No. S 147
Government Contracts Act
(CHAPTER 118)
Government Contracts (Authorisation)
Notification 2012
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Government Contracts Act, the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Notification:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Notification may be cited as the Government Contracts (Authorisation) Notification 2012 and shall come into operation on 10th April 2012.
Definition
2.  In this Notification, “service-wide contract” means a contract made in Singapore on behalf of the Government, the benefits of which may be enjoyed by more than one Ministry or department.
Authorised officers
3.—(1)  Every public officer whose office is specified in the first column of the First Schedule is hereby authorised to execute and sign, on behalf of the Government, the contracts in his Ministry or department set out against his office in the second column of that Schedule.
(2)  Every public officer whose office is specified in the Second Schedule is hereby authorised to execute and sign service-wide contracts on behalf of the Government.
Cancellation
4.  The Government Contracts (Authorisation) Notification 2011 (G.N. No. S 196/2011) is cancelled.
Made this 9th day of April 2012.
PETER ONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
[E2.9.01 PT.1 V36; AG/LLRD/SL/118/2010/1 Vol. 4]