The failure of a public authority to take into account relevant considerations and the taking of irrelevant ones into account are grounds of in Singapore administrative law. They are regarded as forms of illegality.

AttributesValues
rdfs:label
  • Relevant and irrelevant considerations in Singapore administrative law (en)
rdfs:comment
  • The failure of a public authority to take into account relevant considerations and the taking of irrelevant ones into account are grounds of in Singapore administrative law. They are regarded as forms of illegality. (en)
foaf:depiction
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PSA_Building.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jilbab_in_Zanzibar_(cropped).jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aisholt_Common_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1187829.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Howard_2007.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OUE_Bayfront,_Customs_House_and_Fullerton_Bay_Hotel,_Singapore_-_20121027-02.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shoreham_Harbour_entrance_and_the_Kingston_Buci_Lighthouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1013596.jpg
dcterms:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
sameAs
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
thumbnail
has abstract
  • The failure of a public authority to take into account relevant considerations and the taking of irrelevant ones into account are grounds of in Singapore administrative law. They are regarded as forms of illegality. If, in the exercise of its discretion on a public duty, an authority takes into account considerations which the courts consider not to be proper, then in the eyes of the law it has not exercised its discretion legally. On the other hand, considerations that are relevant to a public authority's decision are of two kinds: there are mandatory relevant considerations (that is, considerations that the statute empowering the authority expressly or impliedly identifies as those that must be taken into account), and discretionary relevant considerations (those which the authority may take into account if it regards them as appropriate). If a decision-maker has determined that a particular consideration is relevant to its decision, it is entitled to attribute to it whatever weight it thinks fit, and the courts will not interfere unless it has acted in a Wednesbury-unreasonable manner. This is consistent with the principle that the courts are generally only concerned with the legality of decisions and not their merits. In the United Kingdom, it has been suggested that if the court interprets a statute to impose a duty on a public authority, the resources available to the authority are irrelevant to deciding how the duty should be carried out. Conversely, if the court interprets a statute to confer a discretionary power on a public authority, then resources are a relevant consideration. Also, public authorities are not required to take into account people's fundamental rights arising under the Human Rights Act 1998 as relevant considerations before arriving at decisions. Their only responsibility is to ensure that the decision itself complies with the European Convention on Human Rights. At present, there are no Singapore cases on these issues. (en)
prov:wasDerivedFrom
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git139 as of Feb 29 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3331 as of Sep 2 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (62 GB total memory, 54 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software