Children and Young Persons (Licensing of Homes) Regulations 2011

No. S 414

Children and Young Persons Act

(CHAPTER 38)

Children and Young Persons
(Licensing of Homes)
Regulations 2011

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 52Q of the Children and Young Persons Act, the MG (NS) Chan Chun Sing, Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Children and Young Persons (Licensing of Homes) Regulations 2011 and shall come into operation on 20th July 2011.

Definitions

2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

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“home” means a home for children and young persons licensed under section 52B(3) of the Act;

“licensee”, in relation to a home, means the person who has been issued a licence in respect of that home;

“medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;

“nurse” means a person who is an “enrolled nurse” or a “registered nurse” as defined in section 2 of the Nurses and Midwives Act (Cap. 209);

“relevant person” means a person —

(a) who may visit or meet with a resident of a home if such visit or meeting is permitted by the person‑in‑charge of the home; or

(b) whose wedding or funeral may be attended by a resident of a home if such attendance is permitted by the person‑in‑charge of the home;

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“resident” means any person below 21 years of age residing in a home;

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“staff” means any person employed by the licensee of a home to work in the home and includes the person-in-charge of the home.

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PART II

LICENSING OF CHILDREN’S HOMES

Application for licence

3.  Every application under section 52B(1) of the Act for a licence or for the renewal of a licence shall —

(a) be made to the Director-General in such form and manner as the Director-General may require; and

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(b) be accompanied by —

(i) such information and documents as the Director-General may require; and

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(ii) the fee specified in regulation 5.

Issue of licence

4.—(1)  Every licence issued by the Director-General shall be in such form as the Director-General may determine.

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(2)  Where a licence has expired, it may be renewed for a period of 2 years or such shorter period as the Director-General thinks fit in any particular case, commencing on the day following the date of expiry of the previous licence.

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Fee for licence

5.  The fee payable for the issuance or renewal of a licence shall be $24.

Notification of change of licensee’s address, etc.

6.—(1)  The licensee shall notify the Director-General in writing of any change of his business or residential address or any other particulars specified in its licence within 28 days after such change.

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(2)  Where the licensee is a body corporate, any officer of the licensee holding a managerial or an executive position shall also notify the Director-General of any change in composition of the members of the board of directors or committee or board of trustees or other governing body of the body corporate within 14 days after the date of such change.

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(3)  The licensee shall notify the Director-General as soon as practicable, if the licensee or, where the licensee is a body corporate, any member of the board of directors or committee or board of trustees or other governing body of the body corporate, is convicted of any offence which is registrable under the First Schedule of the Registration of Criminals Act (Cap. 268).

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(4)  The Director-General may, by way of endorsement on the licence or by re-issuing the licence, make any amendments to the licence which is necessary as a result of any change of particulars referred to in paragraph (1) or any change in composition of the members of a body corporate referred to in paragraph (2).

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Standards of Care

7.—(1)  The Director-General may, from time to time, issue, amend and vary a document to be known as the Standards of Care which sets out the objectives and guidelines for the management and administration of a home and the care of residents of a home.

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(2)  Every licensee of a home shall use his or its best endeavours to comply with the provisions of the Standards of Care in respect of the home.

(3)  Any failure by the licensee in complying with the provisions of the Standards of Care may be taken into account by the Director-General in determining whether —

(a) the licensee’s licence may be renewed and if so, the period for which the licence shall be renewed; and

(b) whether the licensee’s licence should be suspended or revoked.

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Made this 18th day of July 2011.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports,
Singapore.

[MCYS 76-06-01 Vol. 45; AG/LLRD/SL/38/2010/3 Vol. 1]