Singapore legislation
Clause 74
Clause 74
Amendment of Vulnerable Adults Act 2018
The Vulnerable Adults Act 2018 (Act 27 of 2018) is amended —
by deleting the definition of “Director” in section 2(1) and substituting the following definition:“ “Director‑General” means the Director‑General of Social Welfare;”;
by deleting the word “Director” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “Director‑General”:Sections 2(1) (definitions of “fit person”, “mental capacity assessor”, “qualified assessor” and paragraph (c) of “relevant support person”), 3(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13), 4(1), (2) and (3)(b), 5, 6(1), (2), (4), (5), (6) and (7), 7(1), (2), (3) and (4), 8(1), (2) and (3), 9(1), (2), (3), (4), (5)(a) and (6)(a), 10(1), (2), (4) and (5), 11(1), (2) and (4), 12(2)(a)(i) and (b)(i), 14(1)(j)(i) and (ii), (2)(b), (4)(c), (5) and (12)(b), 16(4)(a) and (c), (5), (6) and (7)(a), 17(2)(a), (b)(i), (c)(i), (d)(i), (e)(i) and (f) and (3), 18(1), 20(2)(b) and (5), 22(4), 23(1)(a) and (c), 24(1) and (2) and the section heading, 25, 26(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), 27, 28(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), 29(1) and (2), 31(a), 32(1)(a) and (d), 33(1) and (2), 34(1) and (4)(a) and 37(2)(b) and (c); and
by deleting the word “Director’s” in the following provisions and substituting the word “Director‑General’s”:Sections 4(2), 22(1) and (2) and 24(1) and (2)(a).