Section 184

to prescribe anything which may be prescribed under this Division;

to prescribe the experience and expertise required for eligibility to apply for a Joint Law Venture licence or a Formal Law Alliance licence;

to prescribe the manner or means by which a Joint Law Venture or a Formal Law Alliance may conduct its business or publicise itself;

to provide for any provision of this Act (other than this Division) to apply, with such modifications as may be specified, to —

a constituent Singapore law practice of a Joint Law Venture; or

a Singapore law practice which is a member of a Formal Law Alliance;

to prescribe any condition for eligibility to apply for any licence or approval under this Division;

to provide, without limiting section 178, for the making of any application for any licence or approval under this Division, or for the renewal of any such licence or approval, and for all other related matters;

to provide for —

the payment of fees (including administrative fees and processing fees) and other charges for —

any application for, issue of or renewal of any licence under this Division;

any application for or renewal of any approval under this Division;

any notice required to be given under section 173; and

any matter related or incidental to any such application, issue, renewal or notice; and

all other related matters;

to provide for the cancellation, suspension, revocation or lapsing of any licence or approval under this Division;

to require the submission of information and particulars relating to any Joint Law Venture, Formal Law Alliance, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice or foreign law practice required to be licensed under section 169, 170, 171 or 172 or granted approval under section 176(9), any representative office in respect of which notice is required to be given under section 173, and any person practising in or employed by any such Joint Law Venture, Formal Law Alliance, Qualifying Foreign Law Practice, foreign law practice or representative office;

to require the submission of information and particulars relating to any foreign lawyer required to be granted approval under section 176(1);

to provide for the form and manner in which registers of Joint Law Ventures, Formal Law Alliances, Qualifying Foreign Law Practices, foreign law practices and representative offices licensed under this Division or given notice of under section 173 are to be kept;

to provide for the form and manner in which registers of approvals of the Director of Legal Services under section 176(1) or (9) are to be kept;

to provide for the issuance and amendment of licences or certificates of approval, and certified true copies of such licences or certificates, and for the payment of fees in relation to such licences or certificates;

for regulating Joint Law Ventures, Formal Law Alliances, Qualifying Foreign Law Practices, foreign law practices and foreign lawyers licensed or granted approval under this Division, including the imposition of compulsory insurance cover and financial controls;

to provide for any provision of this Act that is applicable to an advocate and solicitor to apply, with such modifications as may be specified, to any foreign lawyer granted the approval of the Director of Legal Services under section 176(1);

to provide for measures to ensure compliance with the requirements of section 176, including —

measures requiring any foreign lawyer who is a shareholder or partner in a Singapore law practice to divest himself or herself of his or her shares or interests in the Singapore law practice; and

measures requiring any foreign law practice which is a shareholder in a Singapore law practice to divest itself of its shares in the Singapore law practice;

to provide for sections 72 and 73 and any rules made under section 72 or 73 to apply, with such modifications as may be specified, to —

a Joint Law Venture or its constituent foreign law practice;

a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice; or

a licensed foreign law practice,in respect of the practice of Singapore law;

to exempt any person or entity, or any class of persons or entities, from any provision of this Division or of any rules made under section 74(3) or 75B(3); and

to prescribe such transitional, savings, incidental, consequential or supplementary provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.