Providing Consent
General consent and declaration
You will be asked to provide consent at the end of the application for the following reasons:
- To enable MSF and ECDA to analyse and evaluate data to enhance policies and develop new social services and public assistance schemes.
- To declare that the information provided in the application is true and accurate.
When applying for PCI, all members of your household will need to provide their consent and signatures through your device. For your spouse, the form will be automatically routed to them for their consent.
HOMES consent
Consent is required to allow HOMES and ECDA to determine the subsidy amount through backend means-testing.
You will be provided with 2 options:
- Allow all HOMES Participating Schemes to access personal information to assess eligibility for their schemes.
- Allow only MSF and ECDA Schemes to assess personal information to assess eligibility for the Schemes under MSF and ECDA.
Consenting on behalf of minors or mentally incapacitated persons
You must be 21 years old and above, to consent the sharing of your data. Minors and mentally incapacitated persons, need an authorised representative to consent on their behalf.
Authorised representatives
Minors
- Birth or adoptive parents (i.e. not step-parents).
- Legal Guardians (only if parents are unavailable).
Note: Only SC, PR and FIN holders are authorised to consent on behalf of the minor.
Mentally incapacitated
- Donee under the Registered Lasting Power of Attorney; or
- Deputy under the Mental Incapacity Act.
Note: If there is more than 1 authorised representative, all must provide their consent.
Unable to consent
If a family member (aged 21 years old and above) is unable to consent or has no authorised person to provide consent on behalf, you may select “this family member is unable to sign” in the LifeSG form.
HOMES may contact you to verify the status of the family member.
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