Children and Young Persons (Government Homes) Regulations 2011

The personal effects of a resident shall, upon his admission to a home, be taken from him by the person-in-charge of the home and, subject to paragraph (2), the person-in-charge shall cause such personal effects to be handed over to the parent or guardian of the resident as soon as possible or otherwise returned to the resident upon his discharge from the home.

Where any item among the personal effects of a resident of a home at the time of his admission to the home is of a perishable or dangerous nature, the person-in-charge of the home shall cause the item to be destroyed.

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The person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that there is a written menu that is displayed conspicuously in the home and made available for inspection at all times by any officer authorised by the Director-General.

The person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that every resident of the home shall be supplied with adequate food and an adequate variety of food.

The person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that every resident of the home shall be provided with adequate sleeping space, clothes, toiletries and such other items as may be necessary for his stay at the home.

As far as is practicable, the person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that arrangements are made for every resident of the home to adhere to the observances required by the religion which the resident professes.

The person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that ministers of religion shall, wherever possible, be given access to the home for the purpose of visiting or giving religious instruction to residents of the home (other than remanded persons) according to their particular faiths.

The person‑in‑charge of a home must ensure that the activities for every resident of the home (other than a remanded person) must, wherever possible, include —

In this regulation, “work” means light work, such as a resident of a home making his own bed, cleaning his own dormitory, or assisting in similar light work in the kitchen or about the buildings or grounds of the home.

The person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that every resident of the home shall be encouraged to write to his parent, guardian, relatives and friends or, if he is unable to write, to dictate his letter to a member of the staff of the home.

Subject to paragraph (3), the person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that every resident of the home is allowed to receive letters from his parent, guardian, relatives and friends.

The person-in-charge of a home shall not allow any letter to be posted or received by a resident of the home unless the contents thereof have been screened by the person-in-charge or a staff of that home authorised by that person-in-charge.

The person-in-charge of a home shall be responsible to the Director-General for the proper management of the home under his charge, and for the reception, discipline and well‑being of its residents.

The person-in-charge of a home shall, with the approval of the Director-General, determine and draw up the following:

The Director-General may, from time to time, issue, amend and vary a document to be known as the Standards of Care which sets out the objectives and guidelines for the management and administration of any home and the care of residents of any such home.

The person-in-charge of a home shall use his best endeavours to comply with the provisions of the Standards of Care in respect of the home.

The person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that up-to-date records are maintained in respect of the home and that those records shall be made available for inspection by the Director-General at all times.

The records required to be maintained in respect of a home under paragraph (1) shall include —

The records required to be maintained in respect of a home under paragraph (1) shall —

Upon the receipt of a complaint of abuse of any resident of a home, the person-in-charge of the home must report the complaint to the Director-General as soon as practicable.

The person-in-charge of a home shall inquire into the complaint of abuse of any resident of the home and report the initial findings to the Director-General within 3 days after the date of the receipt of the complaint.

Where a resident of a home dies or is seriously injured at any time when he has not been discharged as a resident of the home, the person-in-charge of that home shall, as soon as possible, report the death or serious injury to the police, the Director-General and the parent or guardian of the resident.

Where it becomes necessary for a resident of a home to be admitted to a hospital for medical treatment, the person-in-charge of that home shall, as soon as possible, inform the parent or guardian of the resident.

The person-in-charge of a home must ensure that no surgical treatment is carried out on any resident of the home without the prior consent of the resident’s parent or guardian unless —

Where a resident of a home has been absent without authority from the home for more than 24 hours, the person-in-charge of that home shall, as soon as possible, report the absence to the police and the parent or guardian of the resident.

Where a resident of a home escapes from a home or from the custody of a member of the staff thereof, the person-in-charge of that home shall immediately make a report of the escape to the police, the Director-General and the parent or guardian of the resident.

The person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that the home has a first-aid kit for emergency treatment that is kept in an accessible and safe place in the home.

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The person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that there is, at all times present on site at the home, at least one member of the staff of the home who is trained in first-aid.

The person-in-charge of a home shall ensure that —

In this regulation, “Commissioner of Civil Defence” means the Commissioner of Civil Defence appointed under section 6 of the Civil Defence Act (Cap. 42).

The person-in-charge of a home may issue to the residents of the home orders, rules and directions that are necessary to —

An order mentioned in paragraph (1) may be given verbally or in writing.

To avoid doubt, a failure by any resident of a home to comply with any order, rule or direction mentioned in paragraph (1) constitutes indiscipline for which punishment may be imposed under regulation 22.

Where the imposition of punishment on any resident of a home is necessary for the maintenance of discipline, the punishment shall be administered according to the discretion of the person-in-charge of the home or a member of the staff of the home who is authorised by the person-in-charge of the home.

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the person-in-charge of a home or a member of the staff of the home authorised by the person-in-charge thereof may only impose any one or more of the following forms of punishment (and no other form) on a resident of a home:

The person-in-charge of a home shall —

Where a resident of a home is guilty of serious misconduct, the person-in-charge of the home may, in his discretion, separate the resident from the other residents in the home.

Any such punishment under paragraph (1) shall only be imposed on a resident of a home subject to the following conditions:

The person-in-charge of a home shall record the reasons for his decision to separate any resident of the home from the other residents in the home, and the period of the separation.

The person-in-charge and the staff of a home shall make every effort to enforce discipline within the home without resort to corporal punishment.

The person-in-charge of a home must be satisfied after an inquiry and before imposing any corporal punishment that the resident of the home is guilty of serious misconduct and that the misconduct is of such a nature as to warrant the imposition of corporal punishment.

The person-in-charge of a home must seek the approval of the Director-General before imposing corporal punishment on any resident of the home.

The person-in-charge of a home shall record the particulars and evidence of the alleged misconduct of a resident of the home, his findings on the evidence, and the grounds of his decision to impose corporal punishment on the resident.

Corporal punishment shall only be administered by way of caning and be subject to the following conditions:

(ia)the person-in-charge of the home must keep a record of the fact that the carrying out of the punishment was witnessed by a member of the staff, and the personal particulars of that member of the staff;

Corporal punishment must not be administered to —

No member of the staff of a home shall subject any resident thereof to any form of unauthorised corporal punishment.

In this regulation, “unauthorised corporal punishment” includes striking, cuffing, shaking or punching a resident, or subjecting him to any other form of physical violence except for that permitted in accordance with regulation 24 or section 68A of the Act.

For the purposes of section 68A(2)(a) of the Act, the prescribed place is any of the following:

In this regulation —