2. Interpretation

“appropriate consent” has the meaning given by the Human Biomedical Research Act 2015;

“clinical trial” means a clinical trial within the meaning of the Medicines Act 1975 or the Health Products Act 2007;

“court” means the General Division of the High Court or a Family Court;

“deputy” means a person appointed by the court under section 20(2)(b) to make decisions on behalf of another person (“P”) in relation to a matter or matters concerning all or any of the following in respect of which P lacks capacity:

“donee” means a person who is conferred authority by a donor (“P”) under a lasting power of attorney to make decisions about all or any of the following when P no longer has capacity to make such decisions:

“donor” means a person (“P”) who confers authority on a donee (or donees) under a lasting power of attorney to make decisions about all or any of the following when P no longer has capacity to make those decisions:

“electronic”, “electronic record”, “record”, “secure electronic signature”, “signed” and “signature” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010*;

“electronic instrument” means an electronic record that confers authority of the kind mentioned in section 11(1);

“electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system established by the Public Guardian under section 10B(1);

“lasting power of attorney” has the meaning given by section 11;

“life-sustaining treatment”, in relation to a person, means treatment which, in the view of another person providing health care for that person, is necessary to sustain life;

“non-electronic lasting power of attorney” means a lasting power of attorney that is created using non-electronic means;

“professional deputy” means a person —

“professional donee” means a person —

“property” includes any thing in action and any interest in real or personal property;

“Public Guardian” means the Public Guardian appointed under section 30(1) and, unless the context otherwise requires, includes any Assistant Public Guardian appointed under section 30(1A);

“registered medical practitioner” means any person who is registered as a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997;

“Singapore public sector agency” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018;

“treatment” includes a diagnostic or other procedure;

“will” includes codicil.