Regulation 1
Citation and commencement
These Regulations are the Healthcare Services (Appeals) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 29 August 2022.
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Healthcare Services (Appeals) Regulations 2022 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation HSA-S690-2022 2020, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2020.
Citation and commencement
These Regulations are the Healthcare Services (Appeals) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 29 August 2022.
Definitions
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“appeal” means an appeal under section 48 of the Act;“appellant” means a person mentioned in section 48(1), (2), (3) or (4) of the Act;“Minister” includes a person designated by the Minister under section 50(1) of the Act.
“appellant” means a person mentioned in section 48(1), (2), (3) or (4) of the Act;
“Minister” includes a person designated by the Minister under section 50(1) of the Act.
Prescribed period to appeal to Minister
For the purposes of section 48(5)(c) of the Act, the prescribed period is a period of 14 days after the date of receipt of the Director’s decision or direction (as the case may be) that is appealed against.
Minister may request for documents or information
The Minister may, by written notice, require the appellant to provide, within the period specified in the notice, any document or information to enable the Minister to decide the appeal.
Modification of appeal
At any time before the Minister has decided the appeal, the appellant may, with the permission of the Minister, amend the grounds of appeal.
The Minister may grant the permission under paragraph (1) on any terms or conditions that the Minister may determine, and may give any further or consequential directions that may be necessary.
However, the Minister must not grant the appellant permission to add a new ground of appeal, unless the Minister is satisfied that —
the ground is based on a matter of fact or law which only came to light after the appeal was made;
it was not practicable to include the ground at the time the appeal was made; or
there are exceptional circumstances for the ground to be added.
Withdrawal of appeal
The appellant may, at any time, withdraw the appeal by serving on the Minister a written notice to that effect.