§ 18 — Definitions for Part 2

18.—(1) In this Part —“agri‑food supply chain” means a supply chain for providing individuals with items of food for personal consumption (each called in this Act an ultimate consumer) where the items of food consist of or include, or have been produced using (directly or indirectly, and whether or not exclusively), the whole or part of —(a)

any food;

(b)

any primary produce;

(c)

any creature or other thing taken from the wild; or

(d)

any agri‑food production input;

“agri‑food supply chain participant” means any of the following:(a)

any ultimate consumer in Singapore;

(b)

any person engaged in primary production activities in Singapore;

(c)

any person engaged in taking any animal, plant or other thing from the wild in Singapore for the purposes of consumption by humans or food producing animals;

(d)

any person in Singapore in the agri‑food supply chain between persons mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) and the ultimate consumers, such as (but not limited to) a person undertaking any of the following activities in Singapore:(i)

producing, manufacturing, preparing or processing any food or agri‑food production input;

(ii)

selling, distributing, transporting, supplying or storing any food or agri‑food production input;

(iii)

making any food or agri‑food production input available in Singapore, or providing the food or agri‑food production input to another person in Singapore;

“average MSR” has the meaning given by section 20(b);

“daily MSR” has the meaning given by section 20(a);

“food security factors” means all of the following:(a)

global food availability;

(b)

supply sources for food, including the range of supply sources and the availability to the ultimate consumers of food from local and other sources;

(c)

the resilience of the agri‑food supply chain in response to natural or man‑made disasters, climate change, severe disturbances in agricultural markets and other disruptions in the supply of food;

(d)

food safety and consumer confidence in food;

“MSR” or “minimum stockholding requirement” means a requirement described in section 20;

“MSR activity”, in relation to an MSR product, means undertaking in the course of business any activity involving the MSR product, being an activity that is prescribed by the Part 2 Rules for the purposes of this definition in relation to that MSR product;

“MSR product” means —(a)

any food that is prescribed by the Minister in the Part 2 Rules, to be an MSR product; or

(b)

any agri‑food production input that is prescribed by the Minister in the Part 2 Rules, to be an MSR product;

“MSR product shortfall” has the meaning given by section 30(4) or 31(4);

“relevant period” means a period (being at least a month) that is prescribed by, or to be determined in accordance with, the Part 2 Rules;

“Singapore public sector agency” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018;

“subject to a minimum stockholding requirement” has the meaning given by section 22;

“trigger notice” means a written notice given under section 23, and includes a trigger notice given by the Minister under section 226(3)(c) on appeal against an original trigger notice given under section 23.

(2) In this Part, stocks of any food or agri‑food production input are stored in Singapore if the stocks are stored —(a)

on land in Singapore;

(b)

on a vessel that —(i)

is in a port in Singapore; or

(ii)

is moored in Singapore territorial waters waiting to enter a port in Singapore; or

(c)

in other circumstances prescribed by the Part 2 Rules for the purposes of this subsection.

(3) A reference in section 23, 24, 27 or 32 to the Director‑General, Food Security includes a reference to a food security officer duly appointed by the Director‑General, Food Security to act for him or her.

—(1) In this Part —“agri‑food supply chain” means a supply chain for providing individuals with items of food for personal consumption (each called in this Act an ultimate consumer) where the items of food consist of or include, or have been produced using (directly or indirectly, and whether or not exclusively), the whole or part of —(a)

any food;

(b)

any primary produce;

(c)

any creature or other thing taken from the wild; or

(d)

any agri‑food production input;

“agri‑food supply chain participant” means any of the following:(a)

any ultimate consumer in Singapore;

(b)

any person engaged in primary production activities in Singapore;

(c)

any person engaged in taking any animal, plant or other thing from the wild in Singapore for the purposes of consumption by humans or food producing animals;

(d)

any person in Singapore in the agri‑food supply chain between persons mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c) and the ultimate consumers, such as (but not limited to) a person undertaking any of the following activities in Singapore:(i)

producing, manufacturing, preparing or processing any food or agri‑food production input;

(ii)

selling, distributing, transporting, supplying or storing any food or agri‑food production input;

(iii)

making any food or agri‑food production input available in Singapore, or providing the food or agri‑food production input to another person in Singapore;

“average MSR” has the meaning given by section 20(b);

“daily MSR” has the meaning given by section 20(a);

“food security factors” means all of the following:(a)

global food availability;

(b)

supply sources for food, including the range of supply sources and the availability to the ultimate consumers of food from local and other sources;

(c)

the resilience of the agri‑food supply chain in response to natural or man‑made disasters, climate change, severe disturbances in agricultural markets and other disruptions in the supply of food;

(d)

food safety and consumer confidence in food;

“MSR” or “minimum stockholding requirement” means a requirement described in section 20;

“MSR activity”, in relation to an MSR product, means undertaking in the course of business any activity involving the MSR product, being an activity that is prescribed by the Part 2 Rules for the purposes of this definition in relation to that MSR product;

“MSR product” means —(a)

any food that is prescribed by the Minister in the Part 2 Rules, to be an MSR product; or

(b)

any agri‑food production input that is prescribed by the Minister in the Part 2 Rules, to be an MSR product;

“MSR product shortfall” has the meaning given by section 30(4) or 31(4);

“relevant period” means a period (being at least a month) that is prescribed by, or to be determined in accordance with, the Part 2 Rules;

“Singapore public sector agency” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018;

“subject to a minimum stockholding requirement” has the meaning given by section 22;

“trigger notice” means a written notice given under section 23, and includes a trigger notice given by the Minister under section 226(3)(c) on appeal against an original trigger notice given under section 23.

(2) In this Part, stocks of any food or agri‑food production input are stored in Singapore if the stocks are stored —(a)

on land in Singapore;

(b)

on a vessel that —(i)

is in a port in Singapore; or

(ii)

is moored in Singapore territorial waters waiting to enter a port in Singapore; or

(c)

in other circumstances prescribed by the Part 2 Rules for the purposes of this subsection.

(3) A reference in section 23, 24, 27 or 32 to the Director‑General, Food Security includes a reference to a food security officer duly appointed by the Director‑General, Food Security to act for him or her.