Singapore legislation

Schedule 1

Licensable social residential homes

FIRST SCHEDULESections 2 and 60(1)Licensable social residential homes

1. For the purposes of the definition of “licensable social residential home” or “licensable SRH” in section 2(1), “licensable social residential home” or “licensable SRH” means any of the following:

(a)

an adult disability home;

(b)

a home for children and young persons;

(c)

a sheltered home;

(d)

a welfare home.

2. In this Schedule —“adult disability home” means any premises that provide residential accommodation, care, biopsychosocial intervention, and support to carry out daily activities to any individual who —

(a)

is 18 years of age or older at the time of the individual’s admission to the premises as a resident; and

(b)

has autism or any intellectual, physical or sensory disability or any combination of those disabilities,but does not include any premises used for the provision of a community hospital service or a nursing home service;“boarding school” means a school that provides accommodation and board for pupils during term time;“child” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1993;“community hospital service” has the meaning given by the First Schedule to the Healthcare Services Act 2020;“elderly person” means an individual who is 60 years of age or older;“home for children and young persons” means any premises that provide residential accommodation with board and care to any child or young person for the purposes of his or her protection or rehabilitation or both, but does not include a boarding school that is registered or exempt from registration under the Education Act 1957 or the Private Education Act 2009;“nursing home service” has the meaning given by the First Schedule to the Healthcare Services Act 2020;“sheltered home” means any premises that provide residential accommodation, care and support to carry out daily activities to elderly persons, but does not include —

(a)

any premises used for the provision of a community hospital service or a nursing home service; or

(b)

an adult disability home;“welfare home” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Destitute Persons Act 1989;“young person” means a person who is 14 years of age or older but below 21 years of age.

Read in full context — Social Residential Homes Bill →