Words starting with E

employ

Defined in Immigration Act, s 2

“means to engage or use the service of any person, whether under a contract of service or otherwise, with or without remuneration”

Also defined in 1 other Act

employee

Defined in Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act, s 2

“means any person being a citizen or permanent resident of Brunei Darussalam, who is employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship or other agreement to work for an employer: Provided that the Minister may, with the approval of His …”

Also defined in 9 other Acts

employees of the Company

Defined in Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam Act, s 2

“means the employees of the Company currently with the Company to be transferred to the service of the Authority to be specified pursuant to section 3 l(1)”

employees of the Government

Defined in Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam Act, s 2

“means the employees of the Government currently with the Government to be transferred to the service of the Authority to be specified pursuant to section 40(1)”

employer

Defined in Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act, s 2

“means the person with whom an employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, and includes — (a) any person, company, association or body of persons, whether or not statutory or incorporated by whom an employee is …”

Also defined in 11 other Acts

employment

Defined in Personal Data Protection Order, 2025, s 2

“includes working under an unpaid volunteer work relationship; 11 8th. JANUARY, 2025”

employment agency

Defined in Employment Agencies Order, 2004, s 2

“means any agency or registry carried on or represented as being or intended to be carried on (whether for the purpose of gain or reward or not) for or in connection with the employment of persons in any capacity, and includes any registry …”

encrypted

Defined in Broadcasting Act, s 2

“means treated electronically or otherwise for the purpose of preventing intelligible reception”

enemy

Defined in Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act, s 2

“includes all persons engaged in armed operations against any of the forces of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan or any forces co-operating with such persons, and also includes all armed mutineers, armed rebels, armed rioters and …”

energy

Defined in Brunei National Energy Research Institute Act, s 2

“means oil, gas, renewable energy, electricity and includes energy efficiency and conservation”

energy efficiency

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

“means the energy performance measured by an accredited testing laboratory”

energy efficiency rating

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

“means the energy efficiency level in compliance with the requirements specified under section 18”

energy efficiency standard

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

“means any minimum energy efficiency standard, test standard and other performance requirements that are specified or updated under section 15; Energy Efficiency (Standards and Labelling)”

energy label

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

“means a label that contains information about the energy efficiency rating and other performance characteristics of the registrable goods”

enforce

Defined in Payment and Settlement Systems (Oversight) Act, s 48

“means enforce through criminal or administrative proceedings”

enforcement

Defined in Payment and Settlement Systems (Oversight) Act, s 48

“means the taking of any action to enforce a law or regulatory requirement against a specified person, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the payment systems or payment instrument of the foreign country of the regulatory …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

enforcement notice

Defined in Town and Country Planning Act, s 2

“means a notice served under section 36”

enforcement officer

Defined in Fisheries Act, s 2

“means any person referred to in section 4(2)”

Also defined in 1 other Act

enforcement vessel

Defined in Fisheries Act, s 2

“means a vessel used by any enforcement officer for the purpose of the exercise of his powers under Part 13”

enlist

Defined in Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act, s 2

“means enlisted to serve the Armed Forces or the Reserve Regiment pursuant to section 12”

enter

Defined in Passports Act, s 2

“means to enter by land, sea or air”

entity

Defined in Extradition Act, s 2

“includes an international criminal court or tribunal, and “country” shall where appropriate be deemed to include an entity”

entry

Defined in Immigration Act, s 2

“means — (a) in the case of a person arriving by sea, disembarking in Brunei Darussalam from the vessel in which he arrives; (b) in the case of a person arriving at an authorised airport by air, leaving the precincts of such airport; (c) in …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Entry Permit

Defined in Immigration Act, s 2

“means a Permit to enter and includes a Permit to remain in Brunei Darussalam issued under the provisions of section 10(2)”

environment

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

“means the physical factors of the surroundings of the human beings including land, water, atmosphere, climate, sounds, odours, tastes, the biological factors of animals and the social factor of aesthetics”

environmental audit

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

“means a periodic, systemic, documented and objective evaluation to determine — (a) the compliance status to environmental regulatory requirement; (b) the environmental management system; and (c) the overall environment risk of the premises …”

environmental impact

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

“means the likely impact of any prescribed activity on various aspects of the environment, and includes the impact on land (including changes in shape of the terrain and dredging being conducted simultaneously), or within the structure …”

environmental impact assessment

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

“means the process of — (a) surveying, predicting and assessing environmental impact; (b) studying possible environmental protection measures relating to the prescribed activity; and (c) assessing the likely overall environmental impact of …”

Environmental Inquiry Committee

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

“means the Environmental Inquiry Committee appointed under section 23”

environmental management system

Defined in Environmental Protection and Management Act, s 3

“means a system comprising an organisational structure with its responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for implementing and Environmental Protection and Management maintaining the system relating to the management …”