Section 1
(2)
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 2
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CARE CENTRES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1564 2018, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2018.
Opening note
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 2
The Care Centres Act 1993 [Act 506], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 2 in the definition of “resident”, by inserting after the word “person” the words “below the age of sixty years”.
Amendment of section 3
in paragraph (e), by deleting the word “or” at the end of that paragraph;
CARE CENTRES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018
in paragraph (f), by substituting for the full stop at the end of that paragraph the words “; or”; and
by inserting after paragraph (f) the following paragraph:
“(g) any private aged healthcare facilities and services licensed under the Private Aged
Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 2018
[Act 802].”.
New section 11b
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 11a the following section:
“Person sixty years of age and above may be admitted 11b. An operator of a registered care centre may admit any person who is sixty years of age and above as a person received for care at the registered care centre and such admittance shall be based on the criteria as may be prescribed by the
Minister upon consultation with the Minister charged with the responsibility for the Private Aged Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 2018.”.
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