Singapore legislation

Clause 61

Regulations

(1)

The Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2)

In particular, the Minister may make regulations for any of the following:

(a)

the form and manner in which, and the time within which, an application for the grant or renewal of a licence or the Director‑General’s approval or consent may be made under this Act;

(b)

the carrying out of inquiries or investigations in relation to applications for a licence or the Director‑General’s approval or consent under this Act; (c)the fees to be paid in respect of an application for the grant or renewal of a licence or the Director‑General’s approval or consent under any provision of this Act, and of anything else done by the Director‑General in connection with the administration of this Act, and the waiver, reduction or refund of fees charged;

(d)

the registers to be kept for the purposes of this Act;

(e)

the duties and responsibilities of licensees;

(f)

the operation, management and supervision of, and the admission of residents to, licensable SRHs;

(g)

the management and discipline of residents of licensable SRHs;

(h)

the standards of accommodation, public health and sanitation and other amenities to be provided in licensable SRHs;

(i)

in respect of licensable SRHs belonging to a type of licensable SRHs that provides care, biopsychosocial intervention or support to carry out daily activities to residents of those licensable SRHs, the standards of care, biopsychosocial intervention or support to carry out daily activities to be provided to residents of those licensable SRHs;

(j)

the control and supervision of activities in licensable SRHs;

(k)

the records to be kept by licensees, and the provision of returns and other information with respect to any licensable SRH, licence or other approval or consent of the Director‑General; (l)the duties and responsibilities of an approved individual in carrying out —

(i)

the approved individual’s duty as a key appointment holder;

(ii)

the approved individual’s duty as the person‑in‑charge of a licensable SRH; or

(iii)

a prescribed duty or a duty belonging to a prescribed class of duties in relation to —

(A)

the operation of a licensable SRH; or

(B)

the management of the residents of a licensable SRH;

(m)

the safety measures and precautions to be taken in licensable SRHs;

(n)

the constitution, functions and procedures of Boards of Visitors;

(o)

the manner in which appeals may be made to the Minister under this Act and the procedure for those appeals;

(p)

all matters and things required or permitted to be prescribed under or for the purposes of this Act.

(3)

Regulations made under subsection (2)(l) may make different provisions for —

(a)

approved individuals who carry out different duties or classes of duties in the operation, management and supervision of a licensable SRH; and

(b)

approved individuals who carry out a duty or a class of duties in the operation, management and supervision of different types of licensable SRHs.

(4)

Regulations made under this section may —

(a)

apply in respect of all licences or particular classes of licences;

(b)

apply in respect of all licensable SRHs or particular types of licensable SRHs;

(c)

prescribe the offences under this Act that may be compounded; and

(d)

provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $20,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both and, in the case of a continuing offence, with a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.

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