Regulation 1
Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Children and Young Persons (Review Board) Regulations 2011 and shall come into operation on 20th July 2011.
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Children and Young Persons (Review Board) Regulations 2011 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation CYPA-S412-2011 1993, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1993.
Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Children and Young Persons (Review Board) Regulations 2011 and shall come into operation on 20th July 2011.
Definitions
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —[Deleted by S 459/2026 wef 01/07/2026][Deleted by S 518/2020 wef 01/07/2020]“home” means a Government home for children and young persons or a licensed home for children and young persons;[Deleted by S 459/2026 wef 01/07/2026][Deleted by S 518/2020 wef 01/07/2020]“member” means a member of the Review Board;“Minister” includes any Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Social and Family Development;[Deleted by S 459/2026 wef 31/12/2021]“resident” means any child or young person residing in a home.[Deleted by S 459/2026 wef 01/07/2026]
“home” means a Government home for children and young persons or a licensed home for children and young persons;
“Minister” includes any Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Social and Family Development;
“resident” means any child or young person residing in a home.
Chairperson
The Chairperson of the Review Board shall be appointed by the Minister from among the members of the Review Board.
[Deleted by S 459/2026 wef 01/07/2026]
Resignation of Board member
Any member of the Review Board may resign by giving written notice to the Minister.
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Quorum
The quorum for a meeting of the Review Board is 3 members.
The quorum for a meeting of a committee of the Review Board is 3 members of the committee.
No business may be transacted at a meeting of the Review Board or any of its committees if a quorum is not present.
[Deleted by S 459/2026 wef 01/07/2026]
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Review of cases
The Review Board shall, either by itself or through its committees, review as often as is practicable, the case of every resident of each home in respect of which it is appointed, in order to —
ensure that a suitable care plan has been put in place for the resident; and
advise the Director-General as to the suitability of the resident to be released on licence under section 102(2) of the Act.
The person-in-charge of a home shall submit to the Review Board or a committee of the Review Board appointed in respect of the home, such number of copies of any record, report or other document as may be required by the Review Board or that committee for the review of cases.
For the purposes of the review of care plans, the person-in-charge of a home shall include in his report to the Review Board, or the committee of the Review Board appointed in respect of the home, the following information:
the particulars of every resident of the home and the resident’s immediate family members;
the reasons for the admission of every resident of the home into the home and for the resident’s continued care in the home;
information on the home’s intervention plans for each resident of the home and the progress that has been made with regard to the rehabilitation and care of the resident and re-integration with the resident’s family; and
any other information that the Director-General deems relevant to the review of the case.
The Review Board may require a home to refer a case that has been or is being reviewed for subsequent reviews at a later date by the Review Board or the committee of the Review Board appointed in respect of the home.
Visits by Review Board to Government homes
Each Government home for children and young persons must be visited by at least 2 members of the Review Board together at least once every 2 months.
Any member of a committee of the Review Board may, whenever he thinks fit, enter a Government home for children and young persons in respect of which that committee is appointed, and may examine the conditions thereof in order —
to ascertain, so far as is possible, whether the provisions of the Act and any regulations made thereunder governing the home are being adhered to;
to call the attention of the person-in-charge of the home to any irregularity as may be observed by the member of the committee or any other member of the Review Board in the management thereof or the treatment of the residents therein; and
to hear any complaint which any resident of the home may wish to make.
Every member of the committee of the Review Board referred to in paragraph (2) shall record any observation as he thinks fit arising from his visit to a Government home for children and young persons in a book kept for that purpose by the person-in-charge of the home.
No member of a Review Board shall be concerned with the general administrative matters of a Government home for children and young persons.
The Review Board or any committee of the Review Board, as the case may be, shall send to the Director-General any comment or recommendation it may make regarding a Government home for children and young persons in respect of which it has carried out a review.
Upon receipt of any comment or recommendation from the Review Board or a committee of the Review Board pursuant to paragraph (5), the Director-General shall take such action as may be necessary and report to the Review Board and that committee, as soon as possible, the action that he has taken.
[Deleted by S 459/2026 wef 01/07/2026]
Person-in-charge of home to assist members of Review Board
The person-in-charge of a home shall use his best endeavours to assist any member of the Review Board in the exercise, discharge or performance of the member’s powers, functions and duties under the Act or these Regulations.
Revocation
The Children and Young Persons (Board of Visitors) Regulations (Rg 2) Children and Young Persons (Advisory Board) Regulations (Rg 3) are revoked.
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