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651 words defined in Singapore Acts, from “safe working load” to “system or process”.

651 words · showing 541 to 570

  • street-hail fare

    Defined in Public Transport Council Act 1987, s 2

    “means the price paid or given for the use of a street‑hail service, whether or not it is paid or given to the provider of the street‑hail service, a driver or any other person, but does not include any booking fee for a taxi made …”

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  • street-hail industry participant

    Defined in Public Transport Council Act 1987, s 2

    “means any of the following:(a)a street-hail service licensee;(b)a taxi driver licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1961 to drive a taxi not owned by a street‑hail service licensee;(c)any person or class of persons prescribed for the …”

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  • street‑hail service

    Defined in Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019, s 3

    “means a passenger transport service —(a)provided using motor vehicles which are taxis, 2 or more of which at any time in a year are taxis owned by the provider of that service; and(b)under which any individual can hail or hire on‑demand …”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

    Read s 3
  • street‑hail service licence

    Defined in Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019, s 2

    “means a licence granted under Part 3”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • street-hail service licensee

    Defined in Public Transport Council Act 1987, s 2

    “means a person to whom a street‑hail service licence to provide a street‑hail service is granted (on renewal or otherwise) or deemed granted under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • strike

    Defined in Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955, s 5

    “means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any essential service acting in combination, or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of a number of persons who are or who have been so employed to …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 5
  • structural defect

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

    “means a defect in a structural element of a building that —(a)results in, or is likely to result in, the building or any part of the building being required by or under any law to be closed or prohibited from being used;(b)prevents, or is …”

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  • structural element

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

    “means an internal or external load‑bearing component of the building that is essential to the stability of the building or part of the building, but does not include any door or window;Examples(a)A foundation, load‑bearing wall, column or …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

    Read s 2
  • structural elements

    Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

    “means those parts or elements of a building which resist forces and moments, and includes foundations, beams, columns, shear cores, structural walls, struts, ground anchors, slabs, trusses, staircases, load‑bearing walls and all other …”

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  • structural engineer

    Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 26

    “means a person who is registered under the Professional Engineers Act 1991 in the civil or structural engineering discipline and who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act authorising him or her to engage in civil or …”

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  • structural inspection

    Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 26

    “means an inspection mentioned in section 28(1)(a).”

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  • structural network

    Defined in Property Tax Act 1960, s 2

    “means a network (whether closed or otherwise) or any part thereof —(a)used or intended to be used for any purpose, including for circulation, distribution, transportation or transmission; and(b)comprising one or more of any of the …”

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  • structural works

    Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

    “means works in relation to the structural elements of the building works”

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  • structure

    Defined in Air Navigation Act 1966, s 2

    “includes any house, warehouse, office, shop, school and any other building whether permanent or temporary and whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging, gatepost, pillar …”

    Also defined in 2 other Acts

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  • student

    Defined in Private Education Act 2009, s 2

    “means a person who receives, or is enrolled in the education institution to receive, education offered or provided by the education institution”

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  • stun gun

    Defined in Arms and Explosives Act 1913, s 2

    “means a portable device which is powered by electricity and from which any electric current, discharge, impulse, wave or beam can be emitted and if directed at a person or an animal, can incapacitate temporarily, injure or kill the person …”

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  • Sub-Committee

    Defined in Presidential Elections Act 1991, s 2

    “means any of the following Sub‑Committees established by section 8E:(a)the Chinese Community Sub-Committee;(b)the Malay Community Sub-Committee;(c)the Indian and Other Minority Communities Sub‑Committee”

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  • sub-contractor

    Defined in Building Control Act 1989, s 2

    “means a person engaged (otherwise than under a contract of service) by —(a)in the case of general building works — any licensed general builder to supply any labour for or to do any part of those general building works which the licensed …”

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  • sub-fund

    Defined in Variable Capital Companies Act 2018, s 2

    “means a collective investment scheme that is part of an umbrella VCC”

    Also defined in 4 other Acts

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  • subcontractor

    Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

    “means any person who contracts with a contractor for the supply of labour or for the execution by the subcontractor of the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the contractor for the contractor’s principal, and includes any person …”

    Also defined in 1 other Act

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  • subcontractor for labour

    Defined in Employment Act 1968, s 2

    “means any person who contracts with a contractor or subcontractor to supply the labour required for the execution of the whole or any part of any work a contractor or subcontractor has contracted to carry out for a principal or contractor …”

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  • subdelegate

    Defined in National Parks Board Act 1996, s 2

    “means a person to whom a delegate under section 10(2) further delegates the performance or exercise of any of the Board’s functions, duties or powers”

    Also defined in 3 other Acts

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  • subdivided building

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

    “means any one or more buildings comprised in a strata subdivision plan approved by the relevant authority”

    Also defined in 3 other Acts

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  • subdivided land

    Defined in Apportionment of Rents Act 1909, s 2

    “means any land in respect of which subdivision permission to subdivide has been granted by a competent authority under the Planning Act 1998.”

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  • subdivision load line

    Defined in Merchant Shipping Act 1995, s 2

    “means a line indicating the maximum depth to which a passenger ship may be loaded having regard to the extent to which it is subdivided and to the space for the time being allotted to passengers as determined in accordance with regulations …”

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  • subdivision permission

    Defined in Planning Act 1998, s 2

    “means permission mentioned in section 12(3)”

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  • subject

    Defined in Criminal Procedure Code 2010, s 149A

    “means a person who enters into a DPA with the Public Prosecutor.”

    Read s 149A
  • subject goods

    Defined in Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1996, s 2

    “means the goods imported, or sold for importation, into Singapore that are the subject of any countervailing or anti-dumping duty investigation or review under this Act”

    Read s 2
  • submarine cable system

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

    “means a network of interconnected submarine cables, and includes its submarine landing terminating equipment, terrestrial or submarine optical fibre systems, network equipment and any other equipment ancillary to the submarine cable system.”

    Read s 41
  • subordinate court

    Defined in Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969, s 2

    “means a court constituted under the State Courts Act 1970, a Family Court or Youth Court constituted under the Family Justice Act 2014, and any other court, tribunal or judicial or quasi‑judicial body from the decisions of which under any …”

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