49. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority” or “AVA” means the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority established by section 3 of the repealed Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority Act (Cap. 5, 2012 Revised Edition);
“asset”, in relation to a transferor, means property of any kind (whether tangible or intangible, whether arising from, accruing under, created or evidenced by or the subject of, an instrument or otherwise and whether actual or contingent) of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date and includes, without limitation, any —
(a)
legal or equitable interest in real or personal property, whether situated in Singapore or elsewhere;
(b)
chose in action;
(c)
money or securities;
(d)
plant and equipment, whether situated in Singapore or elsewhere;
(e)
intellectual property;
(f)
infrastructure, whether situated in Singapore or elsewhere;
(g)
records; and
(h)
right;
“Health Sciences Authority” or “HSA” means the Health Sciences Authority established by section 3 of the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001;
“liability”, in relation to a transferor, means any liability, duty or obligation (whether actual or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether owed alone or jointly or jointly and severally with any other person) of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date;
“National Environment Agency” or “NEA” means the National Environment Agency established by section 3 of the National Environment Agency Act 2002;
“records”, in relation to a transferor, means registers, papers, documents, minutes, receipts, books of account and other records, however compiled, recorded or stored, of that transferor existing on the eve of the transfer date;
“right”, in relation to a transferor, means any right, power, privilege or immunity of the transferor on the eve of the transfer date;
“transferable AVA undertaking” means the following departments of the AVA:
(a)
the Communications and Service Quality Group;
(b)
the Compliance Management Group;
(c)
the Corporate Development Group;
(d)
the Food Infrastructure Development and Management Group;
(e)
the Food Regulatory Management Group;
(f)
the Food Supply Resilience Group;
(g)
the Industry Development and Partnership Group;
(h)
the International Relations Group;
(i)
the Licensing and Permits Group;
(j)
the National Centre for Food Science;
(k)
the office of the Chief Executive of the AVA and the internal audit unit;
(l)
the Planning and Organisation Group;
(m)
the Research Planning and Systems Integration Group;
(n)
the Urban Food Solutions Group;
“transferor” means one of the following, as the case may be:
(a)
the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority;
(b)
the Health Sciences Authority;
(c)
the National Environment Agency;
“transferring AVA employee” means an employee of the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in any department of the Agri‑Food and Veterinary Authority comprised in the transferable AVA undertaking;
“transferring HSA employee” means an employee of the Health Sciences Authority who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in the Food Safety Division of the Health Sciences Authority;
“transferring NEA employee” means an employee of the National Environment Agency who, on the eve of the transfer date, is in the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of the National Environment Agency.
