3.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to an applicant or a licensee that is not a charitable healthcare service provider at the time the application for the grant or renewal of a licence is made.
(2) For the purposes of section 10(2)(b) of the Act and subject to paragraph (2A), the application fee for the grant or renewal of a licence is $100 for each licence.
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(2A) The application fee for the grant or renewal of the licences mentioned in the following items is $100:
(a)
items 99, 100, 103 and 104 of Part 1 of the First Schedule;
(b)
items 2 and 3 of Part 2 of the First Schedule.
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(2B) For the purposes of section 11A(1)(b) of the Act and subject to paragraph (2C), the application fee for approval of every permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode by which a licensable healthcare service is or is intended to be provided is $100 for each application.
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(2C) The application fee mentioned in paragraph (2B) does not apply to an application for —
(a)
approval of the first permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode by which a licensable healthcare service is or is intended to be provided; or
(b)
approvals for a combination of service delivery modes,
where the application for the approval or approvals mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) is made together with the application for the grant or renewal of a licence as set out in the description of the application in the First Schedule.
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(3) For the purposes of section 15(3)(c) of the Act, the application fee payable to the Director-General in respect of an amendment of a licence under section 15(1)(c) of the Act to amend any of the following particulars or information is $100 for each application:
(a)
the licensee’s name;
(b)
the licensee’s business name within the meaning given by regulation 48(2) of the Healthcare Services (General) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 1035/2021);
(c)
the address of any approved permanent premises or the registration number of any approved conveyance.
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(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the fees specified in the second column of the First Schedule are payable to the Director-General in respect of the matters specified in the first column of that Schedule.
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(5) The fees specified —
(a)
in the second column of Part 1 of the First Schedule in respect of the matters specified opposite in the first column of that Part; and
(b)
in the second column of Part 2 of the First Schedule in respect of the matters specified opposite in items 2 to 27 in the first column of that Part,
apply in relation to a licence that is granted or renewed for a period of 2 years.
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(6) To avoid doubt, the fees specified in Parts 1 and 2 of the First Schedule (except in respect of late renewal applications) are inclusive of the application fee mentioned in paragraphs (2), (2A) and (2B), whichever is applicable.