National Council of Social Service Act 1992 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Sector Members and Patrons of Council
15. Sector members
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The Council may appoint an organisation to be a sector member of the Council.
Council
“Council” means the National Council of Social Service established under section 3;
A sector member may be re-appointed.
To be appointed as a sector member, an organisation must either —
have the primary function of providing a social service in Singapore; or
have the primary function of directly supporting the provision of a social service in Singapore.
A sector member must comply with —
such standards for the management and administration of, and the provision of social service by, sector members as may be prescribed; and
such standards for the cooperation of sector members with the Council as may be prescribed.
The Council may at any time revoke the appointment of an organisation as a sector member in accordance with any regulations made under section 37.
In determining whether to appoint or re-appoint an organisation as a sector member under subsection (1) or (2), respectively, or whether to revoke the appointment of an organisation as a sector member under subsection (5), the Council may consider the organisation’s aims, objects and activities, including whether those aims, objects and activities are contrary to the public interest, public order or national harmony.
Sector members are not members of the Council for the purposes of section 5 and the definition of “member” in relation to a public body in section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018.