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Approval to engage individuals to provide educational service
29. A licensee of an early childhood development centre must not engage any individual to provide, for a fee or reward, any educational service for children at that centre, unless the provision of such service by the individual is with the approval of the Chief Licensing Officer.
Application for approval
30.—(1) An application for approval to engage an individual to provide, for a fee or reward, any educational service for children at an early childhood development centre must be made by the licensee of that centre to the Chief Licensing Officer in accordance with this section. (2) An application under subsection (1) must —(a) be in the form and manner required by the Chief Licensing Officer; (b) be accompanied by a non‑refundable application fee (if prescribed) paid in the manner required by the Chief Licensing Officer; and (c) be accompanied by any information the Chief Licensing Officer requires to determine the application. (3) The Chief Licensing Officer or an authorised officer may —(a) carry out such inquiries and investigations in relation to an application under subsection (1) as are necessary for a proper consideration by the Chief Licensing Officer of the application; and (b) request that the applicant provide, within a specified time, any additional information that the Chief Licensing Officer requires for a proper consideration of the application. (4) The Chief Licensing Officer may refuse an application —(a) that is incomplete or otherwise not made in accordance with this section; or (b) if the applicant fails to provide the additional information requested under subsection (3)(b).
Grant of approval
31.—(1) In determining whether to grant approval in relation to an application under section 30, the Chief Licensing Officer must have regard to, and give such weight as the Chief Licensing Officer considers appropriate to, all of the following matters:(a) whether the individual has the appropriate character and fitness; (b) whether the individual has been —(i) convicted of an offence under this Act; (ii) convicted, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, of an offence involving dishonesty or the conviction for which involved a finding that the individual had acted dishonestly; or (iii) convicted of a prescribed offence, whether the offence was committed before, on or after the date the offence is prescribed; (c) whether there is any other relevant matter that makes it contrary to the public interest to grant approval. (2) For the purpose of determining whether an individual has the appropriate character and fitness under subsection (1)(a), the Chief Licensing Officer must take into account the prescribed considerations (if prescribed). (3) To avoid doubt, the Chief Licensing Officer is not confined to consideration of the matters in subsection (1) or prescribed under subsection (2) and may take into account such other matters and evidence as may be relevant. (4) An approval granted under this section for an individual to provide an educational service at an early childhood development centre operated by a licensee ceases when the individual ceases to be engaged by the licensee to provide the educational service.
Conditions of approval
32.—(1) In granting any approval under section 31 to any licensee, the Chief Licensing Officer may impose such conditions as the Chief Licensing Officer considers requisite or expedient having regard to the purpose of this Act. (2) In particular, an approval granted under section 31 may include conditions —(a) relating to the training of, and the passing of examinations or tests and obtaining of qualifications by, the individual for whom the approval is granted; and (b) relating to the updating of the particulars of the individual for whom the approval is granted. (3) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6), it is lawful for the Chief Licensing Officer to modify the conditions of an approval without compensating the licensee to whom and the individual for whom the approval is granted. (4) Before modifying any conditions of an approval, the Chief Licensing Officer must give notice to the licensee to whom the approval is granted —(a) stating that the Chief Licensing Officer proposes to make the modification in the manner specified in the notice; and (b) specifying the time (being at least 14 days after the date of service of the notice on the licensee) within which the licensee may make written representations to the Chief Licensing Officer with respect to the proposed modification. (5) Upon receiving any written representation mentioned in subsection (4), the Chief Licensing Officer must consider that representation and may —(a) reject the representation; (b) amend the proposed modification in such manner as the Chief Licensing Officer thinks fit having regard to the representation; or (c) withdraw the proposed modification. (6) Where —(a) the Chief Licensing Officer rejects any written representation under subsection (5)(a); (b) the Chief Licensing Officer amends any proposed modification to the conditions of the approval under subsection (5)(b); or (c) no written representation is received by the Chief Licensing Officer within the time specified in subsection (4)(b), or any written representation made under that subsection is subsequently withdrawn, and the licensee has not given immediate effect to the modification, the Chief Licensing Officer must issue a direction in writing to the licensee in question requiring the licensee, within the time specified by the Chief Licensing Officer, to give effect to the modification as specified in the notice under subsection (4) or as amended by the Chief Licensing Officer, as the case may be.
Cancellation of approval
33.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Chief Licensing Officer may (without compensation) cancel any approval granted under section 31 on any of the following grounds:(a) any ground that would have entitled the Chief Licensing Officer to refuse an application for approval; (b) the Chief Licensing Officer is not satisfied as to the character or fitness of the individual for whom approval is granted to provide the educational service for children; (c) the licensee has, in connection with the application for approval, made a statement or provided any information or document which is false or misleading in a material particular; (d) the individual for whom approval is granted has contravened any of the provisions of this Act, or has been —(i) convicted of an offence under this Act; (ii) convicted, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, of an offence involving dishonesty or the conviction for which involved a finding that the individual had acted dishonestly; or (iii) convicted of a prescribed offence, whether the offence was committed before, on or after the date the offence is prescribed; (e) the early childhood development centre for which the approval is granted ceases operations. (2) If the Chief Licensing Officer cancels the approval under subsection (1), the Chief Licensing Officer must, without delay, serve on the licensee a notice of the cancellation.
Notice of cessation of engagement
34.—(1) A licensee must notify the Chief Licensing Officer of the cessation of the engagement of any individual to provide any educational service at the licensee’s early childhood development centre. (2) A notification under subsection (1) must be made to the Chief Licensing Officer not later than the prescribed time after the cessation of the engagement of the individual.
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