Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
of Legal Profession (Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2012
Regulation 6
Programmes Committee
Subregulation 1
The Board may appoint, from among the members of the Board or from other persons, a Programmes Committee consisting of a chairman and such number of members as the Board may determine to do any of the following:
to recommend the types of CPD activities which should be undertaken by solicitors or foreign practitioners in general or by any class of solicitors or foreign practitioners;
to determine the types of CPD activities to be provided by the Institute or by any other person;
to determine whether any CPD activity should be designated as a mandatory CPD activity, or any category of CPD activities should be designated as a mandatory category of CPD activities, for the purposes of rule 9(1)(a) or (2)(a), either for solicitors or foreign practitioners in general or for any class of solicitors or foreign practitioners, and to propose guidelines designating those mandatory CPD activities or mandatory categories of CPD activities (if any);
to perform such other functions related to the matters referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) as the Board may determine from time to time.
Subregulation 2
The chairman and members of the Programmes Committee shall each be appointed for such period as the Board may determine.
Subregulation 3
The Programmes Committee may determine its own procedures.
Subregulation 4
The Programmes 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.