Singapore legislation
Regulation 26A
Regulation 26A
Costs of investigation of applications to be borne by applicant
Subregulation 1
The costs of investigation of an application by any relevant person shall be borne by the applicant or each applicant in the group of applicants (in the case of a consolidated application, if applicable).
Subregulation 2
The Authority may give a written notice to the applicant or group of applicants of the estimated costs of investigation and require the applicant or group of applicants to pay such estimated costs to the Authority within such period as may be specified in the notice.
Subregulation 3
At the conclusion of the investigation into the application or if the application is withdrawn, the Authority shall certify the actual costs of investigation of the application, and shall ––
where the actual costs of investigation are lower than the amount paid under paragraph (2), refund the excess without interest to the person who paid the estimated costs; or
where the actual costs of investigation are higher than the amount paid under paragraph (2), by a written notice, require the person to reimburse the Authority the excess within such period as may be specified in the notice.
Subregulation 4
The certificate of the Authority stating the actual costs of the investigation under paragraph (3) shall be conclusive evidence of such amount.
Subregulation 5
In this regulation, “relevant person” means ––
any person who submits an application to be an approved manufacturer or an approved supplier; or
any person who submits an application to be an approved test service provider.