Singapore legislation

Regulation 20

of Employment Claims Rules 2017

Regulation 20

Directions for and conduct of proceedings

Subregulation 1

The directions which a tribunal may give under section 20(3) of the Act include directions on one or more of the following matters:

(a)

the giving of evidence, whether orally or in writing, on oath or affirmation;

(b)

the calling of a witness to give evidence with a view to assisting in the determination of the claim, whether or not any party will be calling that witness to give evidence for that party;

(c)

the length of written submissions (if any);

(d)

subject to section 62A of the Evidence Act 1893, the giving of evidence through a live video or live television link;

(e)

subject to any written law or rule of law restricting the disclosure, or relating to the confidentiality, of any document or information —

(i)

the disclosure of any document or information; (ii)whether any document or information should be treated as confidential; and

(iii)

whether any party to the proceedings may inspect any document;

(f)

dispensing with the attendance before the tribunal of any party to the claim, with the consent of the party;

(g)

the time for the payment of any money to any party under section 22(1)(a) or (c) of the Act, including whether payment may be made by instalments.

Subregulation 2

The following time limits apply in the conduct of proceedings before a tribunal:

(a)

for the examination in chief of a witness — 10 minutes per witness;

(b)

for the cross-examination of a witness — 60 minutes per witness;

(c)

for the re-examination of a witness — 10 minutes per witness;

(d)

for closing submissions — 30 minutes per party.

Subregulation 3

A tribunal may vary any time limit under paragraph (2) as the tribunal deems fit.