“means a goods vehicle as defined in the Road Traffic Act 1961 which has a tank that is structurally attached to or is an integral part of the frame of the vehicle”

Also defined in 1 other Act

road vehicle

Defined in Road Vehicles (Special Powers) Act 1960, s 2

“means any vehicle designed or adapted for use on roads”

road‑only PAB

Defined in Road Traffic Act 1961, s 2

“means a power‑assisted bicycle that —(a)is within a class or description that is prescribed in rules made under section 48 for the purposes of section 47G(1); and(b)is not intended for use on any public path within the meaning of the …”

road-user charge

Defined in Road Traffic Act 1961, s 34A

“means the charge payable for riding, driving or moving a motor vehicle on a specified road during the prescribed hours”

rocket firework

Defined in Dangerous Fireworks Act 1972, s 2

“includes any firework which will travel over a distance when activated before it produces a practical effect by explosion or a pyrotechnic effect”

roll

Defined in Legal Profession Act 1966, s 2

“means the roll of advocates and solicitors of the Supreme Court kept under section 16”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

roll of nurses

Defined in Nurses and Midwives Act 1999, s 45

“means the roll of nurses maintained pursuant to the repealed Act.”

rolling stock

Defined in Cross-Border Railways Act 2018, s 2

“includes motors, coaches, wagons, locomotives, trucks, trolleys, maintenance or engineering vehicles, carriages of any kind and other kinds of engines used on a railway”

routine operation

Defined in Amusement Rides Safety Act 2011, s 2

“means the carrying out of any task or activity that is necessary for putting the amusement ride to function, and includes —(a)the activation and exercise of mechanical control of the amusement ride;(b)the driving or steering of any …”

royalties or technical assistance fees

Defined in Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967, s 3

“includes —(a)any royalties, rentals or other amounts paid as consideration for the use of, or the right to use, copyright, scientific works, patents, designs, plans, secret processes, formulae, trade marks, licences or other like property …”

royalties, fees or contributions certificate

Defined in Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) Act 1967, s 3

“means a certificate issued under section 37”

royalty

Defined in Copyright Act, s 7

“means the amount applicable in respect of the record under section 57(1) or, if that provision is affected by regulations made for the purposes of section 59, under that provision so affected”

RPAS

Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

“means all of the following components: (a)the remotely piloted aircraft; (b)every remote pilot station associated with the remotely piloted aircraft in paragraph (a) containing the equipment used to pilot that aircraft;(c)the command and …”

rubber

Defined in Rubber Industry Act, s 2

“means marketable rubber prepared from the leaves, bark or latex of any rubber plant, but does not include any manufactured article made wholly or partly of rubber”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

rubber plant

Defined in Rubber Association of Singapore (Incorporation) Act, s 2

“includes any of the following:(a)Heavea brasiliensis (Para rubber);(b)Manihot glaziovii (Ceara rubber);(c)Castilloa elastica;(d)Ficus elastica (Rambong);(e)any other plant which the Minister by notification in the Gazette declares to be a …”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

rule of law

Defined in Electronic Transactions Act, s 2

“includes written law”

Also defined in 1 other Act

rules

Defined in Accountants Act 2004, s 2

“means rules made under section 64”

Also defined in 18 other Acts

Rules Committee

Defined in Legal Profession Act 1966, s 2

“means the Rules Committee constituted under any written law for the time being in force with the power to make rules regulating procedure in the Supreme Court”

Rules of Court

Defined in State Courts Act 1970, s 2

“means Rules of Court made under this Act and includes forms”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

runner

Defined in Betting Act 1960, s 2

“means a person employed by a bookmaker to collect and settle bets either on salary or on commission basis”

Rural Board

Defined in Local Government Integration Act, s 3

“means the Rural Board, Singapore, constituted under the Municipal Ordinance”