Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
of Personal Data Protection (Do Not Call Registry) Regulations 2013
Regulation 10
Fees
Subregulation 1
Every application for registration under regulation 8(1) shall be accompanied by —
the registration fee specified in the First Schedule; and
where the person is required by the Commission to submit a document verifying the person’s identity under regulation 8(5), the processing fee specified in the First Schedule.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraph (3), every application under regulation 9(1) shall be accompanied by the application fee specified in the First Schedule.
Subregulation 3
The fee payable by a registered person for an application under regulation 9(1) may be paid in advance to the Commission (referred to in this regulation as the advance amount) and such advance amount shall be the amount specified in the Second Schedule corresponding to the number of Singapore telephone numbers that the registered person intends to check.
Subregulation 4
The fee or an advance amount referred to in paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be paid to the Commission in such manner as the Commission may require.
Subregulation 5
Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), the application fee payable by a person under paragraph (2) may be deducted from the advance amount, if any, paid by the person under paragraph (3).
Subregulation 6
Where a person has paid 2 or more advance amounts under paragraph (3), a deduction under paragraph (5) shall be made from the advance amount first paid and if that advance amount is insufficient to pay the application fee, from the other advance amounts in the order that they were paid to the Commission.
Subregulation 7
Where the advance amounts paid by a person under paragraph (3) are insufficient to pay the application fee, the person shall pay the application fee in the manner directed by the Commission.
Subregulation 8
Subject to paragraph (9), any fee paid under paragraph (1) or (2) or any advance amount paid under paragraph (3) shall not be refundable, in whole or in part.
Subregulation 9
The Commission shall refund the unutilised portion of the advance amount (or part thereof, rounded down to the nearest one cent) paid by a person under paragraph (3) if —
no application is submitted by the person under regulation 9(1) during a continuous period of 3 years after the advance amount is paid;
the person’s registration is cancelled under regulation 8(8); or
the person applies for a refund in such form and manner as the Commission may require.
Subregulation 10
No interest shall be payable in respect of any amount that is refunded under paragraph (9).