Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

No. S 526

Misuse of Drugs Act

(Chapter 185)

Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 58 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall, with the exception of regulations 3, 4, 5 and 10, come into operation on 20th September 2010.

(2) Regulations 3, 5 and 10 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 31st July 2001.

(3) Regulation 4 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 30th December 1999.

Amendment of regulation 6

2. Regulation 6 of the Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) Regulations (Rg 3) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting paragraph (1).

Amendment of regulation 8

3. Regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “section 39(1)( b)” and substituting the words “section 36(1)(b)”.

Amendment of regulation 9

4. Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “section 20D” in paragraph (f) and substituting the words “section 25”.

Amendment of regulation 10

5. Regulation 10(3) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “section 37(2)( b)” and substituting the words “section 34(2)(b)”.

Amendment of regulation 11

6. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “employment”, the words “, participation in any educational or occupational training programmes or any activity as part of his treatment and rehabilitation,”.

Amendment of regulation 12

7. Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) The Superintendent of an approved institution may, on the recommendation of the Review Committee of an approved institution, grant an inmate leave for any one or both of the following purposes:

(a)	to be employed outside of the approved institution by such employer as the Superintendent may specify;
(b)	to participate (whether or not on the application of the inmate) outside the approved institution as part of the treatment and rehabilitation of the inmate, in such educational or occupational training programme or such activity as the Superintendent may specify.”;

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (2) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:

“(b)	not be absent, without good cause, from his work with the employer, or from such programme or activity, as is specified by the Superintendent under paragraph (1);
(c)	return to the approved institution and report to the officer on duty immediately after completing his work, programme or activity for the day or, in any case where he has been granted leave under regulation 13 to return to his place of residence or a designated place, return to his place of residence or that designated place;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “to be so employed” in paragraph (4)(b), the words “under paragraph (1)(a) or to be a participant in any programme or activity under paragraph (1)(b)”; and

(d)

by deleting the regulation heading and substituting the following regulation heading:

“Employment and rehabilitation of inmate”.

Amendment of regulation 13

8. Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “who has been granted leave for employment under regulation 12 may also be” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “, whether or not he has also been granted leave under regulation 12 to be employed or to participate in any programme or activity, may be”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:

“(1A) The Superintendent may, at any time, by order in writing served on the inmate who has been granted leave under paragraph (1) —

(a)	amend, vary or add to any of the conditions in paragraph (1); or
(b)	exempt the inmate from any of the conditions in paragraph (1).”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “residence” in the regulation heading, the words “or designated place”.

New regulation 14A

9. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 14, the following regulation:

“Inmate to pay for goods and services

14A. An inmate who has been granted leave under regulation 12 to be employed or to participate in any programme or activity, or under regulation 13 to return to his place of residence or a designated place, or such leave under regulations 12 and 13, shall bear —

(a)

the cost of his meals outside the approved institution while leave is so granted;

(b)

the cost of his transport between any of the following places:

(i)	the approved institution;
(ii)	the place of employment;
(iii)	the place where the programme or activity is carried out;
(iv)	the inmate’s place of residence; and
(v)	the designated place;

(c)

in a case where leave has been granted under regulation 12(1)(b) for the inmate to participate in a programme or activity which the inmate has applied for, the cost of such programme or activity; and

(d)

any other cost incurred by the inmate outside the approved institution while leave is so granted.”.

Amendment of regulation 15

10. Regulation 15(3) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “section 37(2)( a)” and substituting the words “section 34(2)(a)”.

[G.N. No. S 407/2003]

Made this 13th day of September 2010.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/0049; AG/LLRD/SL/185/2010/4 Vol. 1]

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