Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Skills Development Levy (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 15

Section 15 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The powers under this section may be exercised only for the purpose of inquiring into or ascertaining the liability of a person to pay the levy, or whether the levy has been duly paid.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “The Agency, or an employee or agent of the Agency duly authorised by the Agency for the purposes of this section,” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “An authorised person”;

(c)

by deleting the word “furnish” in subsections (2)(c) and (f) and (3) and substituting in each case the word “provide”; (d)by deleting the words “Agency or the Agency’s employee or agent” in subsection (2)(e) and substituting the words “authorised person”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the words “this Act” in subsection (2)(e)(iii), the words “or any regulations made under this Act”; (f)by deleting the word “furnished” in subsection (3)(b) and substituting the word “provided”;

(g)

by deleting the word “Agency” in subsection (3)(c) and substituting the words “authorised person”; and

(h)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) If any document is kept in electronic form, the power of an authorised person who is an employee of the Agency, a public officer or an officer of another statutory authority —

(a)

to inspect and make copies of or take extracts from any document under subsection (2)(d) includes the power to —

(i)

access any computer or other equipment (including a mobile telephone, thumb drive or hard disk) in which the document is stored; and

(ii)

require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer or other equipment to provide assistance in gaining such access; and

(b)

to take possession of the document under subsection (2)(e) includes the power to —

(i)

make copies of or take extracts from the document in legible or electronic form; and

(ii)

transfer the information from the document to a thumb drive, hard disk, tape or other storage device.”.