Singapore Tourism Board Act 1963 - Singapore Statutes Online

Singapore Tourism Board
Act 1963

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act for the establishment of the Singapore Tourism Board and of the Tourism Fund, for the regulation of tourist guides and for matters connected therewith.

[7/2014]

[1 January 1964]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act is the Singapore Tourism Board Act 1963.

Interpretation

2. In this Act —

“associate member” means an associate member of the Board appointed under section 6;

“Board” means the Singapore Tourism Board established under section 3;

“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board;

“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Board, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;

“committee member” means a member of any committee appointed under section 13(1);

“financial year” means a period of 12 months beginning on 1 April;

“Fund” means the Tourism Fund established under section 17;

“inspecting officer” means any person appointed as an inspecting officer under section 11(2);

“member” means a member of the Board appointed under section 5;

“tourism enterprise” means all or any of the following:

(a)	any business which provides national or international carriage for passengers;
(b)	any business which, either wholly or in part, provides or arranges services for visitors to Singapore by way of transport, accommodation, tours or guides, whether or not such services are provided within or outside Singapore;
(c)	any business which, either wholly or in part, distributes for the purpose of trade or retails tourism-related products;
(d)	any other undertaking, including any convention, exhibition, show, fair, publicity campaign or theme park, intended wholly or in part for the benefit of, or for the purpose of attracting, visitors to Singapore;

“tourism-related product” means any product, primarily intended for sale to visitors to Singapore, that —

(a)	depicts any scenery or tourist attraction of Singapore;
(b)	bears the Merlion symbol, a representation of which is set out in the Schedule; or
(c)	has any other characteristic that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare. [7/2014; 5/2018]

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