Singapore legislation

Clause 16

of Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill

Clause 16

Amendment of section 70

Section 70(2) of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “such grant and renewal” in paragraph (b), the words “, and the reinstatement of practising certificates cancelled under the Act”;

(b)

by deleting the words “a Disciplinary Tribunal, the Health Committee and an Interim Orders Committee to order and give discovery and” in paragraph (e) and substituting the words “the Health Committee and an Interim Orders Committee to order discovery or”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (e), the following paragraphs:“(ea)prescribing that a registered medical practitioner in respect of whom an interim suspension order or an interim restriction order has been made is, if he so requires, entitled to be heard by the Interim Orders Committee on each occasion the Committee reviews the order, and may be represented by counsel at each review;

(eb)prescribing the procedure for the withdrawal of charges by the Medical Council in any proceedings under Part 7;”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the word “practitioners” in paragraph (f), the words “, except in relation to the proceedings of a Disciplinary Tribunal”; and

(e)

by deleting paragraph (i).

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