Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
Regulation 10
Amendment of defence
Subregulation 1
The Agency may at any time, with the permission of the appeal authority, amend its defence.
Subregulation 2
The appeal authority must not grant permission under paragraph (1) unless the appeal authority is satisfied that —
there exists any matter of fact or law which came to light after the defence was sent to the appeal authority;
it was not practicable to include in or omit from the defence (as the case may be), the subject matter of the amendment proposed by the Agency; or
there are exceptional circumstances to do so.
Subregulation 3
Where the appeal authority grants permission under paragraph (1), the appeal authority may do so on any terms or conditions that the appeal authority thinks fit to impose, and give any further or consequential directions that the appeal authority considers necessary.