Significant Investments Review (Reviewing Tribunal) Rules 2024

No. S 230

Significant Investments Review Act 2024

Significant Investments Review
(Reviewing Tribunal)
Rules 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 45 of the Significant Investments Review Act 2024, the Minister for Trade and Industry makes the following Rules:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Significant Investments Review (Reviewing Tribunal) Rules 2024 and come into operation on 28 March 2024.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Rules —

“appeal” means an appeal made under section 39(1) of the Act against an appealable decision;

“appeal proceedings” means proceedings before a Reviewing Tribunal regarding an appeal contained in a notice of appeal;

“appealable decision” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Act and includes an initial appealable decision and a substitute appealable decision;

“appellant” has the meaning given by section 37 of the Act;

“authorised representative”, for any person, means an individual who is allowed under rule 11 to represent the person in connection with an appeal proceeding, whether or not the individual is an advocate and solicitor;

“chairperson”, for a Reviewing Tribunal, means the chairperson of the Reviewing Tribunal appointed under section 40(2) of the Act;

“defence” means a defence to a notice of appeal under rule 18;

“email address”, for any person, means an email address nominated by the person for the receiving of documents under these Rules;

“identity particulars” means —

(a)

for an individual who is a citizen of Singapore —

(i)	the full name of the individual; and
(ii)	the NRIC number of the individual;

(b)

for an individual who is not a citizen of Singapore —

(i)	the full name of the individual;
(ii)	the number of the passport or other identity document of the individual; and
(iii)	the nationality of the individual;

(c)

for an entity that is constituted or registered under any written law —

(i)	the registered name of the entity; and
(ii)	the Unique Entity Number (UEN) of the entity; and

(d)

for any other entity —

(i)	the full name of the entity; and
(ii)	the country under whose law the entity was constituted;

“initial appealable decision” has the meaning given by section 38(1) of the Act;

“Minister”, in relation to an appeal, means the Minister whose decision is the subject of the appeal;

“notice of appeal” has the meaning given by rule 13;

“parties”, in relation to any appeal, means —

(a)	the appellant in the appeal; and
(b)	the Minister,

and “party” means either of them;

“Secretary” means the Secretary to the Reviewing Tribunals appointed under section 42(2) of the Act;

“substitute appealable decision” has the meaning given by section 38(3)(b) of the Act;

“Tribunal member” means a member of a Reviewing Tribunal;

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

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Reviewing Tribunal in relation to any part of an appeal proceeding is a reference to the Reviewing Tribunal who has cognizance of the appeal which is the subject of the appeal proceeding.

(3) An appeal is decided by a Reviewing Tribunal without an in‑person hearing if it is decided on written material and submissions without parties to the appeal proceeding attending in person before the Reviewing Tribunal.

Address for service on Reviewing Tribunal

3. Any appeal or other document to be lodged with, given to or served on a Reviewing Tribunal or filed with or given to the Secretary under these Rules must be addressed to the “Secretary to the Reviewing Tribunals” and sent by email to secretary@siratribunal.gov.sg.

Appropriate form

4.—(1) In these Rules, “appropriate form”, in relation to any purpose for which a specific form is required to be used, means the relevant form that is set out on the website at https://www.mti.gov.sg.

(2) A requirement in these Rules that a document be in an appropriate form includes a requirement that the document be completed in the English language and in accordance with any directions that may be specified in the appropriate form.

(3) If strict compliance with an appropriate form is not possible, the Secretary may allow for modifications to be made to that form, or for the requirements of that form to be complied with in any other manner that the Secretary thinks fit.

Secretary to Reviewing Tribunals

5.—(1) The duty of the Secretary is —

(a)	to provide administrative and secretarial support to each Reviewing Tribunal in relation to every appeal of which the Reviewing Tribunal has cognizance under these Rules; and
(b)	to perform any other duties that are prescribed in these Rules.

(2) The Secretary must attend at —

(a)	every hearing by a Reviewing Tribunal of an appeal referred to the Reviewing Tribunal under rule 20; and
(b)	every meeting of a Reviewing Tribunal when deliberating on making a decision about an appeal.

Made on 25 March 2024.

GABRIEL LIM

Permanent Secretary (Policy),
Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Singapore.

[001-01-0019; AG/LEGIS/SL/294E/2020/2 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 45(3) of the Significant Investments Review Act 2024).

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