Singapore legislation
Regulation 60
Regulation 60
Initial hearing
Subregulation 1
Before the date of an initial hearing (other than any such hearing that has been adjourned), the Medical Council shall make available to each member of the Interim Orders Committee concerned —
a copy of the notice referred to in regulation 59(1);
all the documents that have been produced in connection with the case; and
any observation in writing submitted by or on behalf of the practitioner pursuant to the notice.
Subregulation 2
The Medical Council shall make available to the practitioner all the documents that have been made available to the Interim Orders Committee under paragraph (1)(b).
Subregulation 3
Subject to paragraph (4), the Interim Orders Committee may receive oral, documentary or other evidence of any fact or matter which appears to it to be relevant to its inquiry.
Subregulation 4
No person shall give oral evidence at the hearing unless the Interim Orders Committee considers that such evidence is necessary to enable it to perform its duty or discharge its functions.
Subregulation 5
The Interim Orders Committee may, at any stage in its proceedings, allow a party to produce any written evidence at the hearing, if —
the practitioner consents; or
after consultation with the legal assessor, the Interim Orders Committee is satisfied that the reception of the evidence is desirable to enable the Interim Orders Committee to perform its duty or discharge its functions.
Subregulation 6
Where the Interim Orders Committee has allowed any party to produce any written evidence at the hearing, a copy of the evidence shall be given to each of the following:
the practitioner;
the Council’s solicitor; and
the Interim Orders Committee.
Subregulation 7
At the hearing, the Interim Orders Committee may invite the Council’s solicitor to address it as to whether an order under section 59L of the Act should be made, and the practitioner or his counsel shall be given the opportunity to speak last.
Subregulation 8
Subject to paragraph (7), the procedure at the hearing shall be as the Interim Orders Committee may determine.
Subregulation 9
At the hearing, the Council’s solicitor and the practitioner or his counsel may, subject to paragraph (4), call witnesses and may put questions to any person called as a witness.
Subregulation 10
Members of the Interim Orders Committee may put questions to any person called as a witness.