Division 3 — General provisions
Registry of Assessors
16.—(1)  For the purposes of the administration of Part 10A of the Act and these Regulations, there is to be established an office called the Registry of Assessors.
(2)  The Registry of Assessors —
(a)is under the control and supervision of the Part 10A Registrar; and
(b)provides administrative and secretarial support to the Part 10A Registrar.
(3)  The office hours of the Registry of Assessors are —
(a)between 8.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. of any day from Monday to Thursday (except public holidays);
(b)between 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on Friday (except public holidays); but
(c)if any such day is the eve of the New Year, Lunar New Year or Christmas, between 8.30 a.m. and 12 noon.
Registrar’s directives
17.—(1)  The Part 10A Registrar may issue directives for the purposes of these Regulations and for proceedings before a Part 10A assessor.
(2)  Without limiting paragraph (1), a Part 10A Registrar’s directive may provide guidance on the following:
(a)the practice and procedure for the use of the electronic system established under regulation 5;
(b)documents and information that may be required by the Part 10A Registrar or a Part 10A assessor for a Part 10A assessor’s determination;
(c)the practice and procedure for an application for an extension of time;
(d)the practice and procedure for searching and taking copies of records of the Part 10A Registrar kept under regulation 18.
Records and publication of determinations
18.—(1)  The Part 10A Registrar must keep the records of every Part 10A assessor’s determination, including the documents submitted by parties to a Part 10A assessor’s determination.
(2)  The records may be kept in a form and manner determined by the Part 10A Registrar.
(3)  After a Part 10A assessor has made a determination, a party to the determination may, on payment of any fee that may be prescribed by an order under section 46(1) of the Interpretation Act (Cap. 1) —
(a)search the record relating to that determination; and
(b)take a copy of the record.
(4)  The records must be kept for a period of 2 years after the end of the prescribed period.
(5)  Where, in the Part 10A Registrar’s opinion, a Part 10A assessor’s determination ought to be published, the Part 10A Registrar may publish the facts of the case, the arguments and the determination without disclosing the names of the parties concerned or any information that may disclose their identities.