Singapore legislation
Regulation 15
Regulation 15
Review of cases
Subregulation 1
The Committee on Fostering must, either by itself or through its sub-committees, review as often as is practicable every case where a child or young person is committed to the care of a foster parent under a voluntary care agreement or an order made under section 49(1)(b) or 49B(2) of the Act, or section 49C (read with section 49B) of the Act (called in this regulation the fostering arrangement) for the purpose of advising the Director‑General or a protector on all or any of the following:
whether a proper care plan is formulated for the child or young person;
if a proper care plan is formulated for the child or young person, whether the proper care plan is implemented by the foster parent for the child or young person in accordance with the proper care plan;
if a proper care plan is not implemented, or is not implemented in accordance with the proper care plan, by the foster parent for the child or young person, the measures to be taken to ensure that the foster parent does so;
whether the child or young person is receiving the care or protection that he or she needs under the fostering arrangement;
if the child or young person is not receiving the care or protection that he or she requires under the fostering arrangement, the measures to be taken to ensure that the child or young person receives the required care or protection;
whether it is appropriate for the period for which the child or young person is committed to the care of the foster parent to be varied —
where the child or young person is committed to the care of the foster parent under a voluntary care agreement — by a variation or termination of the voluntary care agreement; (ii)where the child or young person is committed to the care of the foster parent under an order made under section 49(1)(b) of the Act — by an application to the Youth Court under section 49(9) of the Act to vary the period of, or discharge, the order;
where the child or young person is committed to the care of the foster parent under an order made under section 49B(2) of the Act — by an application to the Youth Court under section 49B(10) of the Act to vary the period of, or discharge, the order; or
where the child or young person is committed to the care of the foster parent under an order made under section 49C (read with section 49B) of the Act — by an application to the Youth Court under section 49C (read with section 49B(10)) of the Act to vary the period of, or discharge, the order.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Committee on Fostering or a sub-committee may do either or both of the following:
require any protector, approved welfare officer, fostering agency or a member of the staff of any fostering agency to attend any meeting of the Committee on Fostering or sub‑committee; (b)require —
any protector or approved welfare officer who is overseeing the fostering arrangement; or
the fostering agency which is overseeing the fostering arrangement or a member of the staff of the fostering agency,to provide such information, or submit such number of copies of any record, report or other document, as the Committee on Fostering or sub‑committee may require.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of its review of the proper care plan for the child or young person mentioned in paragraph (1), the Committee on Fostering or a sub‑committee may require a person mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) to submit a report that contains the following information about the child or young person:
the particulars of the child or young person and the child or young person’s immediate family members;
the reasons for committing the child or young person to the care of the foster parent and for the child or young person’s continued care by the foster parent;
the proper care plan for the child or young person; (d)the progress that has been made with regard to the safety, stability of care and wellbeing of the child or young person, and the reintegration of the child or young person with his or her family;
any other information that the Committee on Fostering or sub‑committee (as the case may be) thinks relevant to the review of the fostering arrangement.
Subregulation 4
The Committee on Fostering or a sub‑committee may require —
any protector or approved welfare officer who is overseeing a fostering arrangement that has been or is being reviewed by the Committee on Fostering under paragraph (1); or
the fostering agency which is overseeing a fostering arrangement that has been or is being reviewed by the Committee on Fostering under paragraph (1) or a member of the staff of such fostering agency,to refer the fostering arrangement for a subsequent review at a later date that the Committee on Fostering or sub‑committee (as the case may be) may determine.
Subregulation 5
The following persons must take all reasonable steps to assist every member of the Committee on Fostering in the exercise, discharge or performance of the member’s powers, functions and duties under the Act and these Regulations in respect of a fostering arrangement:
every protector or approved welfare officer who is overseeing the fostering arrangement;
the fostering agency which is overseeing the fostering arrangement, and every member of the staff of the fostering agency.
Subregulation 6
In this regulation, a “fostering agency” is a person who enters into an agreement with the Government to provide services in relation to the fostering of children or young persons, including overseeing one or more fostering arrangements.