Singapore legislation
Regulation 15
of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Disciplinary Proceedings) Regulations 2020
Regulation 15
Single or joint hearings with consent
Subregulation 1
Despite regulations 13 and 14, an Inquiry Committee may inquire into 2 or more disciplinary offences together at a single hearing or order a joint hearing, if —
in a case where a registered person is charged with 2 or more disciplinary offences, the Board and the registered person consent to have all those disciplinary offences dealt with at the same hearing; or
in a case where 2 or more registered persons are charged with separate disciplinary offences, the Board and all those registered persons consent to a joint hearing.
Subregulation 2
Despite paragraph (1), the Board must not hold a single or joint hearing in relation to a registered person who had earlier given consent under that paragraph, if —
at the time when the consent was given, the registered person was not represented by counsel; and
at the time of the hearing, that registered person objects to the Inquiry Committee holding the single or joint hearing.