Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Amendment of First Schedule
The First Schedule to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act is amended —
by deleting paragraph 1 and substituting the following paragraph:“Appointment of Chairman, Deputy Chairman and other members1.—
The members of the Authority shall be appointed by the Minister from among persons who have had experience in public administration or financial, tax or commercial matters.(2) The Minister may appoint one of the members to be the Chairman and another of the members to be the Deputy Chairman.(3) The Deputy Chairman appointed under sub-paragraph (2) may, subject to such directions as may be given by the Minister, exercise all or any of the powers exercisable by the Chairman under this Act.(4) The Minister may appoint the chief executive officer to be a member of the Authority.”;
by deleting paragraph 4 and substituting the following paragraph:“Revocation of appointment
4. The Minister may, at any time, revoke the appointment of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman or any member; and in exercising his power under this paragraph, the Minister shall not be required to assign any reason for such revocation.”;
by deleting paragraph 11 and substituting the following paragraph:“Salaries, etc., payable to members of Authority
11. There shall be paid to the members out of the funds of the Authority such salaries, fees and allowances as the Minister may, from time to time, determine.”; and
by deleting the words “3 members” in paragraph 12(2) and substituting the words “5 members”.