Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Amendment of section 86
Section 86 of the principal Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) The Minister may appoint 2 Deputy Presidents of the Boards.(1B) Unless otherwise provided by this Act, a Board shall determine by arbitration every dispute of which it has cognizance and every matter with respect to which it has jurisdiction under this Act.”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(2A) Any party to a dispute of which a Board has cognizance, or a matter with respect to which a Board has jurisdiction, under this Act may, within the prescribed period and for any reasonable cause, object in writing to any member of the Board selected by the President under subsection (2).(2B) The Board shall be constituted —
upon the expiration of the prescribed period if the Registrar of the Boards does not earlier receive any objection under subsection (2A);
if any objection received under subsection (2A) is allowed by the President, upon the selection of another member by the President; or
if any objection received under subsection (2A) is disallowed by the President, upon the decision to disallow the objection.”; and
by deleting the words “the Deputy President” in subsections (2) and (3) and substituting in each case the words “a Deputy President”.