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 —

“Head” or “Head of Home” means any individual appointed by the licensee to be in charge of and to oversee the management and administration of a home, and includes any person appointed by the licensee to exercise the duties of the Head of Home in his absence;

“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);

“resident” means any child or young person residing in a home;

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

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]

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