Singapore legislation

Regulation 11

of Personal Data Protection (Enforcement) Regulations 2021

Regulation 11

Reconsideration application

Subregulation 1

A reconsideration application must —

(a)

state concisely, in the English language —

(i)

the applicant’s particulars;

(ii)

the particulars of the contestable decision to be reconsidered;

(iii)

the grounds for making the reconsideration application, in particular the grounds upon which the applicant contends that the contestable decision was made based on an error of fact or was wrong in law;

(iv)

the arguments of fact or law supporting each of the grounds; and

(v)

the decisions under section 48N(6)(b) of the Act sought from the Commission and the applicant’s reasons for seeking those decisions;

(b)

be signed —

(i)

where the applicant is an individual — by the individual, or on the individual’s behalf by his or her authorised representative or legal representative; or

(ii)

in any other case — by a duly authorised officer of the applicant;

(c)

be accompanied by —

(i)

a copy of the contestable decision to be reconsidered;

(ii)

any statutory declaration or other document or information to support the facts or particulars contained in the applicant’s reconsideration application as the Commission may require; and

(iii)

the appropriate fee specified in the Schedule; and

(d)

be submitted to the Commission —

(i)

in accordance with regulation 24; and

(ii)

no later than 28 days after the contestable decision to be reconsidered is served on the applicant.

Subregulation 2

A reconsideration application under paragraph (1) may be made in the form provided under regulation 26.

Subregulation 3

The Commission may, by written notice, further require an applicant to provide, within the period specified in the notice, any statutory declaration or any other document or information to support the facts or particulars contained in the applicant’s reconsideration application.