Mental Capacity (Public Guardian Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 14 Feb 2024

No. S 91

Mental Capacity Act 2008

Mental Capacity
(Public Guardian Fees)
(Amendment) Regulations 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 31(3) and (4) and 46 of the Mental Capacity Act 2008, the Minister for Social and Family Development makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Mental Capacity (Public Guardian Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 14 February 2024.

Replacement of regulation 3

2. In the Mental Capacity (Public Guardian Fees) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 106/2010), replace regulation 3 with —

“Fees

3.—(1) Subject to regulation 5, the fees payable to the Public Guardian —

(a)	for an application specified in the first column of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule are specified opposite that application in the second column of that table; and
(b)	for a matter specified in the first column of the table in Part 2 of the Schedule are specified opposite that matter in the second column of that table.

(2) The fees specified in the second column of the table in Part 2 of the Schedule are inclusive of the goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993.

(3) The fees for an application or a matter must be paid by the person making the application or a request for the matter, on the making of the application or request.”.

Replacement of Schedule

3. In the Mental Capacity (Public Guardian Fees) Regulations 2010, replace the Schedule with —

“THE SCHEDULE

Regulation 3

FEES

Part 1

First column

Second column

Application

Fees

1.	For an application to register a lasting power of attorney executed by a Singapore citizen —

(a)

in Form 1

Nil

(b)

in Form 2

$185

2.	For an application to register a lasting power of attorney executed by a permanent resident of Singapore —

(a)

in Form 1

$90

(b)

in Form 2

$230

3.	For an application to register a lasting power of attorney executed by a person who is not a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore —

(a)

in Form 1

$230

(b)

in Form 2

$275

4.	For an application to register as a professional deputy

$505

Part 2

First column

Second column

Matter

Fees

1.	For the cancellation of registration of a lasting power of attorney

$30

2.	For a search in the register

$30

3.	For a request for information on a particular lasting power of attorney under regulation 28B of the Mental Capacity Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 105/2010)

$30

4.	For a certified copy of an instrument registered under the First Schedule to the Act

$30

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 525/2014; S 398/2016; S 530/2018; S 871/2022; S 163/2023]

Made on 9 February 2024.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Social and Family Development,
Singapore.

[MSF 132-20-814; AG/LEGIS/SL/177A/2020/4 Vol. 1]

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