PART 1 | 1. This Act is the Jurong Town Corporation Act 1968. |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —| “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Corporation appointed under section 4; |
| “chief executive officer” means the chief executive of the Corporation, and includes any individual acting in that capacity; |
| “common property” means so much of the developed land and all parts of the building as are not comprised in the flats in a building; |
| “Corporation” means the Jurong Town Corporation established under section 3; |
| “developed land” means any land of the Corporation upon which a building has been erected; |
| “financial year” means a period of 12 months beginning on 1 April in each year and ending on 31 March in the following year; |
| “flat” means a horizontal stratum of a building or part thereof, whether the stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, which is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of human habitation or business or for any other purpose; |
“industrial property” means —| (a) | any building or other premises permitted by or under the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law for use solely for an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is an industrial purpose; | | (b) | any building or other premises used solely for an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is an industrial purpose, being a use to which the building or premises were put on 1 February 1960, and the building or premises have not been put to any other use since that date; or | | (c) | any land zoned in the Master Plan (within the meaning of section 6 of the Planning Act 1998) solely for an industrial purpose, or for mixed purposes the predominant purpose of which is an industrial purpose; |
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“industrial purpose” means —| (a) | general industry, such as the manufacturing, altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, washing, laundry, packing, canning, adapting, breaking up or demolishing of any article or part of it, the getting, processing or treatment of minerals, or the manufacturing or packing of goods or foodstuff, whether or not the processes carried on are dangerous or offensive; | | (b) | light industry where the processes in paragraph (a) or the machinery installed for those processes are such as can be carried on or installed in any residential area without detriment to the amenity of the area by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, soot, ash, dust or grit and are not dangerous or offensive; | | (c) | warehousing, storage of goods or foodstuff, or freight and logistics operations; | | (d) | research and development activities, business park activities or science park activities; or | | (e) | any other activity of an industrial nature that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify to be an industrial purpose; |
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| “Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established under the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act 1992; |
| “lease” includes an agreement for a lease; |
| “officer” includes the Chairperson, members and employees of the Corporation; |
| “owner”, in relation to immovable property, includes a person who has purchased a leasehold interest in any property sold by the Corporation and also includes a purchaser under an agreement for lease; |
| “Urban Redevelopment Authority” means the Urban Redevelopment Authority established under the Urban Redevelopment Authority Act 1989. [20/2013; 34/2017; 5/2018] |
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