Singapore legislation
Clause 87
Clause 87
Regulations
(1)
The Council may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act and for the due administration of this Act.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), the Council may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations —
on matters relating to the registration of veterinarians, including renewals of registration for specialists;
providing for different registration requirements for specialists in different branches of veterinary medicine;
on matters relating to the grant and renewal of practising certificates, including the reinstatement of practising certificates cancelled under the Act;
prescribing procedures for the cancellation and restoration of registration;
regulating the professional practice, etiquette, conduct and discipline of registered veterinarians;
prescribing acts or activities which a specialist may perform only on satisfaction of prescribed requirements;
prescribing the powers and procedures of, and regulating the conduct of any proceedings before, a Complaints Assessment Committee, a Disciplinary Committee, an Interim Orders Committee or any other committee appointed by the Council under this Act;
prescribing the procedure for the withdrawal of any disciplinary case by a complainant or the Council (if the Council is not the complainant) under Part 5;
prescribing the procedure for any appeal to the Minister;
prescribing any additional function of the Registrar;
prescribing fees for the purposes of this Act; and
generally providing for any other matter that may be necessary or expedient for carrying out the provisions of this Act or that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act.
(3)
Regulations made under this Act may make different provisions, or prescribe different fees, for different classes of persons or different circumstances.
(4)
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 $5,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or with both.