Singapore legislation
Section 31
Section 31
Determination of complaints
(1)
Any person upon whom a notice of complaint or a copy of such a notice is served under section 30 may, within the time limited by the notice, appeal therefrom by referring the complaint, in such manner as may be provided by regulations made under this Act, to an Appeals Board constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
(2)
Upon a complaint being referred to an Appeals Board, the Appeals Board may, after affording to all the parties concerned an opportunity of being heard, and after considering such evidence as may be tendered by them or on their behalf —
order that the complaint be annulled;
order that the institution in respect of which the complaint was served be struck off the register;
order that the institution be so struck off unless the requirements of the notice, subject to such modifications, if any, as may be specified in the order are complied with to the satisfaction of the Registrar before the expiration of such time as may be specified in the order;
if satisfied that the premises alleged by the notice of complaint are unsuitable for use as a vocational training institution or any parts of the premises are in fact unsuitable for such use, by order disqualify the premises or part thereof from being so used, or, if satisfied that the accommodation provided at the premises is inadequate having regard to the number, ages, and sex of the persons attending the institution, by order disqualify the premises from being used as a vocational training institution for persons exceeding such number or of such age or sex as may be specified in the order;
if satisfied that any person alleged by the notice of complaint to be a person who is not proper to be the proprietor of, or a teacher in, a vocational training institution is in fact such a person, by order disqualify that person from being the proprietor of, or a teacher in, the vocational training institution, as the case may be.
(3)
Where a notice of complaint has been served under section 30 on the proprietor or manager of a vocational training institution and the complaint is not referred by him to an Appeals Board within the time limited in that behalf by the notice, the Registrar may make any order which an Appeals Board would have had power to make if the complaint had been so referred.
(4)
If it was alleged by the notice of complaint that any person employed as a teacher in the institution is not a proper person to be a teacher in any vocational training institution and that person has, within the time limited in that behalf by the copy of the notice served upon him, referred the complaint to an Appeals Board, the Registrar shall not make an order requiring his dismissal or disqualifying him from being a teacher in any vocational training institution.
(5)
Where by virtue of an order made by an Appeals Board or by the Registrar any person is disqualified either from being the proprietor of, or a teacher in, any vocational training institution, then, unless the order otherwise directs, that person shall, by virtue of the order, be disqualified both from being the proprietor of, and a teacher in, any vocational training institution.