Singapore legislation

Clause 74

of Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Bill

Clause 74

Amendment of Vulnerable Adults Act 2018

The Vulnerable Adults Act 2018 (Act 27 of 2018) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “Director” in section 2(1) and substituting the following definition:“ “Director‑General” means the Director‑General of Social Welfare;”;

(b)

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

(c)

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).

Clause 74 — Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Bill