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regulating any matters relating to the costs of such proceedings.

(3) The Rules of Court may, instead of providing for any matter, refer to any provision made or to be made for that matter by practice directions issued for the time being by the Registrar of the Supreme Court or the Registrar of the State Courts, as the case may be.

(4) All Rules of Court made under this section are to be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.

Regulations

33.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act and for any matter which is required under this Act to be prescribed.

(2) The powers conferred by this section do not extend to any matter for which Rules of Court may be made under section 32.

Consequential and related amendments to Community Mediation Centres Act

34. The Community Mediation Centres Act (Cap. 49A, 1998 Ed.) is amended—

(a) by inserting, immediately after the words “section 15” in section 9(3), the words “and the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015”; and
(b) by inserting, immediately after the words “sections 9(3) and 15” in section 11(1), the words “and the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015”.

Related amendment to Small Claims Tribunals Act

35. Section 5(1) of the Small Claims Tribunals Act (Cap. 308, 1998 Ed.) is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “any property” in paragraph (b), the words “other than a claim under section 4 of the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015”.