Singapore legislation

Regulation 2

of Mental Capacity Regulations 2010

Regulation 2

Definitions

Amended byS 531/2018 wef 01/09/2018S 524/2014 wef 01/09/2014S 870/2022 wef 14/11/2022S 870/2022 wef 14/11/2022S 870/2022 wef 14/11/2022S 524/2014 wef 01/09/2014S 501/2019 wef 01/08/2019

In these Regulations —“care facility” means —

(a)

any day centre or home for the disabled or the aged; or

(b)

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)

a spouse of the person;

(b)

a child of the person, including an adopted child and a step-child;

(c)

a father or mother of the person;

(d)

a father-in-law or mother-in-law of the person;

(e)

a brother or sister of the person; or

(f)

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.

Definition

“care facility” means —

(a)

any day centre or home for the disabled or the aged; or

(b)

any welfare, nursing, rehabilitation or convalescent home;

Amended byS 531/2018 wef 01/09/2018

Definition

“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;

Amended byS 524/2014 wef 01/09/2014S 870/2022 wef 14/11/2022

Definition

“family member”, in relation to a person, means —

(a)

a spouse of the person;

(b)

a child of the person, including an adopted child and a step-child;

(c)

a father or mother of the person;

(d)

a father-in-law or mother-in-law of the person;

(e)

a brother or sister of the person; or

(f)

any other individual who is related by blood or marriage and who is living in the same household as the person;

Definition

“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;

Definition

“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;

Amended byS 870/2022 wef 14/11/2022

Definition

“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;

Amended byS 870/2022 wef 14/11/2022

Definition

“Public Guardian’s website” means the Internet website of the Public Guardian at http://www.msf.gov.sg/opg;

Amended byS 524/2014 wef 01/09/2014S 501/2019 wef 01/08/2019

Definition

“Visitor” means a member of the Board of Visitors appointed under section 35 of the Act.