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Formal Consolidation |  1997 RevEd
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Board” means the Singapore Tourism Board established under section 3 of the Singapore Tourism Board Act (Cap. 305B) and includes any agent duly appointed by the Board to act on its behalf;
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Board and includes any acting Chief Executive of the Board;
“Fund” means the Tourism Fund established under section 15 of the Singapore Tourism Board Act;
“proprietor”, in relation to —
(a)a tourist hotel, includes any person responsible for the management thereof and also includes any person who holds a licence granted under the Hotels Act (Cap. 127) in respect of that hotel;
(b)a tourist food establishment, includes any person responsible for the management of the tourist food establishment and also includes any person who holds a licence issued under the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) in respect of that food establishment;
(c)a tourist public house, includes any person responsible for the management of the tourist public house and also includes any person who holds a licence issued under the Customs Act (Cap. 70) in respect of that public house;
“tourist food establishment” means any place or any premises or part thereof used for the sale or for the preparation for sale of food and drink, whether cooked or not, intended for human consumption which is declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a tourist food establishment;
“tourist hotel” means any premises registered as a hotel under the Hotels Act (Cap. 127) which are declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a tourist hotel;
“tourist public house” means any premises or part thereof in respect of which —
(a)a Public House First Class Licence, a Public House First Class (Extended) Licence or a Public House First Class (Extended) (Tourist Hotel) Licence has been issued under the Customs Act (Cap. 70);
(b)a Public House (Temporary) (First Class) Licence has been issued under the Customs Act, and such premises have been issued with that licence for a continuous period of more than 6 days; or
(c)a public house licence of a category not enumerated in paragraphs (a) and (b) has been issued under the Customs Act, and which is declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a tourist public house.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 28 of 2018
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Board” means the Singapore Tourism Board established under section 3 of the Singapore Tourism Board Act (Cap. 305B) and includes any agent duly appointed by the Board to act on its behalf;
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Board and includes any acting Chief Executive of the Board;
“Fund” means the Tourism Fund established under section 15 of the Singapore Tourism Board Act;
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“product” means any one or more of the following:
(a)any travel product within the meaning of the Travel Agents Act (Cap. 334);
(b)any goods (including any food or beverage intended for human consumption);
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“record” means any record of information however recorded, and includes —
(a)anything on which there is writing or Braille;
(b)a map, plan, chart, graph, picture or photograph;
(c)anything from which images, sounds or writing can be reproduced; and
(d)anything on which information has been stored or recorded;
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“service” means any service relating to any one or more of the following:
(a)arts or entertainment;
(b)leisure, recreation or sports;
(c)personal care, wellness or assistance;
(d)transport, other than transport by use of a regular route service within the meaning of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 (Act 30 of 2015) or a train service within the meaning of the Public Transport Council Act (Cap. 259B);
(e)business meetings, incentive travel, conferences, conventions and exhibitions (commonly known as MICE);
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“taxable transaction connected with a tourism event” has the meaning given by section 5(2);
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“tourism event” means any event or series of related activities taking place in Singapore —
(a)that promotes Singapore as a travel or tourist destination; or
(b)that is intended wholly or partly for the benefit of, or for the purpose of attracting, visitors to Singapore;
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“tourism event establishment” means a person prescribed in an order made under section 5;
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“tourism event premises” means any premises used or to be used for the conduct of a tourism event by the organiser of that event;
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“transaction” means any arrangement made by a person in the course of carrying on a business in Singapore —
(a)for the provision, or to facilitate the provision, of the use of any tourism event premises, accommodation, products or services, to another person; or
(b)where the use of any tourism event premises, accommodation, products or services in contemplation of which an arrangement in paragraph (a) was made does not take place,
whether or not —
(i)the other person is in Singapore;
(ii)the arrangement is at the request of the other person; or
(iii)any consideration is given for the arrangement.
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