Private Education (Dispute Resolution Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 20 Dec 2022

No. S 988

Private Education Act 2009

Private Education
(Dispute Resolution Schemes)
(Amendment) Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 44 of the Private Education Act 2009, the SkillsFuture Singapore Agency, with the approval of the Minister for Education, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Private Education (Dispute Resolution Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 21 December 2022.

Amendment of regulation 5

2. In regulation 5 of the Private Education (Dispute Resolution Schemes) Regulations 2016 (G.N. No. S 490/2016), after paragraph (2), insert —

“(3) Despite paragraph (1), where a registered private education institution has not entered into a written agreement or contract with a student‑inmate enrolled in a YRSG‑sponsored course provided by the registered private education institution (as mentioned in regulation 25(6B) of the Private Education Regulations 2009 (G.N. No. S 617/2009)), the registered private education institution need not participate in any dispute resolution proceeding commenced by the student‑inmate in respect of the YRSG‑sponsored course.

(4) If, however, a registered private education institution chooses to participate in a dispute resolution proceeding commenced by a student-inmate, the registered private education institution must comply with the terms and conditions of the dispute resolution scheme set out in the Third Schedule.

(5) In this regulation —

“student‑inmate” means a student —

(a)	who is an inmate or a prisoner, as defined in section 2 of the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises Act 1975; and
(b)	for whom the YRSG agrees to pay the course money for enrolment of the student in a registered private education institution under a written agreement or contract between the YRSG and the registered private education institution;

“YRSG” means Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (Yellow Ribbon Singapore);

“YRSG‑sponsored course”, in relation to a student‑inmate, means a course for which the YRSG agrees to pay the course money for enrolment of the student‑inmate in a registered private education institution under a written agreement or contract between the YRSG and the registered private education institution.”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

3. In the Third Schedule to the Private Education (Dispute Resolution Schemes) Regulations 2016, in the Schedule reference, after “Regulation 5(2)”, insert “and (4)”.

[G.N. No. S 976/2022]

Made on 16 December 2022.

WONG KIM YIN

Chairperson,
SkillsFuture Singapore Agency.

[MOE 016-005-001-003; AG/LEGIS/SL/247A/2020/6 Vol. 1]

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