Personnel boards of Singapore Legal Service
111AA.—(1)  Subject to the provisions of this Article, the President may, on the advice of the Prime Minister and by order published in the Gazette, establish one or more personnel boards to exercise all or any of the powers and functions of the Legal Service Commission under Article 111.
(2)  An order under clause (1) shall specify the powers and functions to be exercised by a personnel board and the class or classes of officers in the Singapore Legal Service in respect of which those powers and functions may be exercised except the following:
(a)the power to dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over officers in the Singapore Legal Service; and
(b)all powers of the Legal Service Commission in relation to officers in the Singapore Legal Service who hold appointments of and above a grade prescribed in the order, including the power to nominate officers for appointment or promotion to that grade,
and any power of appointment specified in the order as to be exercised by a personnel board shall not include a power to dismiss any person so appointed.
(3)  Before tendering his advice as to the grade in the Singapore Legal Service referred to in clause (2) (b), the Prime Minister shall consult the President of the Legal Service Commission.
(4)  Where the President has by order established a personnel board under clause (1) for the purpose of exercising any of the powers or functions of the Legal Service Commission, such power or function —
(a)may be exercised by such personnel board notwithstanding anything in Article 111; and
(b)shall, so long as it remains a power or function to be exercised by the personnel board pursuant to such order, cease to be exercisable by the Legal Service Commission except to the extent permitted under clause (5).
(5)  Subject to any order made under clause (1), any person who is aggrieved by any decision of any personnel board established under this Article may, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, appeal to the Legal Service Commission, and the decision of that Commission shall be final.
(6)  Subject to clause (7), a personnel board which is established under this Article shall consist of such persons (who may or may not be members of the Legal Service Commission) as the President may, on the advice of the Legal Service Commission, appoint except that the President may, acting in his discretion, refuse to make any such appointment if he does not concur with the advice of the Legal Service Commission.
(7)  A person shall not be appointed to be a member of a personnel board established under this Article if he is, and shall cease to be a member if he becomes —
(a)a Member of Parliament or a duly nominated candidate for election as such Member;
(b)a member of any trade union or of any body or association affiliated to a trade union; or
(c)the holder of any office in any political association.
(8)  An order under clause (1) may also —
(a)provide for matters relating to the appointment of members of personnel boards established under this Article;
(b)prescribe the procedure to be followed by these personnel boards in the exercise of their powers and functions; and
(c)prescribe the manner of appeals under clause (5).
[31/2007 wef 01/11/2007]