Singapore legislation
Regulation 15
Regulation 15
Objection to registration: application to court
Subregulation 1
This regulation deals with any objection to the registration of an instrument as a lasting power of attorney which is to be made to the court.
Subregulation 2
The grounds for making an application to the court are —
that one or more of the requirements for the creation of a lasting power of attorney have not been met;
that the power has been revoked, or has otherwise come to an end, on a ground other than the grounds set out in paragraph 9(1)(b) of the First Schedule to the Act;
any of the grounds set out in section 17(3) of the Act.
Subregulation 3
Where any person —
is entitled to receive notice under paragraph 5 of the First Schedule to the Act of an application for the registration of the instrument; and
wishes to object to registration on one or more of the grounds set out in paragraph (2),he must make an application to the court by the date specified in the notice.
Subregulation 4
A notice of an application to the court, which a person making an objection to the court is required to give to the Public Guardian under paragraph 9(3)(b)(ii) of the First Schedule to the Act, must be in the form provided at the Public Guardian’s website and sent to the Public Guardian’s postal address or Public Guardian’s email address.