§ 230 — Definitions for Part 13

230. In this Part —“civil penalty provision”, for an entity subject to a minimum stockholding requirement in relation to an MSR product, means —(a)

section 29(1) under which the entity is or may be liable to pay an MSR charge for contravention of the requirement in section 20(b) as it applies to that entity and MSR product; or

(b)

section 30(1) under which the entity is or may be liable to pay an MSR charge for contravention of the requirement in section 20(a) as it applies to that entity and MSR product;

“enter”, in relation to premises which are a conveyance, includes boarding the conveyance so long as the conveyance remains within Singapore;

“evidential material” means any of the following:(a)

any thing with respect to which —(i)

an offence under this Act has been committed or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, to have been committed; or

(ii)

a civil penalty provision has been contravened or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, to have been contravened;

(b)

any thing as to which there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that it will afford evidence as to —(i)

the commission of any such offence; or

(ii)

the contravention of such a civil penalty provision;

(c)

any thing as to which there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that it is intended to be used for the purpose of committing any such offence or contravening such a civil penalty provision;

“food security officer” includes the Director‑General, Food Security;

“forcible entry” means doing any of the following to gain entry or access into any premises:(a)

breaking open any outer or inner door or window leading to the premises;

(b)

removing by force any obstruction to the entry or search of the premises;

(c)

forcibly entering the premises;

“individual in control”, in relation to a conveyance, means —(a)

a pilot‑in‑command of an aircraft;

(b)

a master of a train;

(c)

a master of a vessel;

(d)

a driver or rider of a motor vehicle;

(e)

an individual reasonably believed to be involved in operating an unmanned aircraft, unmanned vessel or driverless motor vehicle; or

(f)

a rider of a bicycle or other pedal cycle that is built to be propelled solely by human power and is constructed or adapted for use on roads or public paths;

“investigating power” means a power mentioned in section 246;

“investigator”, in relation to any provision of Division 3, 4 or 5, means —(a)

a food security officer who is appointed under this Act as a food security officer for the purposes of that provision;

(b)

an authorised officer who is appointed under this Act as an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision;

(c)

a food inspector who is appointed under this Act as a food inspector for the purposes of that provision; or

(d)

a Part 9 enforcement officer who is appointed under this Act as a Part 9 enforcement officer for the purposes of that provision;

“licensable activity” means any of the following:(a)

the import, export or transhipment of a controlled item for which a licence and a permit under Part 3 is required;

(b)

the carrying on of a type of licensable food business;

(c)

the production of animal feed for which an animal feed production licence is required under Part 11;

(d)

the carrying out of prescribed pesticide work;

“monitoring power” means a power mentioned in section 234;

“Part 9 offence” has the meaning given by section 172;

“regulated activity” means any of the following, whether or not it is also a licensable activity:(a)

the undertaking of any primary production activity;

(b)

the carrying on of a food business;

(c)

the handling of food intended for supply;

(d)

the carrying out of any work as a food worker in the course of the operation of a food business;

(e)

the production of animal feed;

(f)

the carrying out of prescribed pesticide work;

(g)

the provision of non‑packaged drinking water, whether or not as a drinking water producer providing a drinking water service;

“relevant material” means any of the following:(a)

any primary produce;

(b)

any food;

(c)

any animal feed;

(d)

any regulated food contact article;

(e)

any plant pesticide;

(f)

any MSR product that is not in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e);

(g)

any non‑packaged drinking water;

“seized item” means any relevant material or other thing seized under section 250.