Employment Claims Rules 2017 - Singapore Statutes Online

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.

Definitions

1A. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“ACRA” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established by section 3 of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act (Cap. 2A);

“CorpPass” means the identity authentication service, known as Singapore Corporate Access, by which an entity authenticates its identity in order to carry out an online transaction with the Government or a statutory board;

“CorpPass credential” means any username, password or 2‑factor authentication detail required to authenticate, using CorpPass, the identity of an entity;

“electronic system” means the electronic filing and case management system established under rule 3A(1);

“messaging system” means any system that enables the transmission of short text messages or email —

(a)	from a mobile device to another mobile device; or
(b)	from an email address to a mobile device, and the other way around;

“registrar of the State Courts” means the registrar of the State Courts appointed under the State Courts Act (Cap. 321) and includes a deputy registrar appointed under that Act;

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“relevant Form”, in relation to any purpose for which a specific form is required to be used, means the current version of the relevant form for that purpose, as set out on the website of the electronic system or in the practice directions;

“SingPass” means the identity authentication service, known as Singapore Personal Access, by which an individual authenticates the individual’s identity in order to carry out an online transaction with the Government or a statutory board;

“SingPass credential” means any username, password or 2‑factor authentication detail required to authenticate, using SingPass, the identity of an individual;

[S 298/2019 wef 15/04/2019]

“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday.

[S 298/2019 wef 15/04/2019]

[S 851/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

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 a District Court or in the General Division of the High Court for which provision is made in these Rules. [S 298/2019 wef 15/04/2019] [S 1033/2020 wef 02/01/2021]

(3) Paragraph (2) does not affect the application of Order 52 of the Rules of Court to committal proceedings before a tribunal.

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Forms and documents

3.—(1) Unless a tribunal, the Registrar or a court directs otherwise, every relevant Form or document relating to proceedings before a tribunal, the Registrar or a court must be submitted through the electronic system.

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(2) Every relevant Form must contain such particulars, and be accompanied by such documents, as may be specified by the tribunal, the Registrar or the court or in the relevant Form.

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(3) Any relevant Form may be used in any particular case with such variations as the circumstances of that case require.

[S 851/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

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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