Enterprise Singapore Board Bill

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Enterprise Singapore Board

4 Board is body corporate

5 Functions of Board

7 Directions of Minister, etc.

8 Board’s symbols, etc.

9 Membership of Board

10 Appointment of Board members

11 Membership disqualification

12 Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson

13 Premature vacancies

14 Acting Chairperson and members of Board

15 Removal of member of Board

16 Resignation from office

17 Validity of acts, etc.

18 Term of appointment

19 Remuneration, etc.

20 Vacation of office

21 Other terms and conditions

22 Meetings of Board

24 Presiding at meetings

25 Voting at meetings

26 Execution of documents

27 Appointment of committees

28 Proceedings of committees

29 Ability to delegate

30 Validity of delegate’s acts, etc.

34 Preservation of secrecy

35 Protection from liability

37 Revenue and property of Board

38 Levy in respect of export of goods

39 Singapore Rubber Fund

41 Power of investment

44 Issue of shares, etc.

45 Powers to inquire and verify information, etc.

46 False or misleading information, statement or document, etc.

47 Improper use of accreditation mark, certification mark, report or certificate

48 Offences relating to Singapore Standard

49 Prohibition of registration in certain cases

50 Obstructing officers of Board

51 Furnishing returns and information

52 Composition of offences

53 Proceedings conducted by officers of Board

54 Offences by corporations

55 Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships

56 Service of documents

58 Interpretation of this Part

59 Transfer of undertakings to Board

60 Transfer of employees to Board

61 General preservation of employment terms, etc.

62 Transfer of records

63 Confirmation of transfers

64 Repeal of International Enterprise Singapore Board Act

65 Repeal of Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act

66 Saving and transitional provisions

67 Amendments to Commodity Trading Act

68 Amendments to Competition Act

69 Amendments to Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act

70 Amendment to Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018

71 Amendment to Goods and Services Tax Act

72 Amendment to International Enterprise Singapore Board (Amendment) Act 2017

73 Amendments to Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018

74 Amendment to Regulation of Imports and Exports Act

75 Amendments to Rubber Industry Act

76 Amendment to Weights and Measures Act

77 Amendment to Workplace Safety and Health Act

78 Consequential amendments to other Acts

Enterprise Singapore Board Bill

Bill No. 3/2018

Read the first time on 8 January 2018.

An Act to establish the Enterprise Singapore Board, to repeal the International Enterprise Singapore Board Act (Chapter 143B of the 2002 Revised Edition) and the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act (Chapter 303A of the 2002 Revised Edition), and to make consequential and related amendments to certain other Acts.

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

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act is the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.

Interpretation

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

“accreditation mark” means an accreditation mark specified by the Board under section 6(2)(i)(iv);

“Board” means the Enterprise Singapore Board established by section 3;

“certification mark” means a certification mark specified by the Board under section 6(2)(i)(iv);

“Chairperson” means the individual appointed under section 12(1)(a) as the Chairperson of the Board, and includes any individual appointed under section 14 to act in that capacity;

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

“Deputy Chairperson” means the Deputy Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 12(1)(b);

“document” includes any device or medium on which information is recorded or stored;

“function”, in relation to the Board, means a function conferred on the Board by or under this Act or any other Act;

“goods” means any movable property, and includes any commodity, fish, livestock or plant;

“inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 33;

“International Enterprise Singapore Board” means the International Enterprise Singapore Board established by the International Enterprise Singapore Board Act (Cap. 143B);

“officer”, in relation to the Board, means an employee of the Board and includes an individual under a secondment arrangement which makes available the service of the individual to the Board;

“process” means one or more related or interacting activities that use inputs to deliver an intended result, and includes any test method;

“product” means any output, tangible or intangible, that results from a process, and includes any goods, material, service, terminology or management system;

“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function;

“registering authority” means any authority competent under any written law to register a company, firm or other body of persons, or a trade mark or design;

“Singapore Rubber Fund” means the Singapore Rubber Fund as defined in the Rubber Industry Act (Cap. 280);

“Singapore Standard” means a standard established by the Board under section 6(2)(i)(iii);

“standard” means a definition, classification, description, requirement, specification, guideline or characteristic, by reference to which a product or process is assessed to be fit for its purpose;

“Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board” means the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board established by the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act (Cap. 303A);

“trade mark” has the same meaning as in the Trade Marks Act (Cap. 332).

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