Singapore legislation
Regulation 10A
Regulation 10A
Notification of cessation of research institution’s operations
Subregulation 1
A research institution must notify the Director‑General of its intention to cease operating as a research institution as soon as possible and in any event not less than 30 days before the cessation of operation or any shorter period that the Director‑General may allow in any particular case.
Subregulation 2
The research institution must ensure that the notification required under paragraph (1) is accompanied by —
a declaration as to whether ongoing human biomedical research will cease, or be transferred to the supervision of another research institution and if applicable, a plan for the transfer of the ongoing human biomedical research;
a plan for the manner of disposal or transfer of the health information and human biological material held by or in the possession of the research institution;
where the plan mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) or (b) involves the transfer of any ongoing human biomedical research, health information or human biological material to another research institution (called in this regulation the receiving institution) —
the name, address and contact particulars of the receiving institution; and
the plan of the receiving institution as to whether the institutional review board of the research institution ceasing operations will be appointed to continue reviewing the human biomedical research which are to be transferred or whether the receiving institution’s own institutional review board will conduct a fresh review of the transferred research;
the date of the cessation of operation of the research institution and the reason for the cessation; and
any other information that the Director‑General may in any particular case require.
Subregulation 3
The notification and the information, mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2), must be submitted to the Director‑General in the applicable form set out at the relevant website.
Subregulation 4
A research institution who or which contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or (b)in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.