Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Social Residential Homes (General) Regulations 2026

Regulation 5

Variation of maximum capacity of licensable SRH

Subregulation 1

For the purposes of section 12(4) of the Act, the following are prescribed matters in relation to an application for the Director‑General’s consent for a variation of the maximum capacity of a licensable SRH:

(a)

the reasons for the variation;

(b)

whether the safety, security or wellbeing of the residents of the licensable SRH would be compromised by the variation.

Subregulation 2

An application for the Director‑General’s consent to increase the maximum capacity of a licensable SRH must be made no later than 3 months before the date the licensee of the licensable SRH intends to admit any resident in excess of the maximum capacity prior to the proposed increase.