Regulation 69
Notice of establishment, or cessation of operations, of representative office
of Legal Profession (Law Practice Entities) Rules 2015
Subregulation 1
A notice under section 173(1) of the Act —
must be given by a foreign law practice which establishes a representative office in Singapore in such form as the Director of Legal Services may require;
must contain the following particulars:
the name and nationality of the foreign law practice;
the date of establishment of the representative office;
the address of the representative office;
the telephone number and email address of the representative office;
the name, nationality, designation and contact information of at least one representative (being an individual accountable for the activities of the representative office) of the foreign law practice working in the representative office;
the name, nationality and designation of any other individual working in the representative office; and
must be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the First Schedule.
Subregulation 2
A notice under section 173(2) of the Act —
must be given by a foreign law practice which ceases to operate its representative office in Singapore in such form as the Director of Legal Services may require; and
must contain the following particulars:
the name and nationality of the foreign law practice;
the date on which the foreign law practice ceases to operate its representative office in Singapore;
if the foreign law practice has 2 or more representative offices in Singapore, the address, telephone number and email address of the representative office which the foreign law practice ceases to operate in Singapore.
Subregulation 3
The Director of Legal Services must, on receiving a notice under section 173(1) of the Act from a foreign law practice which establishes a representative office in Singapore —
register the representative office in the register maintained under section 173(3) of the Act; and
issue the representative office a certificate of registration.
Subregulation 4
The Director of Legal Services must, on receiving a notice under section 173(2) of the Act from a foreign law practice which ceases to operate a representative office in Singapore —
cancel the registration under paragraph (3)(a) of the representative office; and
upon the cancellation of the registration, the certificate of registration issued in respect of the registration ceases to be in force.
Subregulation 5
The prescribed date for the purposes of section 173(5) of the Act is 18 November 2015.
Subregulation 6
With effect from 18 November 2015, any application which was made before that date by a foreign law practice for a representative office licence under the repealed section 130F of the Act as in force immediately before that date, and which is pending immediately before that date, is to be treated, on and after that date, as a notice under section 173(1) of the Act of the establishment on or after that date by that foreign law practice of a representative office in Singapore.
Subregulation 7
The Attorney-General may transfer to the Director of Legal Services the particulars of and documents relating to any application referred to in paragraph (6).