Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Legal Profession (Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2012
Regulation 5
Compliance Committee
Subregulation 1
The Board may appoint, from among the members of the Board or from other persons, a Compliance Committee consisting of a chairman and such number of members as the Board may determine to do any of the following:
to propose guidelines, and to consider applications, for the full or partial waiver of any CPD requirement;
to establish a system for verifying whether a solicitor or foreign practitioner has complied with any CPD requirement;
to propose guidelines on the types of evidence that a solicitor or foreign practitioner shall maintain, and to determine whether any evidence provided by a solicitor or foreign practitioner is sufficient, to show that the solicitor or foreign practitioner has undertaken a CPD activity;
to determine and implement the measures to be taken against a solicitor or foreign practitioner who has failed to comply with any CPD requirement;
to perform such other functions related to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) as the Board may determine from time to time.
Subregulation 2
The chairman and members of the Compliance Committee shall each be appointed for such period as the Board may determine.
Subregulation 3
The Compliance Committee shall not be bound to act in a formal manner and may determine its own procedures.
Subregulation 4
The Compliance 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.