Mental Capacity Regulations 2010 · As enacted · Part I · Preliminary
2. Definitions
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In these Regulations —“care facility” means —
any day centre or home for the disabled or the aged; or
any welfare, nursing, rehabilitation or convalescent home;“certified copy” means a document certified by the Public Guardian under paragraph 11 of the First Schedule to the Act as a copy of an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney and registered under that Schedule;“family member”, in relation to a person, means —
a spouse of the person;
a child of the person, including an adopted child and a step-child;
a father or mother of the person;
a father-in-law or mother-in-law of the person;
a brother or sister of the person; or
any other individual who is related by blood or marriage and who is living in the same household as the person;“LPA Certificate”, in relation to an instrument made with a view to creating a lasting power of attorney, means the certificate which is required to be included in the instrument by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(e) of the First Schedule to the Act;“Public Guardian’s email address” means the email address that is specified on the Public Guardian’s website as the email address to which communications to the Public Guardian may be sent;“Public Guardian’s postal address” means the postal address that is specified on the Public Guardian’s website as the postal address to which communications to the Public Guardian may be sent;[Deleted by S 524/2014 wef 01/09/2014][Deleted by S 501/2019 wef 01/08/2019]“Public Guardian’s website” means the Internet website of the Public Guardian at http://www.msf.gov.sg/opg;“Visitor” means a member of the Board of Visitors appointed under section 35 of the Act.
“care facility” means —
any day centre or home for the disabled or the aged; or
any welfare, nursing, rehabilitation or convalescent home;
“certified copy” means a document certified by the Public Guardian under paragraph 11 of the First Schedule to the Act as a copy of an instrument intended to create a lasting power of attorney and registered under that Schedule;
“family member”, in relation to a person, means —
a spouse of the person;
a child of the person, including an adopted child and a step-child;
a father or mother of the person;
a father-in-law or mother-in-law of the person;
a brother or sister of the person; or
any other individual who is related by blood or marriage and who is living in the same household as the person;
“LPA Certificate”, in relation to an instrument made with a view to creating a lasting power of attorney, means the certificate which is required to be included in the instrument by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(e) of the First Schedule to the Act;
“Public Guardian’s email address” means the email address that is specified on the Public Guardian’s website as the email address to which communications to the Public Guardian may be sent;
“Public Guardian’s postal address” means the postal address that is specified on the Public Guardian’s website as the postal address to which communications to the Public Guardian may be sent;
“Public Guardian’s website” means the Internet website of the Public Guardian at http://www.msf.gov.sg/opg;
“Visitor” means a member of the Board of Visitors appointed under section 35 of the Act.