Singapore legislation

Regulation 36

of Mental Capacity Regulations 2010

Regulation 36

Visits by Visitor at direction of Public Guardian

Subregulation 1

This regulation applies where the Public Guardian directs a Visitor to visit any person under any provision of the Act or these Regulations.

Subregulation 2

Where the visit is to be carried out by a Visitor —

(a)

the Public Guardian may —

(i)

give such directions to the Visitor; and

(ii)

provide him with such information concerning the person to be visited,as the Public Guardian considers necessary for the purposes of enabling the visit to take place and the Visitor to prepare any report the Public Guardian may require; and

(b)

the Visitor must seek to carry out the visit and take all reasonable steps to obtain such other information as he considers necessary for the purpose of preparing a report.

Subregulation 3

A Visitor must submit any report requested by the Public Guardian in accordance with any timetable specified by the Public Guardian.

Subregulation 4

If he considers it appropriate to do so, the Public Guardian may, in relation to any person interviewed in the course of preparing a report —