• 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