Singapore legislation
Regulation 13
Regulation 13
Contents of Authority’s reasons
Subregulation 1
The Authority’s reasons —
must state —
the name and address of the Authority;
the name and email address of each authorised officer of the Authority or each legal representative of the Authority, if any; and
an email address for the service of documents;
subject to paragraph (2), must contain —
a concise statement of the facts;
a summary of the grounds for the decision of the Authority;
the arguments of fact or law upon which the Authority will rely; and
the outcome sought by the Authority;
must be signed and dated by —
any authorised officer of the Authority, on the Authority’s behalf, if the details provided in sub‑paragraph (a)(ii) relate to one or more authorised officers of the Authority; or
any legal representative of the Authority, on the Authority’s behalf, if the details provided in sub‑paragraph (a)(ii) relate to one or more legal representatives of the Authority; and
subject to paragraph (2), must include a copy of all the documents supporting those arguments of fact or law and any other document mentioned in the matters stated in sub‑paragraph (b).
Subregulation 2
Where the Authority has made a request for confidential treatment of a document, part of a document, or information under regulation 22 and the Minister does not make a decision in respect of the Authority’s request before the expiry of the period within which the Authority must file the Authority’s reasons under these Regulations —
the Authority may, in the Authority’s reasons, omit the document, part of the document, or information for which confidential treatment has been requested; but(b)where the Authority considers it possible to summarise or redact the material in the document, part of the document or information, the Authority must —
in the Authority’s reasons, provide the non‑confidential version of the document, part of the document or information mentioned in regulation 22(3)(a); and
notify the Appeal Advisory Committee and the appellant that material in the document, part of the document or information has been summarised or redacted.