Singapore legislation

Clause 112

of Health Information Bill

Clause 112

Regulations

(1)

The Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2)

Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for any of the following:

(a)

the form and manner in which an application to be approved as an approved contributor or approved user may be made;

(b)

the form and manner in which health information about any individual is to be contributed, including any other information that is to be provided to a System Operator together with that health information;

(c)

the requirements and standards applicable to health information about any individual that is contributed in accordance with this Act;

(d)

the form and manner in which an application in respect of an authorised individual of a user may be made to a System Operator;

(e)

the form and manner in which an application to obtain derived information may be made;

(f)

any matter that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act.

(3)

The regulations made under this section may provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $50,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both and, in the case of a continuing offence, with a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.