Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Legal Profession (Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2012
Regulation 4
Accreditation Committee
Subregulation 1
The Board may appoint, from among the members of the Board or from other persons, an Accreditation Committee consisting of a chairman and such number of members as the Board may determine to do any of the following:
to accredit any CPD activity, and to authorise any person to organise or administer an accredited CPD activity;
to determine the terms and conditions for the accreditation of a CPD activity, and the terms and conditions under which a person may organise or administer an accredited CPD activity;
to determine whether any activity or class of activities is a CPD activity or class of CPD activities, and to propose guidelines specifying the types of accredited CPD activities and other CPD activities, and the types of activities which do not qualify as CPD activities;
to propose guidelines specifying, and to approve on a case by case basis, any publication referred to in rule 3(1)(c)(ii);
(da)to propose guidelines specifying, and to approve on a case by case basis, any course or programme of the Institute referred to in rule 3(1)(d);
to determine or approve the number of CPD points which may be obtained by undertaking any CPD activity or class of CPD activities, and to propose guidelines specifying, for each type of CPD activity, the manner in which the number of CPD points which may be obtained by undertaking that type of CPD activity is to be calculated;
to perform such other functions related to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) as the Board may determine from time to time.
Subregulation 2
The chairman and members of the Accreditation Committee shall each be appointed for such period as the Board may determine.
Subregulation 3
The Accreditation Committee may determine its own procedures.
Subregulation 4
The Accreditation Committee shall not be bound by the provisions of the Evidence Act (Cap. 97) or by any other law relating to evidence, and may inform itself on any matter in such manner as it thinks fit.