Words starting with A

accounts

Defined in Companies Act, s 2

“means profit and loss accounts, or income and expenditure accounts, and balance sheets referred to in section 122 and includes notes (other than auditors' reports or directors' reports) attached or intended to be read with any of those …”

accreditation

Defined in Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act, s 2

“means a recognition in writing which is in accordance with the standard set and granted by the Council under Part 4 of this Act after examining and assessing — (a) a higher education programme or qualification; or (b) a higher education …”

accredited

Defined in Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act, s 2

“means accredited under Part 4”

accredited checker

Defined in Building Control Act, s 2

“means a person who is registered as an accredited checker under section 20, whether acting on his own behalf or on behalf of an accredited checking organisation”

accredited checking organisation

Defined in Building Control Act, s 2

“means an accredited checking organisation registered as such under section 20”

accredited programme or qualification

Defined in Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act, s 2

“means a programme or qualification which is accredited under Part 4; Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council 10”

accredited testing laboratory

Defined in Energy Efficiency (Standards and Labelling) Act, s 2

“means a testing laboratory that is accredited by the Authority under section 16”

Act

Defined in Syariah Courts Civil Procedure Code, s 2

“means the Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

act of violence

Defined in Maritime Offences (Ships and Fixed Platforms) Act, s 2

“means — (a) any act done in Brunei Darussalam which constitutes the offence of murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide, voluntarily causing grievous hurt, voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint, criminal intimidation, wrongful …”

action

Defined in Fatal Accidents and Personal Injuries Act, s 18

“means an action brought in Brunei Darussalam.”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

activity

Defined in Free Trade Zones Act, s 2

“includes commercial activity and industrial activity and related operation”

actuary

Defined in Takaful Order, 2008, s 2

“means a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in England, a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries in the United States of America, a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, the …”

additional police officer

Defined in Royal Brunei Police Force Act, s 2

“means a person em-ployed under section 18 and not enrolled on the permanent establishment”

addressee

Defined in Postal Services Act, s 2

“means the person to whom the communication is addressed”

adjudicator

Defined in Small Claims Tribunals Act, s 2

“means an adjudicator and includes a deputy adjudicator appointed under section 4”

adjuster

Defined in Insurance Order, 2006, s 2

“means any person who for compensation, feel commission or salary investigates and negotiates settlement of claims arising under insurance contracts, solely on behalf of either the insurer or the insured”

Also defined in 1 other Act

administration

Defined in Medicines Act, s 2

“means giving or applying to a human being or an animal, whether orally, by injection or by introduction into the body in any other way, or by external application, whether by direct contact with the body or not; and any reference in this …”

administrative appeal rules

Defined in Interpretation and General Clauses Act, s 3

“means the rules relating to administrative appeals to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in Council”

administrator

Defined in Land Code (Strata) Act, s 2

“means an administrator appointed by the Court under section 69”

administrator nominee

Defined in National Retirement Scheme Act, s 2

“means any person who is of sound mind and above the age of 18 years and includes — (a) the member’s father, mother, spouse, children or siblings; or (b) a certified lawyer”

adopted child

Defined in Adoption of Children Act, s 3

“means a child who has been authorised by the Court to be adopted or to be re-adopted”

adopter

Defined in Adoption of Children Act, s 3

“means a person authorised by an adoption order to adopt a child”

adoption order

Defined in Adoption of Children Act, s 3

“means an order made under section 4 authorising a person to adopt a child”

advance

Defined in Secured Transactions Act, s 3

“means — (a) the payment of money, the provision of credit or the giving of value; and (b) includes any liability of the debtor to pay interest, credit costs and other charges or costs payable by the debtor in connection with an advance or …”

advanced diploma

Defined in Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council Act, s 2

“means the advanced diploma awarded to a person after the successful achievement by him of a set of learning outcomes designed to lead to the award of such advanced diploma or the equivalent thereof”

advertise

Defined in Beauty and Health Establishments Act, s 2

“means advertising by means of boards, circulars and all forms of printed or written matter”

advertisement

Defined in Public Health (Food) Act, s 2

“means any representation by any means whatsoever for the purpose of directly or indirectly promoting the sale or other disposal of any food”

Also defined in 1 other Act

advertising matter

Defined in Censorship of Films and Public Entertainments Act, s 2

“means any photograph, picture, poster, figure, text and any other matter of whatsoever nature advertising a film or public entertainment”

Advisory Committee

Defined in Intoxicating Substances Act, s 2

“means an Advisory Committee appointed for the approved institution under section 20”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

advocate and solicitor

Defined in Legal Profession Act, s 2

“means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court”