Singapore legislation
Regulation 20
Regulation 20
Disclaimer of appointment by donee of lasting power of attorney
Subregulation 1
A donee or a replacement donee (called in this regulation A) who wishes to disclaim A’s appointment as such must —
give a notice of this to the donor and every donee (excluding the donee wishing to disclaim) (each called in this regulation B) in the form provided at the Public Guardian’s website by —
delivering it personally to the donor or B; (ii)prepaid registered post or ordinary post to the last postal address of the donor or B; or (iii)if A is unable to send the notice in the manner described in sub‑paragraph (i), or sub‑paragraph (ii) because A does not know the last postal address of the donor or B — sending it to the last email address of the donor or B, as the case may be; and
give a notice to the Public Guardian, in the form provided at the Public Guardian’s website, by sending it to the Public Guardian’s postal address or Public Guardian’s email address.
Subregulation 2
In this regulation —
Definition
“last email address” means —
an email address of the donor or B (as the case may be) at which A corresponds with the donor or B (as the case may be); or
if there is no such email address — an email address which the donor or B (as the case may be) represents to A as the email address to which communications to the donor or B (as the case may be) may be sent;
Definition
“last postal address” means —
the postal address of the donor or B (as the case may be) at which A corresponds with the donor or B (as the case may be); (b)if there is no postal address mentioned in paragraph (a) — a postal address which the donor or B (as the case may be) represents to A as the postal address to which communications to the donor or B (as the case may be) may be sent; or
if there is no postal address mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) — the usual or last known place of residence or business of the donor or B (as the case may be).