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Older Persons Act, 2006 (Act No. 13 of 2006)
Notice No. 1098 of 2006
Act
Preamble
1. Definitions
Chapter 1 : Objects, Implementation, Application and General Principles
2. Objects of Act
3. Implementation of Act
4. Application of Act
5. General principles
Chapter 2 : Creating an Enabling and Supportive Environment for Older Persons
6. Development of and compliance with national norms and standards
7. Rights of older persons
8. Support for services delivered by third parties
9. Guiding principles for provision of services
Chapter 3 : Community-Based Care and Support Services
10. Rights of older persons receiving community-based care and support services
11. Community-based programmes for older persons
12. Community-based care and support services to be registered
13. Registration of community-based care and support services
14. Persons providing home-based care
15. Monitoring and evaluation of community-based care and support services
Chapter 4 : Residential Facilities
16. Rights of older persons in residential facilities
17. Services at residential facilities
18. Prohibition on operation of unregistered residential facilities, and registration of such facilities
19. Compliance with conditions for registration of residential facilities
20. Establishment of residents' committees for residential facilities
21. Admission to residential facilities
22. Monitoring of registered residential facilities
23. Report to Minister by operators of residential facilities
Chapter 5 : Protection for Older Persons
24. Effect of Act on Domestic Violence Act, 1998
25. Older person in need of care and protection
26. Notification of abuse of older persons
27. Written notice to alleged offender
28. Procedure for bringing alleged abuser of older person before magistrate
29. Enquiry into abuse of older person
30. Prohibition of abuse of older persons and special measure to combat abuse of older persons
31. Keeping of register of abuse of older persons
Chapter 6 : General and Supplementary Provisions
32. Delegation
33. Penalties
34. Regulations
35. Repeal of laws, and transitional provisions and saving
36. Short title and commencement
Notices
Commencement of the Older Persons Act
Notice No. R. 11 of 2010
Regulations
Regulations Regarding Older Persons, 2010
Notice No. R. 260 of 2010
1. Definitions
Chapter 1 : Creating an Enabling and Supportive Environment for Older Persons
2. Application for financial award
3. Contract with service provider
4. Compliance with accounting procedures
5. Conditions for management of assets
Chapter 2 : Community-Based Care and Support Services for Older Persons
6. Application for and approval of registration of community-based care and support se
7. Temporary registration
8. Arrangements prior to termination of community-based care and support services
9. Application for registration as caregiver
Chapter 3 : Residential Facilities
10. Training of caregivers
11. Application for and approval of registration of residential facilities
12. Temporary registration and refusal of an application for registration
13. Withdrawal of temporary registration certificate and deregistration of residential
14. Arrangements prior to closure of residential facility
15. Application for admission to residential facility
16. Records to be kept by person caring for or accommodating older person
17. Establishment and composition of residents committee
18. Term of office and vacation of office of members of residents' committee
19. Meetings and minutes of residents' committee
Chapter 4 : Protection for Older Persons
20. Measures to promote rights of older persons
21. Measures to prevent and combat abuse of older persons
22. Measures to be taken to advance older persons disadvantaged by unfair discriminati
23. Register of persons convicted of abuse of older person
24. Access to register
25. Establishment of information in register
26. Removal of name from register
Chapter 5 : General Provisions
27. Penalties
28. Repeal of regulations
29. Short title
Annexures
Annexure A : Consolidated Forms
Annexure B : National Norms and Standards
Annexure C : Code of Conduct for Community-based Caregivers
abuse
means abuse contemplated in
section 30(2)
;
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