No. S 197
Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36)
Central Provident Fund (Government Employees) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(q) 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 (Government Employees) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2 of the Central Provident Fund (Government Employees) Regulations (Rg 23) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —
(a)by deleting the definition of “contract service” and substituting the following definition:
“ “contract service” means —
(a)in relation to a Defence Executive Officer, SAF regular officer or SAF regular soldier, contract service under the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations (Cap. 295, Rg 9); or
(b)in relation to a SAF regular military expert, contract service referred to in regulation 35 of the Singapore Armed Forces (Military Domain Experts Service) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 186/2010);”;
(b)by deleting paragraph (a) of the definition of “non-pensionable service” and substituting the following paragraph:
(a)in relation to an employee who is a regular serviceman, means regular service in the Singapore Armed Forces which is neither pensionable service nor contract service;”; and
(c)by deleting the definitions of “Premium Plan”, “regular serviceman”, “regular service”, “SAF regular officer”, “SAF regular soldier” and “SAVER Plan” and substituting the following definitions:
“ “Premium Plan” means the Premium Plan established by the Singapore Armed Forces (Premium Plan) Regulations (Cap. 295, Rg 22) made under section 205A of the Singapore Armed Forces Act (Cap. 295);
“regular serviceman” means an employee in regular service in the Singapore Armed Forces;
“SAF regular military expert” means a regular serviceman who is a military expert in the Singapore Armed Forces;
“SAF regular officer” means a regular serviceman who is an officer in the Singapore Armed Forces;
“SAF regular soldier” means a regular serviceman other than a Defence Executive Officer, a SAF regular officer or a SAF regular military expert;
“SAVER Plan” means the SAVER Plan established by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAVER Plan) Regulations (Cap. 295, Rg 19) made under section 205A of the Singapore Armed Forces Act.”.
Amendment of regulation 3
3.  Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:
(a)employees (not being regular servicemen) who are in the pensionable service, including such employees on probation who have not been placed on the pensionable establishment;
(b)employees who are Defence Executive Officers, SAF regular officers or SAF regular soldiers in the contract service or pensionable service, or SAF regular military experts in the contract service; and”; and
(b)by deleting the regulation heading and substituting the following regulation heading:
Contributions payable in respect of Government employees on pensionable service, etc.”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 4
4.  Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:
Contributions payable in respect of Government employees on non-pensionable service, etc.
4.  Except as otherwise provided in regulations 5, 6, 10 and 11, the contributions payable in respect of the following classes of employees who are citizens of Singapore or permanent residents shall be in accordance with the rates set out in the Second Schedule instead of the rates set out in the First Schedule to the Act:
(a)employees who are Defence Executive Officers or SAF regular military experts in the non-pensionable service;
(b)employees who are SAF regular officers or SAF regular soldiers in the non-pensionable service, but are not members of the SAVER Plan or the Premium Plan; and
(c)employees other than those specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) and regulations 3, 7 and 8.”.
Amendment of regulation 5
5.  Regulation 5(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “pensionable service” in sub-paragraph (c), the words “, or a SAF regular military expert in the contract service”; and
(b)by deleting the words “or SAF regular officer” in sub-paragraph (d) and substituting the words “, SAF regular officer or SAF regular military expert”.
Amendment of regulation 6
6.  Regulation 6(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “pensionable service” in sub-paragraph (c), the words “, or a SAF regular military expert in the contract service”; and
(b)by deleting the words “or SAF regular officer” in sub-paragraph (d) and substituting the words “, SAF regular officer or SAF regular military expert”.
Amendment of regulation 7
7.  Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “employees in the Singapore Armed Forces” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “SAF regular officers and SAF regular soldiers”;
(b)by deleting the words “referred to in paragraph (1)” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “in the Singapore Armed Forces who is a member of the SAVER Plan or the Premium Plan”; and
(c)by deleting the words “paragraph (1)” in paragraphs (3) and (4) and substituting in each case the words “paragraph (2)”.
Deletion of regulation 9
8.  Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is deleted.
Amendment of First Schedule
9.  The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “pensionable service” in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, the words “, or a SAF regular military expert in the contract service,”; and
(b)by deleting the words “a person shall be deemed to have attained the age of 35, 50, 55, 60 or 65 years of age on the thirty-fifth, fiftieth, fifty-fifth, sixtieth or sixty-fifth anniversary, respectively, of the day of his birth and” in paragraph 12(a).
Amendment of Second Schedule
10.  The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “or SAF regular officer” in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 and substituting in each case the words “, SAF regular officer or SAF regular military expert”;
(b)by deleting the words “a person shall be deemed to have attained the age of 35, 50, 55, 60 or 65 years of age on the thirty-fifth, fiftieth, fifty-fifth, sixtieth or sixty-fifth anniversary, respectively, of the day of his birth and” in paragraph 12(a); and
(c)by inserting, immediately after paragraph 12, the following paragraph:
13.  This Schedule does not apply to an employee who is both —
(a)a SAF regular officer or SAF regular soldier in the non-pensionable service; and
(b)a member of the SAVER Plan or the Premium Plan.”.
Amendment of Third Schedule
11.  The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “of the Singapore Armed Forces who is” in paragraph 1 and substituting the words “who is a SAF regular officer or SAF regular soldier and”; and
(b)by deleting the words “a person shall be deemed to have attained the age of 35, 50, 55, 60 or 65 years of age on the thirty-fifth, fiftieth, fifty-fifth, sixtieth or sixty-fifth anniversary, respectively, of the day of his birth and” in paragraph 6(a).
[G.N. Nos. S 798/2004; S 482/2005; S 826/2005; S 320/2007]

Made this 30th day of March 2010.

LOH KHUM YEAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[MMS 9/73 v41; AG/LLRD/SL/36/2010/10 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).