2. Section 2(1) of the Strategic Goods (Control) Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —| (a) | by inserting, immediately after the definition of “country”, the following definition:| “ “development”, in relation to any goods, means any stage prior to the serial production of the goods, including design, design research, design analysis, development of a design concept, assembly and testing of a prototype, pilot production, generation of design data, the process of transforming design data into a product, configuration design, integration design, and layout;”; |
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| | (b) | by inserting, immediately after the definition of “permit”, the following definition:| “ “production”, in relation to any goods, means any stage of production of the goods, including construction, production engineering, manufacture, integration, assembly, mounting, inspection, testing, and quality assurance;”; |
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| | (c) | by deleting the definitions of “strategic goods”, “strategic goods technology” and “technology” and substituting the following definitions:| “ “software” means a collection of one or more programs or microprograms recorded, stored or embodied in any device; |
| “strategic goods” means any goods prescribed by the Minister as strategic goods under section 4A; |
| “strategic goods technology” means any technology prescribed by the Minister as strategic goods technology under section 4A; |
| “technology” means information (including information comprised in such documents as specifications, blueprints, plans, manuals, models, diagrams, formulae, tables and designs) that is necessary for the development, production or use of any goods, and includes software;”; and |
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| | (d) | by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “transmit” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:| “ “use”, in relation to any goods, means the operation, installation, maintenance, inspection, repair, overhaul or refurbishing of the goods.”. |
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