Employment Claims Rules 2017

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1 Citation and commencement

2 Application of Rules

4 Registry for tribunals

9 Serving of claim on respondent

10 Response to claim by respondent

11 Counterclaim against claimant

12 Joinder of parties

13 Amendment of claim before service

14 Amendment of claim or response after service

15 Withdrawal and discontinuance

16 Order for discovery and production of documents

17 Case management conference

18 Hearing before tribunal

19 Representation before tribunal

20 Directions for and conduct of proceedings

21 Form and issue of summons

22 Service of summons on witness

23 Setting aside of decision, direction or order given in absence of party

24 Appeals from decision, direction or order of Registrar

25 Leave to appeal under section 23(2) of Act

26 Notice of appeal to High Court

28 Security for costs

29 Record of proceedings

30 Appellant’s case

31 Respondent’s case

33 Stay of execution pending appeal

34 Judgment or order on appeal to be sent to Registrar

35 Transfer of proceedings from tribunal to court under section 17 of Act

36 Referral to mediation by tribunal

37 Form of settlement agreement

38 Period within which settlement agreement must be registered

39 Application for registration of settlement agreement

40 Duration and renewal of registration

41 Setting aside of registration of settlement agreement

42 Register of settlement agreements

46 Waiver, refund or remission of fees

47 Service of claim, summons or document

49 Extension and abridgement of time

50 Correction of order of tribunal under section 22(9) of Act

51 Seal of State Courts

52 Compliance with Court Practice Directions

53 Rejection of earlier documents

54 Effect of non-compliance

No. S 104

Employment Claims Act 2016

(ACT 21 OF 2016)

Employment Claims Rules 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 33 of the Employment Claims Act 2016, we, the Rules Committee, make the following Rules:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Employment Claims Rules 2017 and come into operation on 1 April 2017.

Application of Rules

2.—(1) These Rules apply to —

(a)	all proceedings under Part 3 of the Act; and
(b)	every application to a District Court under section 7(2) or (4) of the Act.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the Rules of Court (Cap. 322, R 5) do not apply to the following:

(a)	any proceedings before a tribunal or the Registrar;
(b)	any procedure for proceedings in the High Court (arising from an order of a tribunal) for which provision is made in these Rules (such as the procedure for an appeal to the High Court against an order of a tribunal).

(3) Order 46, Rule 11 (read with Order 52, Rule 9(4)) and Order 52 of the Rules of Court apply to committal proceedings before a tribunal.

Forms

3.—(1) In these Rules, “relevant Form”, in relation to any purpose for which a specific form is required to be used, means the current version of the specific form for that purpose set out in the practice directions issued by the registrar of the State Courts.

(2) The forms set out in the practice directions may be used with such variations as the circumstances of any particular case require.

Made on 15 March 2017.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice.

LUCIEN WONG

Attorney-General.

TAY YONG KWANG

Judge of Appeal.

BELINDA ANG SAW EAN

Judge.

QUENTIN LOH

Judge.

STEVEN CHONG

Judge.

VINODH COOMARASWAMY

Judge.

SEE KEE OON

Presiding Judge of the State Courts.

TAN PUAY BOON

District Judge.

CAVINDER BULL, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

ANG CHENG HOCK, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

[SUPCT.RJW.013.0400; AG/LEGIS/SL/91C/2015/2 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 33(4) of the Employment Claims Act 2016).

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