The Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia Act 1994 [Act 520], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended by substituting for section 2 the following section:
“2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“accreditation” means a procedure by which the Lembaga or any person authorized by it gives formal recognition that a body or person is competent to carry out a specific task relating to the construction industry;
“this Act” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this Act;
“member” means a member of the Lembaga including the
Chairman;
“construction material” means any type, size and nature of material, initial, temporary, intermediate or finished, whether manufactured locally or imported used for the purposes of construction industry;
“building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure including any house, hut, shed or roofed enclosure, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, roof, fence, platform, staging, gate, post, pillar, paling, frame, hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage, road or bridge, or any structure support or foundation connected to the foregoing and any other erection, as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare to be a building;
“deal” means to handle, use, manufacture, supply, market, transfer, sell or buy, whether wholesale or retail, import or export;
“construction industry” means the industry related to construction works, including design, manufacturing, technology, material and workmanship and services for purposes of construction;
“training institution” means an institute, a place or premise providing training and other related activity for construction personnel;
“construction works” means the construction, extension, installation, repair, maintenance, renewal, removal, renovation, alteration, dismantling, or demolition of—