Singapore legislation

Section 44

of Human Biomedical Research Act 2015

Section 44

Review of prohibition order

(1)

A person who is the subject of a prohibition order made under section 43(1) may, on the payment of such fee as may be prescribed, apply to the Director for the prohibition order to be reviewed.

(2)

On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Director may revoke the prohibition order where the Director is satisfied that the grounds on which the prohibition order was made no longer apply or have substantially changed, subject to such terms and conditions as the Director thinks fit to impose.

(3)

In determining the terms and conditions to be imposed upon the revocation of a prohibition order, the Director must have regard to —

(a)

the character and fitness of the applicant to conduct human biomedical research or tissue banking activities; and

(b)

any other matter which the Director considers relevant.

(4)

No application to review a prohibition order under subsection (1) may be made to the Director —

(a)

before the expiry of 12 months after the date on which the prohibition order was published in the Gazette; and

(b)

more than once in any continuous period of 3 years.