Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of Children and Young Persons (Voluntary Care Agreement) Regulations 2011
Regulation 3
Requirements of voluntary care agreement
Subregulation 1
A voluntary care agreement must be in a form approved by the Director-General and signed by —
the Director-General, or either of the following persons who is authorised by the Director-General to sign the agreement on the Director-General’s behalf:
a protector;
an approved welfare officer; and
where —
section 11A(2) of the Act does not apply — both the parents of the child or young person, or where the child or young person has one or more guardians, all the guardians; or
section 11A(2) of the Act applies — the other parent or guardian or guardians (as the case may be) of the child or young person, as mentioned in that section.
Subregulation 2
A voluntary care agreement must state the following matters:
the name of every parent or guardian who will be entering into the voluntary care agreement with the Director-General;
the concerns for the welfare of the child or young person which have led to the voluntary care agreement being made;
the arrangements as to where or with whom the child or young person will reside during the period stated in the voluntary care agreement;
the period of the voluntary care agreement; (e)the proposed date or dates for reviewing the voluntary care agreement.
Subregulation 3
A voluntary care agreement must include each of the following matters, if there is an agreement on that matter by all the parties to the voluntary care agreement:
the nature of and the arrangements for contact between the child or young person and any significant person relating to the child or young person;
the goal or goals to be achieved by implementing the voluntary care agreement, which should be discussed with every parent or guardian who is a party to the voluntary care agreement and the child or young person;
the support or services to be provided to every parent or guardian who is a party to the voluntary care agreement to meet the welfare, and promote the wellbeing, of the child or young person;
(ca)the mediation, counselling or psychotherapy or other assessment, programme or treatment that every parent or guardian who is a party to the voluntary care agreement has agreed to attend;
the supervision plan for the child or young person and matters for which every parent or guardian who is a party to the voluntary care agreement will be responsible;
the decisions that the Director-General or a protector may make for the child or young person without having to consult any parent or guardian of the child or young person;
where the care-giver is a parent or guardian of the child or young person, the decisions that the care-giver may make for the child or young person only after consulting the Director-General or a protector;
where the care-giver of the child or young person is not a parent or guardian of the child or young person, the decisions that the care-giver may make for the child or young person —
without having to consult any person;
only after having consulted with a parent or both parents of the child or young person, or where the child or young person has one or more guardians, all or any of the guardians; or
only after —
having consulted with the Director-General, or a protector or any other person agreed on by all the parties to the voluntary care agreement; and (B)being authorised in writing by the Director-General or a protector to make the decision.