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BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS
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(b) assessing the clinical progress of any person or animal;
(c) carrying out the clinical management of any person or animal; or
(d) determining the cause of death of any person or animal in an autopsy;

“Director” means the Director of Medical Services;

“enforcement officer” means any person appointed by the Director to be an enforcement officer under section 3(2);

“excluded purpose” means any purpose specified in section 4(1);

“facility” means any premises or conveyance that is being used for—

(a) the storage of any biological agent or toxin; or
(b) the carrying out of any activity involving any biological agent or toxin;

“Fifth Schedule toxin” means any toxin specified in the Fifth Schedule;

“First Schedule (Part I) biological agent” means any biological agent specified in Part I of the First Schedule;

“First Schedule (Part II) biological agent” means any biological agent specified in Part II of the First Schedule;

“First Schedule biological agent” means any biological agent specified in the First Schedule;

“Fourth Schedule biological agent” means any biological agent specified in the Fourth Schedule;

“goods in transit” means goods that are brought into Singapore solely for the purpose of taking them out of Singapore, whether on the same conveyance on which they were brought into Singapore or on another conveyance, without the goods being landed and kept at any place in Singapore pending their being taken out of Singapore;

“import” means to bring into Singapore any goods other than goods in transit or goods which are to be transhipped;

“inactivated”, in relation to a biological agent, means that the biological agent has been rendered non-infectious and unable to replicate itself under any condition;