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PART 7
RELATED AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS
Amendment of Family Justice Act 2014
38. Section 2(1) of the Family Justice Act 2014 (Act 27 of 2014) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (o) of the definition of “family proceedings”, the following paragraph:
- “(oa) any civil or quasi‑criminal proceedings under the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018;”.
Amendment of Maintenance of Parents Act
39. The Maintenance of Parents Act (Cap. 167B, 1996 Ed.) is amended by renumbering section 11 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:
- “(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), if an applicant mentioned in that subsection is a vulnerable adult in respect of whom—
- (a) there is an order made by a court under section 14 or 15 of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018; or
- (b) the Director of Social Welfare or a protector has exercised any power under Division 1 or 2 of Part 2 of that Act,
- the application may be made on the applicant’s behalf by the Director of Social Welfare or a protector.
- (3) In this section—
- “Director of Social Welfare” means the Director of Social Welfare appointed under section 3(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38);
- “protector” means a protector appointed under section 3(2) of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018;
- “vulnerable adult” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018.”.
