No. S 118
Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36)
Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(j) of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Minister for Manpower, after consulting with the Central Provident Fund Board, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2010.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2(1) of the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations (Rg 17) is amended by deleting the definition of “prescribed person” and substituting the following definition:
“ “prescribed person”, in relation to a member, means a person —
(a)who has attained the age of 18 years;
(b)who does not lack capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act (Act 22 of 2008); and
(c)who is —
(i)a deputy appointed or deemed to be appointed for the member by the court under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to the member for the purposes of the Act;
(ii)a donee under a lasting power of attorney registered under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to the member for the purposes of the Act; or
(iii)the spouse, a parent or a child of the member, or such other person related to the member as the Minister for Health may approve for the purposes of regulation 3;”.
[G.N. Nos. S 224/2007; S 527/2007; S 731/2007; S 149/2008; S 456/2008; S 682/2008; S 86/2009; S 239/2009; S 523/2009; S 659/2009; S 88/2010]

Made this 24th day of February 2010.

LOH KHUM YEAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[MMS 7/68 V54; AG/LLRD/SL/36/2010/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).