Singapore legislation
Regulation 12
of Children and Young Persons (Review Board) Regulations 2011
Regulation 12
Visits by Review Board to homes
Subregulation 1
Each home must be visited by at least 2 members of the Review Board together at least once every 2 months.
Subregulation 2
Any member of a committee of the Review Board may, whenever he thinks fit, enter a home 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.
Subregulation 3
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 home in a book kept for that purpose by the person-in-charge of the home.
Subregulation 4
No member of a Review Board shall be concerned with the general administrative matters of a home.
Subregulation 5
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 home in respect of which it has carried out a review.
Subregulation 6
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.