Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Prescribed period for payment of registration fee and for registration
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of paragraph 4(3) of the First Schedule to the Act, the prescribed period within which the prescribed fee for the registration of the instrument must be paid is 6 months after the date on which the application for the registration of the instrument is made.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph 4(5) of the First Schedule to the Act, the prescribed period at the end of which the Public Guardian must register an instrument as a lasting power of attorney in accordance with that paragraph is, subject to paragraph (3), 21 days after —
where only one donee is appointed under the instrument — the date on which the Public Guardian gives the donee a notice under paragraph 5 of the First Schedule to the Act of the receipt of an application for the registration of an instrument (called in this regulation the specified notice); or
where more than one donee is appointed under the instrument — the date on which the Public Guardian gives every donee the specified notice or (if the specified notices are given on different dates) the last of those dates.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of paragraph (2), where the last day of the period of 21 days falls on a non‑business day, the prescribed period includes the next day that is not a non‑business day.
Subregulation 4
In this regulation, “non-business day” means Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.