19. Response

Subject to regulation 21, the competent authority may serve on the Minister a response after receiving a copy of the notice of appeal from the Appeals Secretary forwarded under regulation 15(d), except that any such response must be served on the Minister no later than 5 working days after that receipt.

Any response to a notice of appeal —

must cite the number assigned under regulation 15(b) to the notice of appeal;

must state an address in Singapore for the service of documents on the competent authority in connection with proceedings under this Part relating to the notice of appeal;

must contain a succinct presentation of the arguments upon which the competent authority will rely in responding to each ground of objection in the notice of appeal; and

must be signed and dated by the competent authority.

To file a response, the competent authority must send or cause to be sent to the Appeals Secretary —

the duly signed original of the response and its accompanying documents; and

if the competent authority is sending the response and its accompanying documents in hardcopy form, 2 copies each of the response and its accompanying documents, each certified by the competent authority to be in conformity with the original.

Subject to regulation 20(2), on receiving the response of the competent authority, the Appeals Secretary must without delay forward a copy of the response to the appellant concerned.

Subject to regulation 21, the competent authority may serve on the Minister a response after receiving a copy of the notice of appeal from the Appeals Secretary forwarded under regulation 15(d), except that any such response must be served on the Minister no later than 5 working days after that receipt.

Any response to a notice of appeal —

must cite the number assigned under regulation 15(b) to the notice of appeal;

must state an address in Singapore for the service of documents on the competent authority in connection with proceedings under this Part relating to the notice of appeal;

must contain a succinct presentation of the arguments upon which the competent authority will rely in responding to each ground of objection in the notice of appeal; and

must be signed and dated by the competent authority.

To file a response, the competent authority must send or cause to be sent to the Appeals Secretary —

the duly signed original of the response and its accompanying documents; and

if the competent authority is sending the response and its accompanying documents in hardcopy form, 2 copies each of the response and its accompanying documents, each certified by the competent authority to be in conformity with the original.

Subject to regulation 20(2), on receiving the response of the competent authority, the Appeals Secretary must without delay forward a copy of the response to the appellant concerned.