Singapore legislation
Regulation 11B
Regulation 11B
Revocation of appointment or approval
Subregulation 1
The Minister may, despite the suspension of approval of an approved person under regulation 11A and without prejudice to any other penalty prescribed under the Act or any other remedy the Government may have under the Act in respect of any breach of these Regulations or any terms and conditions of appointment or approval applicable to an approved person, revoke the appointment or approval of the approved person in respect of any approved institution if —
the Minister has reasonable grounds to suspect that the approved person has made any false or misleading statement or provided any document which he knows to be false or misleading in his application under regulation 11(1);
the Minister has reasonable grounds to suspect that the approved person is dead, bankrupt, wound-up or dissolved, as the case may be;
the Minister has reasonable grounds to suspect that the approved institution —
is no longer in operation;
being an early childhood development centre, has ceased to be operated by a person authorised by a licence under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017;
being a preschool or special education school, has ceased to be registered under the Education Act 1957 or the Private Education Act 2009;
has ceased to be an early intervention centre, a preschool or a special education school;
being a healthcare service provider, has ceased to hold a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide any licensable healthcare service;
(va)being a healthcare service site of a healthcare service provider, has ceased to be an approved conveyance or approved permanent premises of the healthcare service provider;
is the pharmacy department of a healthcare service provider that has ceased to hold a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide any licensable healthcare service; or
has ceased to be an assistive technology device provider,(viii)[Deleted by S 833/2025 wef 01/01/2026](ix)[Deleted by S 833/2025 wef 01/01/2026]as the case may be;
the approved person is convicted of an offence of criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, cheating, theft or extortion or any other offence involving fraud or dishonesty (whether in Singapore or elsewhere);
the Minister has reasonable grounds to suspect that the approved person has breached any provision of these Regulations or any terms and conditions of the appointment or approval applicable to that person; or
the Minister considers that it is no longer in the public interest for the approved person to continue to participate in the Scheme.
Subregulation 2
When the Minister revokes the appointment or approval of an approved person in respect of an approved institution in any of the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b), (d), (e) or (f), the Minister may appoint any person as an approved person for that institution —
for a period not exceeding 6 months, and for one or more further periods (each not exceeding 6 months), as the Minister may determine; or
until another approved person is earlier approved for that institution under regulation 11(4)(b).
Subregulation 3
The appointment under paragraph (2)(a) is subject to any terms and conditions that the Minister may impose.
Subregulation 4
Regulation 11A(3) and (4) applies, with the necessary modifications, to the revocation of the appointment or approval of an approved person.
Subregulation 5
Despite this regulation, if it comes to the knowledge of the Minister after the Minister gives notice in writing of the Minister’s intention to revoke the approval of an approved person but before the approval is revoked, that any of the circumstances prescribed by regulation 11AA apply —
the approval is revoked by regulation 11AA;
any proceedings relating to the revocation of approval under this regulation are to cease; and
where the approval is revoked by regulation 11AA(1)(a), the Minister may appoint any other person as an approved person in respect of the approved institution in accordance with paragraph (2), as if the reference to a revocation of approval mentioned in paragraph (2) were a reference to the revocation of approval by regulation 11AA(1)(a).