Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
Regulation 10
Specialist Accreditation Board
Subregulation 1
A Specialist Accreditation Board (called in this rule the Board) comprising the following individuals is appointed under section 10 of the Act:
a chairperson who is a member of the Senate;
4 other individuals, each of whom need not be a member of the Academy.
Subregulation 2
The function of the Board is to administer a scheme (known as the Specialist Accreditation Scheme) for the accreditation of eligible members as specialists in a particular area of practice.
Subregulation 3
The Board has power to do the following things:
to choose any area of practice in which eligible members may be accredited as specialists;
to appoint and supervise each sub-committee appointed by the Board —
to assess whether an area of practice is suitable for the accreditation of specialists; and
to develop the Specialist Accreditation Scheme for an area of practice that is assessed to be suitable for the accreditation of specialists; (c)to appoint and supervise each selection committee that assists the Board in —
administering the Specialist Accreditation Scheme for an area of practice; and (ii)selecting eligible members for accreditation as specialists in that area of practice;
to accredit eligible members as specialists in an area of practice, and to revoke or suspend any existing accreditation of a specialist; (e)to establish and publish guidelines, policies and procedures for —
the administration of the Specialist Accreditation Scheme; and
the qualification, selection and accreditation of eligible members as specialists under the Specialist Accreditation Scheme;
to do any other thing that is necessary to advance the Specialist Accreditation Scheme.
Subregulation 4
In this rule, “eligible member” means a member who is an advocate and solicitor and whose privileges as a member of the Academy have not been withdrawn under rule 3(5).