Words starting with U

ultimate holding company

Defined in Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, s 61

“has the meaning given by section 5A of the Companies Act 1967”

ultimate parent corporation

Defined in Companies Act 1967, s 209A

“means a corporation which is a parent but is not a subsidiary, within the meaning of the Accounting Standards.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

umbrella VCC

Defined in Variable Capital Companies Act 2018, s 2

“means a VCC the constitution of which provides that it consists of, or is to consist of, 2 or more collective investment schemes, or words to that effect”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

UN operation

Defined in United Nations Personnel Act 2011, s 3

“means an operation —(a)which is established, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, by an organ of the United Nations;(b)which is conducted under the authority and control of the United Nations; and(c)which —(i)has as its …”

UN worker

Defined in United Nations Personnel Act 2011, s 2

“has the meaning given by section 3”

unanimous resolution

Defined in Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967, s 3

“has the meaning given by the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act 2004.”

unauthorised

Defined in Building Control Act, s 2

“means any building or works erected or carried out in contravention of any provision of this Act or the building regulations.”

Also defined in 1 other Act

unauthorised advertisement

Defined in Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993, s 2

“means any advertisement described in section 3(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d), but not —(a)a price list mentioned in section 3(2);(b)an advertisement the publication of which is approved under section 3(6); or(c)an advertisement published, or …”

unauthorised person

Defined in Pharmacists Registration Act 2007, s 2

“means —(a)a person who is not a registered pharmacist; or(b)a registered pharmacist who does not have a valid practising certificate,and who has not been exempted under section 70 or 71.”

uncertified facility

Defined in Biological Agents and Toxins Act 2005, s 2

“means a facility that is not certified under section 51.”

uncertified vehicle

Defined in Active Mobility Act 2017, s 2

“means a bicycle, personal mobility device or mobility vehicle which does not have in force a certificate issued under section 35C where an inspection or periodic inspections of the vehicle is required under section 35A”

uncertified vehicle advertisement

Defined in Active Mobility Act 2017, s 2

“means an advertisement that gives publicity to, or otherwise promotes or is intended to promote the purchase or use of, an uncertified vehicle or a range of uncertified vehicles”

unclaimed moneys

Defined in Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011, s 2

“means any policy moneys which, as a result of a contingency happening, have been ascertained by the failed PPF Scheme member to be due and payable under that insured policy before the quantification date but which have not been paid to or …”

unclaimed property

Defined in Police Force Act 2004, s 2

“means any lost property that has been in the custody of the Police Force for the period specified in section 108(2) and in relation to which —(a)there is no person who appears, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, to be the owner of …”

uncustomed goods

Defined in Customs Act 1960, s 3

“means goods in respect of which a breach of the provisions of this Act has been committed.”

under-aged person

Defined in Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993, s 2

“means —(a)for 12 months after the date prescribed, an individual who is below 19 years of age;(b)for 12 months after the end of the period in paragraph (a), an individual who is below 20 years of age; and(c)at any time after the end of the …”

under-aged rider

Defined in Active Mobility Act 2017, s 2

“means an individual riding the PMD who is below the prescribed minimum riding age for riding the motorised PMD on a shared path”

Also defined in 1 other Act

under-lease

Defined in Conveyancing and Lawof Property Act 1886, s 2

“includes an agreement for an under-lease where the under-lessee has become entitled to have his under-lease granted”

under-lessee

Defined in Conveyancing and Lawof Property Act 1886, s 2

“includes any person deriving title under or from an under-lessee”

underaged individual

Defined in Gambling Control Act 2022, s 3

“has the meaning given by section 13”

underlying thing

Defined in Securities and Futures Act 2001, s 2

“means —(a)in relation to a derivatives contract or a spot contract —(i)a unit in a collective investment scheme;(ii)a commodity;(iii)a financial instrument;(iv)the credit of any person; or(v)an arrangement, event, index, intangible …”

undertaking

Defined in CISCO (Dissolution) Act, s 2

“means the business and all the lands, buildings and other property (whether movable or immovable and whether tangible or intangible) vested in the Corporation immediately before the transfer date for the purposes of the Corporation, and …”

Also defined in 4 other Acts

undertakings

Defined in Post Office Savings Bank of Singapore (Transfer of Undertakings and Dissolution) Act, s 2

“means the POSB undertaking and the Credit POSB undertaking”

Also defined in 1 other Act

underwrite

Defined in Economic Development Board Act 1961, s 2

“means to contract, with or without conditions, to subscribe for stocks, shares, bonds or debentures of an enterprise with a view to the resale of the whole or part of it.”

unfair practice

Defined in Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003, s 2

“means an unfair practice within the meaning of section 4”

unfinished goods or materials

Defined in Pawnbrokers Act, s 2

“includes any goods of any manufacture or of any part or branch of any manufacture, either mixed or separate, or any materials whatever plainly intended for the composing or manufacturing of any goods, after the goods or materials are put …”

uniformed service officer

Defined in Home Affairs Uniformed Services Superannuation Act 2001, s 2

“means any civil defence officer, intelligence officer, narcotics officer, police officer or prison officer.”

unincorporated association

Defined in Gambling Control Act 2022, s 3

“means a society or body unincorporate which, under any written law, may sue or be sued, or hold property, in the name of an officer of the society or body duly appointed for that purpose”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

unique identifier

Defined in Payment Services Act 2019, s 2

“means a combination of letters, numbers or symbols used by a payment service user to identify unambiguously either or both of the following for the purposes of a payment transaction:(a)any payment service user that is a party to the …”

unit

Defined in Business Trusts Act 2004, s 2

“means a share in the beneficial ownership in the trust property of the business trust”

Also defined in 16 other Acts