Singapore legislation
Section 68D
of Gas Act 2001
Section 68D
Regulations for this Part, etc.
(1)
The Minister may make regulations prescribing —
the circumstances in which any direction issued under section 68B may be modified;
the circumstances in which compensation is payable for any loss or damage suffered by any person as a result of a direction of the Authority given under section 68B, and for matters relating to the determination and payment of the compensation, including the following:
the constitution and appointment of the members of a panel (called in this Part a Pricing Panel) to determine matters concerning the compensation (including the amount), the qualifications of any of the members, the period of tenure of any of the members, and the circumstance in which a member may be disqualified from so acting;
the remuneration and allowances of members of the Pricing Panel;
the procedure to be adopted by the Pricing Panel in its proceedings and the records to be kept by the Pricing Panel;
compelling the attendance of witnesses to give evidence to the Pricing Panel and the examination of witnesses under oath, and compelling the production of documents;
the treatment and usage of confidential information and documents received by the Pricing Panel;
matters which the Pricing Panel must —
take into account in reckoning the compensation to be paid (including any quantifiable loss or damage suffered by any person as a result of any direction issued by the Authority under section 68B); or
disregard in reckoning the compensation (including any quantifiable amount received or recoverable by any person who has suffered loss or damage mentioned in sub‑paragraph (A), that has the effect of compensating the person, in whole or in part, for that loss or damage),and to provide for such other principles as the Minister considers appropriate for the purpose of determining the compensation;
the person or persons by whom the compensation (or any part of the compensation) is payable and the person or persons to whom the compensation (or any part of the compensation) is to be paid, and the manner of payment, as determined by the Pricing Panel;
the circumstances in which the Pricing Panel may review its determination of the compensation;
fees or charges for any thing done under this Part; and
anything which is required to be prescribed under this Part or which is necessary or expedient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Part.
(2)
The Minister may, in making regulations under this Part, provide that any person who contravenes any regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(3)
Every member of a Pricing Panel, when and for so long as the member acts as such, is taken to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code 1871, and enjoys the same judicial immunity as is enjoyed by a District Judge.