Adoption of Children (General) Regulations 2024

No. S 785

Adoption of Children Act 2022

Adoption of Children
(General) Regulations 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 75 of the Adoption of Children Act 2022, the Minister for Social and Family Development makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Adoption of Children (General) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 15 October 2024.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“immediate family member”, in relation to an individual (A), means any other individual who is the spouse, or a child (including an adopted child), stepchild, sibling or parent, of A;

“public agency” means —

(a)	a Ministry or department of the Government;
(b)	an Organ of State; or
(c)	a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function;

“relevant website” means the Internet website of the Ministry of Social and Family Development at https://www.msf.gov.sg;

“social service agency” means any not-for-profit organisation which provides as its primary function a bona fide direct social service which helps to meet existing needs of the community.

Forms

3. The Forms to be used for the purposes of these Regulations are those set out on the relevant website, and any reference in these Regulations to a form identified by a number or alphanumeric characters is a reference to the current version of the form set out on that website bearing the corresponding number or alphanumeric characters.

Made on 8 October 2024.

NG HOW YUE

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

[MSF 132-020-285-v10; AG/LEGIS/SL/4/2020/2]

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