Education Endowment Scheme Act

(CHAPTER 87A)

(Original Enactment: Act 33 of 1992)

REVISED EDITION 1993

(15th March 1993)

An Act to establish an education endowment scheme and for matters connected therewith.

[1st January 1993]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Education Endowment Scheme Act.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Board” means the Central Provident Fund Board established under the Central Provident Fund Act [Cap. 36];

“child” means a person who is of school age;

“Council” means the Advisory Council established under section 10;

“Edusave account” means an Edusave account maintained under section 7(3);

“Edusave Pupils Fund” means the Edusave Pupils Fund established under section 7(1);

“eligible member” means any member who is eligible for the payment of the prescribed amount of contribution under section 9(1);

“Endowment Fund” means the Edusave Endowment Fund established under section 3(1);

“member” means a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund;

“parent”, in relation to a child, includes a guardian of the child;

“prescribed school” means an institution for providing full-time primary or secondary education, being —

(a)	a school organised and conducted directly by the Government;
(b)	a school specified in any order made under section 3(1) of the School Boards (Incorporation) Act [Cap. 284A];
(c)	an aided school within the meaning of that term in the School Boards (Incorporation) Act; or
(d)	such other school as may be prescribed;

“school age” means such age as may be prescribed.

(2) For the purpose of the definition of “prescribed school” in subsection (1), the Minister may prescribe any training institute established under the Institute of Technical Education Act [Cap. 141A] for such transitional period as he may specify.

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