Singapore legislation
Section 66
Section 66
Regulations
(1)
The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Act.
(2)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for or in respect of all or any of the following matters:
all matters stated or required in this Act to be prescribed;
the books and registers to be kept for the purposes of this Act and the forms thereof;
the manner in which trade unions and the rules of the trade unions shall be registered and the fees payable on registration;
the manner in which, and the qualifications of persons by whom, the accounts of registered trade unions or of any class of such trade unions shall be audited;
the conditions subject to which the register or any document kept by the Registrar may be inspected and an extract from or copy of an entry in the register or the document may be given, and the fees chargeable for the inspection, extract or copy;
the manner and method of filing applications, forms, notices, requests or returns under this Act or the regulations with the Registrar;
the due disposal and safe custody of the funds and moneys of a trade union;
the creation, administration, protection, control and disposal of the benevolent funds of registered trade unions and all matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
the presentation, consideration and disposal of appeals referred to in sections 17 and 18;
generally for all matters incidental to or connected with the matters or subjects specifically mentioned in this subsection.
(3)
The Minister may by regulations declare that any regulations made under paragraph (h) of subsection (2) shall apply to a specified trade union only or that any particular trade union or class of trade union shall be exempt from the operation of any regulations made under that paragraph.
(4)
All regulations made under this section shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication.