Misuse of Drugs (Community Rehabilitation Centres) Regulations 2014

No. S 311

Misuse of Drugs Act

(CHAPTER 185)

Misuse of Drugs
(Community Rehabilitation Centres)
Regulations 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 58 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

Preliminary

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Community Rehabilitation Centres) Regulations 2014 and shall come into operation on 28th April 2014.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“centre” means a community rehabilitation centre;

“inmate” means an individual who is detained in a centre;

“major offence” means any conduct set out in Part II of the Schedule;

“Manager”, in relation to a centre, means a person appointed by the Director of Prisons under section 36A(2) of the Act to be responsible for the supervision and administration of that centre;

“member of staff”, in relation to a centre, means a member of the team of personnel running the centre, and includes the Manager of the centre;

“minor offence” means any conduct set out in Part I of the Schedule that is not a major offence;

“Review Committee” means a Review Committee appointed by the Minister for a centre under section 37(1) of the Act;

“Superintendent”, in relation to a centre, means a prison officer appointed by the Director of Prisons to assist him in the charge and administration of that centre;

“supervision officer” means an officer of the Bureau who is appointed by the Minister to be a supervision officer for the purposes of these Regulations.

Made this 24th day of April 2014.

TAN TEE HOW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/049 TF1; AG/LLRD/SL/185/2010/12 Vol. 1]

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