Private Education (Amendment) Regulations 2016

No. S 566

Private Education Act

(CHAPTER 247A)

Private Education
(Amendment) Regulations 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 71 of the Private Education Act, the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency, with the approval of Mr Ong Ye Kung, Senior Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills), makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations are the Private Education (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and, except for regulation 15, are deemed to have come into operation on 3 October 2016.

(2) Regulation 15 comes into operation on 2 November 2016.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the Private Education Regulations 2009 (G.N. No. S 617/2009) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Academic Board”, the following definition:

“ “Agency’s Website” means the Internet website at https://www.cpe.gov.sg;”; and

(b)

by deleting the definition of “Council’s Website”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “the electronic application service provided by the Council at https://licences.business.gov.sg” and substituting the words “an electronic application service or any other means specified by the Agency”.

Amendment of regulation 5

4. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “of the Council” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “of the Agency”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “Council may specify at the Council’s Website (under “Approval of name”)” in paragraph (3)(b) and substituting the words “Agency may specify at the Agency’s Website”.

Amendment of regulation 6

5. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

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

“(b)	using an electronic application service or any other means specified by the Agency.”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “Council may specify at the Council’s Website (under “Approval of change of registered premises”)” in paragraph (4)(b) and substituting the words “Agency may specify at the Agency’s Website”.

Amendment of regulation 7

6. Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “notify the Council” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “notify the Agency”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “Council may specify at the Council’s Website (under “Updates”)” in paragraph (3)(b) and substituting the words “Agency may specify at the Agency’s Website”.

Amendment of regulation 8

7. Regulation 8(2) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “Council may specify at the Council’s Website (under “Notification of change of ownership”)” and substituting the words “Agency may specify at the Agency’s Website”.

Amendment of regulation 9

8. Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “of the Council” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “of the Agency”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “Council may specify at the Council’s Website (under “Permission to offer or provide courses”)” in paragraph (3)(b) and substituting the words “Agency may specify at the Agency’s Website”.

Amendment of regulation 10

9. Regulation 10(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(b)	using an electronic application service or any other means specified by the Agency.”.

Amendment of regulation 11

10. Regulation 11(2) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “appropriate,”, the word “waive,”.

Amendment of regulation 21

11. Regulation 21(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “fee” in sub-paragraph (a)(v) and substituting the words “course money”; and
(b)	by deleting the word “fee” in sub-paragraph (c)(vii) and substituting the word “money”.

Amendment of regulation 22

12. Regulation 22(3) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “Council may specify at the Council’s Website (under “Annual Update from Private Education Institutions”)” in sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the words “Agency may specify at the Agency’s Website”.

Amendment of regulation 25

13. Regulation 25 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “course fee” wherever they appear in paragraphs (3), (4) and (6)(c)(ix) and substituting in each case the words “course money”;
(b)	by deleting the words “any fee” in paragraphs (4)(a)(i) and (ii), (b)(i) and (ii) and (6)(b) and substituting in each case the words “any course money”;
(c)	by deleting the words “all fees” in paragraph (6)(c)(viii) and substituting the words “all course money”;
(d)	by deleting the words “course fees” in paragraph (6)(c)(x) and substituting the words “course money”; and
(e)	by deleting the word “fee” in paragraph (6)(c)(x).

Amendment of regulation 28

14. Regulation 28(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “all fees that are” in sub‑paragraph (o) and substituting the words “all course money”.

Amendment of First Schedule

15. The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting “$400” in items 1 and 2 and substituting in each case “$535”.

Amendment of Part I of Third Schedule

16. Part I of the Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting item 18.

Miscellaneous amendments

17. The principal Regulations are amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “Council” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “Agency”:

Regulations 2(1) (definition of “registration number”), 3(4), (6) and (7), 5(5), 6(1), (2) and (6), 9(5) and (6) (including the regulation heading), 11(1) and (2), 12(2), 15(2)(d), 16(2)(d), 17, 18(2), 19(2), 22(1) and (2), 23, 25(4)(a) and (6)(c)(v), 26(2)(c), 27(1), 28(1)(j), 30, 31 (including the regulation heading) and items 4 and 8 of the First Schedule;

(b)

by deleting the word “Council’s” in regulation 2(2) and substituting the word “Agency’s”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “electronic application service” in the following provisions, the words “or any other means”:

Regulations 3(2), (4) and (5), 5(2) and (4), 6(3) and (5), 7(2) and (4), 9(2) and (4) and 10(2) and (4);

(d)

by deleting the words “electronic form” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “form”:

Regulations 3(2), 5(2), 6(3), 7(2), 9(2) and 10(2);

(e)

by deleting the words “Council may specify at the Council’s Website (under “Registration of Private Education Institutions”)” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “Agency may specify at the Agency’s Website”:

Regulations 3(3)(b) and 4(2); and

(f)

by deleting the words “the electronic application service provided by the Council at https://licences.business.gov.sg” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “an electronic application service or any other means specified by the Agency”:

Regulations 5(1), 7(1) and 9(1).

[G.N. Nos. S 329/2011; S 135/2013]

Made on 1 November 2016.

TAN PHENG HOCK

Chairman,
SkillsFuture Singapore Agency.

[EDUN C24-12-027-V2; AG/LEGIS/SL/247A/2015/1 Vol. 1]

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