Singapore Workforce Development Agency Act 2003

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority

NO. 14]

Friday, August 29

[2003

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 15th August 2003 and assented to by the President on 26th August 2003:—

Singapore Workforce Development Agency Act 2003

(No. 14 of 2003)

I assent.

S R NATHAN,

President.

26th August 2003.

Date of Commencement: 1st September 2003

An Act to establish and incorporate the Singapore Workforce Development Agency, to provide for its functions and powers, and for matters connected therewith, and to make consequential and related amendments to certain other written laws.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Singapore Workforce Development Agency Act 2003 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Agency” means the Singapore Workforce Development Agency established under section 3;

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Agency and includes any temporary Chairman of the Agency;

“chief executive” means the chief executive of the Agency appointed under section 16 and includes any person acting in that capacity;

“Deputy Chairman” means the Deputy Chairman of the Agency and includes any temporary Deputy Chairman of the Agency;

“member” means any member of the Agency and includes any temporary member of the Agency;

“transferred agency” means any transferred agency specified in the second column of the First Schedule;

“transferring body” means any transferring body specified in the first column of the First Schedule.

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