Appraisers and House Agents (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 63/2004

Read the first time on 19th October 2004.
An Act to amend the Appraisers and House Agents Act (Chapter 16 of the 2000 Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:
Short title and commencement
1.  This Act may be cited as the Appraisers and House Agents (Amendment) Act 2004 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 4
2.  Section 4 of the Appraisers and House Agents Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by deleting the words “the Schedule” and substituting the words “the First Schedule”.
Amendment of section 5
3.  Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “the Schedule” and substituting the words “the First Schedule”.
Amendment of section 9
4.  Section 9 of the principal Act is amended ––
(a)by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b);
(b)by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (c) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
(d)any appraiser of any movable property listed in the Second Schedule to take out a licence under this Act for that purpose.”; and
(c)by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:
(2)  The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Second Schedule.”.
Amendment of Schedule and new Second Schedule
5.  The Schedule to the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “THE SCHEDULE” in the heading and substituting the words “FIRST SCHEDULE”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following Schedule:
SECOND SCHEDULE
Section 9(1)(d) and (2)
1.Motor vehicles.
2.Cargo.
3.Ships.
4.Machinery of ships.
5.Bulk oil.
6.Cargo and marine insurance.
7.Loss adjustment, adjustment of cargo, casualty or loss adjustment for fire, workmen’s compensation, burglary or insurance claims.
8.Plants, machinery and equipment.
9.Gems, gold and jewellery.
10.General merchandise and consumer goods.
11.Numismatic and philatelic items, works of art, collectibles and antiquities.
12.Carpets.
13.Fine and rare wines.
14.Tangible goods.
15.Aeroplanes and aircraft.”.