Singapore legislation
Regulation 37
Regulation 37
Resumed hearing
Subregulation 1
If, in any case where the Health Committee has adjourned its hearing of a case, it appears to the chairman of the Health Committee that the Health Committee should resume its hearing of the case, the chairman of the Health Committee shall notify the registered person of the date, time and place where the Health Committee will resume its hearing.
Subregulation 2
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), where a Health Committee has imposed any requirement under section 55(1)(c) or (3) of the Act and information is subsequently received that the registered person is not complying with the requirement in a material respect, the Health Committee may meet to consider the case and the chairman of the Health Committee shall notify the registered person of the date, time and place of the meeting.
Subregulation 3
Regulations 32 to 36 (relating to the procedure and powers of the Health Committee at the original hearing) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to any resumed hearing under this regulation.
Subregulation 4
Before any resumed hearing under paragraph (1) or (2), the chairman of the Health Committee may invite the registered person to submit to a further medical examination in the manner provided in regulation 30 with such modifications as the Health Committee thinks fit.
Subregulation 5
The validity of any proceedings of the Health Committee shall not be called into question by reason only that any medical assessor who was present at the original hearing was not present at the resumed hearing, or that a medical assessor present at the resumed hearing was not present at the original hearing.