Public Defenders Regulations 2022 - Singapore Statutes Online

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Public Defenders Act 2022

Public Defenders Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 25 of the Public Defenders Act 2022, the Minister for Law makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Public Defenders Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 1 December 2022.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“board”, in relation to a variation or cancellation of a Grant of Aid, means a board (consisting of the Chief Public Defender and at least 2 solicitors appointed to an appropriate panel of solicitors established under section 4 of the Act) mentioned in section 12(1)(c)(ii) of the Act;

“Provisional Grant of Aid” means a Grant of Aid issued on a provisional basis under section 12(4) of the Act;

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

Made on 30 November 2022.

LOH KHUM YEAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 82/002; AG/LEGIS/SL/257D/2020/1 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 25(6) of the Public Defenders Act 2022).

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