Singapore legislation
Clause 16
Clause 16
Amendment of section 18
In the principal Act, in section 18 —
(a)
in subsection (2), replace “applicant, a respondent, an approved person or organisation” with “parent (as applicant), a respondent”;
(b)
in subsection (3), replace “The” with “Subject to subsection (3A), the”; and
(c)
after subsection (3), insert —“(3A) Where the decision of the Tribunal being appealed against under subsection (2) is the Tribunal’s refusal of permission under section 3B(4) to make an application under section 3 against a child —
(a)
service of the appeal documents on the child is dispensed with; and
(b)
the appeal is to be heard and determined without informing or involving the child,unless the General Division of the High Court directs otherwise.”.