2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Deputy Commissioner of Police” includes any police officer authorised by him in writing by name or office to exercise the powers vested by this Act in the Deputy Commissioner of Police;
“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;
“policy of insurance” includes a cover note;
“Public Trustee” means the Public Trustee appointed under the provisions of the Public Trustee Act (Cap. 260) and includes an Assistant Public Trustee appointed under the provisions of that Act;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Vehicles or a Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar appointed under the provisions of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);
“relevant amount” means $5,000 or, where an amount has been prescribed by the Minister under section 20 for the purposes of sections 6(1), 9(2) and (8) and 18(4), the prescribed amount;
“road” means any public road and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
“use” means use on any road.
[21/73; 28/2000]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 44 of 2014
Interpretation
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“appropriate Minister”, in relation to the exercise of powers under sections 20 and 24, means —
(a)
the Minister charged with the responsibility for the Public Trustee’s department insofar as those powers are exercised in connection with the purposes of sections 5A, 6, 9(1), (2), (2A), (2B), (2C), (3), (8), (8A) and (9), 18, 18A and 19; and
(b)
the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport insofar as those powers are exercised in connection with the purposes of any other provision of this Act;
[Act 22 of 2013 wef 01/08/2014]
“Deputy Commissioner of Police” includes any police officer authorised by him in writing by name or office to exercise the powers vested by this Act in the Deputy Commissioner of Police;
“detention barrack” means a building or any part thereof which is set apart by —
(a)
the Armed Forces Council under the Singapore Armed Forces Act (Cap. 295);
(b)
the Commissioner of Civil Defence under the Civil Defence Act (Cap. 42);
(c)
the Commissioner of Police under the Police Force Act (Cap. 235); or
(d)
the Commissioner of Police under the Vigilante Corps Act (Cap. 343),
for the purpose of persons serving sentences of detention under the respective Acts;
[Act 22 of 2013 wef 01/08/2014]
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport;
[Act 22 of 2013 wef 01/08/2014]
“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;
“place of detention” means any of the following places:
(a)
a detention barrack;
(b)
a disciplinary barrack within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act;
(c)
a military prison within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act;
(d)
a place or premises declared under section 18 of the Intoxicating Substances Act (Cap. 146A) to be an approved centre for the treatment and rehabilitation of persons who use or inhale intoxicating substances for the purpose of inducing or causing a state of intoxication;
(e)
a prison within the meaning of section 2 of the Prisons Act (Cap. 247);
(f)
a hospital or part thereof designated under section 3 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act (Cap. 178A) to be a psychiatric institution;
(g)
a welfare home within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Destitute Persons Act (Cap. 78);
(h)
any other place as may be prescribed by the Minister charged with the responsibility for the Public Trustee’s department;
[Act 22 of 2013 wef 01/08/2014]
“policy of insurance” includes a cover note;
“Public Trustee” means the Public Trustee appointed under the provisions of the Public Trustee Act (Cap. 260) and includes a Deputy Public Trustee and an Assistant Public Trustee appointed under the provisions of that Act;
[Act 44 of 2014 wef 31/12/2014]
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Vehicles or a Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar appointed under the provisions of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);
“relevant amount” means $5,000 or, where another amount has been prescribed under section 20 by the appropriate Minister for the purposes of sections 6(1), 9(1)(a) and (b) and 18(4), the prescribed amount;
[Act 22 of 2013 wef 01/08/2014]
“road” means any public road and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
“specified person” means —
(a)
for the purposes of section 6, a person who is entitled to the benefit of a payment, pursuant to a settlement agreement, referred to in section 6(1) and who —
(i)
at the time the settlement agreement is made, is not represented by a public officer or an advocate and solicitor;
(ii)
at the time of the making of the payment under section 6(2), is isolated in a hospital or other place under section 15(1) or (2) of the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137); or
(iii)
at the time of the making of the payment under section 6(2), is under legal custody in a place of detention; and
(b)
for the purposes of section 9, a person who is entitled to the benefit of a judgment referred to in section 9(1)(b) and who, at the time the judgment is given —
(i)
is below the age of 21 years;
(ii)
lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act (Cap. 177A);
(iii)
is not represented by a public officer or an advocate and solicitor;
(iv)
is isolated in a hospital or other place under section 15(1) or (2) of the Infectious Diseases Act; or