OLDER PERSONS

CHAPTER 33:07
OLDER PERSONS

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
GENERAL PRINCIPLES

    3.    Objects of the Act

    4.    Implementation of the Act

    5.    General principles

PART III
ENABLING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR OLDER PERSONS

    6.    Rights of older persons

    7.    Development of national standards and compliance

    8.    Guiding principles for provision of services

    9.    Fiscal incentives for support services delivered by third parties

PART IV
OLDER PERSON’S GRANT

    10.    Provision of older person’s grant

    11.    Eligibility for an older person’s grant

    12.    Identification and selection of beneficiaries for an older person’s grant

    13.    Payment of older persons grants

    14.    Discontinuation of payments to older persons absent from Malawi

    15.    Recovery of older person’s grant

    16.    Appeals

    17.    False representation

PART V
PROTECTION FOR OLDER PERSONS

    18.    Older persons in need of care and protection

    19.    Notification of abuse of older persons

    20.    Written notice to alleged offender

    21.    Procedure for bringing alleged offenders before court

    22.    Enquiry into alleged abuse of older persons

    23.    Prohibition of abuse of older persons and special measures to combat abuse of older persons

    24.    Keeping of register of abuse of older persons

PART VI
COMMUNITY-BASED CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES

    25.    Rights of older persons receiving community-based care and support services

    26.    Community-based programmes for older persons

    27.    Community-based care and support services to be registered and licensed

    28.    Registration and licensing of community-based care and support services

    29.    Persons providing home-based care

    30.    Monitoring and evaluation of community-based care and support services

PART VII
RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES

    31.    Rights of older persons in residential facilities

    32.    Services at residential facilities

    33.    Registration and licensing of residential facilities

    34.    Compliance with conditions for registration of residential facilities

    35.    Establishment of residents’ committees for residential facilities

    36.    Admission to residential facilities

    37.    Monitoring of registered residential facilities

    38.    Reports by operators of residential facilities

PART VIII
LICENCES

    39.    Requirement for a licence

    40.    Application for a licence

    41.    Grant or refusal of application for licence

    42.    Particulars of licence

    43.    Annual returns

    44.    Cancellation of licence

    45.    Cessation of activities

PART IX
INSPECTION

    46.    Inspectors

    47.    Powers of inspectors

    48.    Obstruction of inspectors, etc.

PART X
NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE ON OLDER PERSONS AND NATIONAL TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON OLDER PERSONS

    49.    Establishment and composition of the National Steering Committee on Older Persons

    50.    Tenure of office and vacancies

    51.    Co-opted persons

    52.    Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the National Steering Committee

    53.    Functions of the National Steering Committee

    54.    Powers of the National Steering Committee

    55.    Meetings of the National Steering Committee

    56.    Establishment and composition of the National Technical Sub-Committee on Older Persons

    57.    Functions of the Technical Sub-Committee

    58.    Sub-committees

    59.    Personal attendance of meetings

    60.    Disclosure of interest

    61.    Allowances and expenses of members of the National Steering Committee and the Technical Sub-Committee

    62.    Secretariat

PART XI
ADMINISTRATION

    63.    Implementation and monitoring of programmes

    64.    Director for Elderly Affairs

    65.    Duties and Powers of the Director

PART XII
MISCELLANEOUS

    66.    Oath of secrecy

    67.    Protection from personal liability

    68.    Annual reports

    69.    Offences and penalties

    70.    Regulations

        SCHEDULE

21 of 2024
G.N. 60/2024

    An Act to provide for the status, well-being, safety and security of older persons through the promotion and protection of their rights; and to provide for connected and incidental matters

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Older Persons Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

    “abuse” means any conduct contemplated in section 23;

    “beneficiary” means a recipient of an older person’s grant under Part IV;

    “care” means physical, psychological, social or material assistance to an older person, and includes services aimed at promoting the quality of life and general well-being of an older person;

    “caregiver” means any person who provides care;

    “community-based care and support services” means any programme provided for under section 25;

    “Director” means the Director of Elderly Affairs appointed under section 64;

    “frail older person” means an older person in need of continuous care due to a physical or mental condition which renders him incapable of caring for himself;

    “health care provider” means a person registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act;

    “home-based care” means care provided or services rendered at the place where a frail older person resides,…