International Child Abduction Act 2010 |
International Child Abduction (Application of Legislation Relating to Legal Aid and Legal Advice) Regulations 2011 |
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Citation and commencement |
1. These Regulations may be cited as the International Child Abduction (Application of Legislation relating to Legal Aid and Legal Advice) Regulations 2011 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2011. |
Definition |
2. In these Regulations, “Director” means the Director of Legal Aid appointed under section 3 of the Legal Aid and Advice Act (Cap. 160) and includes a Deputy Director and an Assistant Director appointed under section 3 of that Act. |
Application of Legal Aid and Advice Act |
3. The following provisions of the Legal Aid and Advice Act (Cap. 160) shall, with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as are specified in regulations 4, 5, 6, 7 and 7A, apply in relation to the provision of legal aid and legal advice under Part IV of the International Child Abduction Act 2010 as they apply in relation to the provision of legal aid and legal advice under the Legal Aid and Advice Act:
[S 693/2019 wef 16/10/2019] |
Modification of section 5 of Legal Aid and Advice Act |
4. Section 5 of the Legal Aid and Advice Act (Cap. 160) shall have effect with the following modifications:
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Modification of section 6 of Legal Aid and Advice Act |
5. Section 6(2) of the Legal Aid and Advice Act (Cap. 160) shall have effect with the modification that where a guardian makes an application to the Director on behalf of an infant, the guardian must be a person who is a citizen of, or habitually resident in, Singapore or a Contracting State. |
Modification of section 11 of Legal Aid and Advice Act |
6. Section 11(2) of the Legal Aid and Advice Act (Cap. 160) shall have effect with the modification that the Director shall assign a solicitor, to be selected at his sole discretion, from the appropriate panel of solicitors maintained pursuant to section 4 of that Act, to act for each applicant. |
Modification of section 12 of Legal Aid and Advice Act |
7. Section 12(1) of the Legal Aid and Advice Act (Cap. 160) shall have effect with the modification that where a Grant of Aid is issued, the Director may assign a solicitor, to be selected at his sole discretion, from the appropriate panel of solicitors maintained pursuant to section 4 of that Act, to act for the applicant. [S 401/2019 wef 31/05/2019] |
Modification of section 20 of Legal Aid and Advice Act |
7A. Section 20 of the Legal Aid and Advice Act (Cap. 160) has effect with the following modifications:
[S 401/2019 wef 31/05/2019] |
8. [Deleted by S 693/2019 wef 16/10/2019] |
Application of Legal Aid and Advice Regulations |
9. The provisions of the Legal Aid and Advice Regulations (Cap. 160, Rg 1) apply in relation to the provision of legal aid and legal advice under Part IV of the International Child Abduction Act 2010 as they apply in relation to the provision of legal aid and legal advice under the Legal Aid and Advice Act (Cap. 160). [S 401/2019 wef 31/05/2019] |
10. [Deleted by S 401/2019 wef 31/05/2019] |
11. [Deleted by S 401/2019 wef 31/05/2019] |
Conversion of foreign currency |
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Law, Singapore. |
[LAW 06/018/008 Vol. 5; AG/LLRD/SL/143C/2010/1 Vol. 1] |
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