Singapore legislation

Regulation 8

of Legal Profession (Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2012

Regulation 8

Declaration under section 25(1)(ca) of Act

For the purposes of section 25(1)(ca) of the Act, in every practice year, a solicitor’s application for a practising certificate shall be accompanied by one of the following declarations:

(a)

a declaration stating that the solicitor has complied with every CPD requirement that was applicable to him at any time in the calendar year immediately preceding that practice year;

(b)

a declaration stating that —

(i)

the Compliance Committee has granted the solicitor a waiver of one or more of the CPD requirements that were applicable to him at any time in the calendar year immediately preceding that practice year; and

(ii)

the solicitor has complied with every other CPD requirement that was applicable to him at any time in the calendar year immediately preceding that practice year;

(c)

a declaration stating that no CPD requirement was applicable to the solicitor at any time in the calendar year immediately preceding that practice year.