Singapore legislation

Regulation 21

of Mental Capacity Regulations 2010

Regulation 21

Revocation by donor of lasting power of attorney

Amended byS 870/2022 wef 14/11/2022

Subregulation 1

For the purposes of section 15(9) of the Act, a donor who revokes a lasting power of attorney must —

(a)

give a written notice of this to the donee or (if there is more than one donee) every donee by —

(i)

delivering it personally to the donee; (ii)prepaid registered post or ordinary post to the donee’s last postal address; or (iii)if the donor is unable to send the notice in the manner described in sub‑paragraph (i), or sub‑paragraph (ii) because the donor does not know the donee’s last postal address — sending it to the last email address of the donee; and

(b)

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

Amended byS 870/2022 wef 14/11/2022

In this regulation —

Definition

“last email address” means —

(a)

an email address of the donee at which the donor corresponds with the donee; or

(b)

if there is no such email address — an email address which the donee represents to the donor as the email address to which communications to the donee may be sent;

Definition

“last postal address” means —

(a)

the postal address of the donee at which the donor corresponds with the donee; (b)if there is no postal address mentioned in paragraph (a) — a postal address which the donee represents to the donor as the postal address to which communications to the donee may be sent; or

(c)

if there is no postal address mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) — the usual or last known place of residence or business of the donee.

Amended byS 870/2022 wef 14/11/2022