Section 21: Contractual relationship

21. Contractual relationship (1) No person shall be admitted to a residential care home unless a written contract is drawn up between the licensee and that person, or where he is incapacitated by reason of infirmity of body or mind, his next of kin. (2) The contract specified in subsection (1) shall set out— (a) the name of the parties; (b) the exact location of the residential care home to which the person is admitted; (c) the services to be provided; (d) the length of stay agreed upon; and (e) such other matters as may be prescribed. (3) The Landlord and Tenant Act shall not apply to a contract under this section. (4) For the purposes of this section, “next of kin“— (a) means spouse, child, father, mother, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece; (b) includes— (i) any person with whom the person to be admitted ordinarily resides or under whose responsibility or control that person lives or has been placed; (ii) any person who has taken charge of any other person.