Children Development Co-Savings (Childcare Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Feb 2010

No. S 25

Children Development Co-Savings Act

(Chapter 38A)

Children Development Co-Savings (Childcare Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Children Development Co-Savings Act, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children Development Co-Savings (Childcare Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2010.

Amendment of regulation 4

2. Regulation 4 of the Children Development Co-Savings (Childcare Leave) Regulations 2008 (G.N. No. S 547/2008) is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(a)

make a declaration as to his eligibility for childcare leave in —

(i)	such form as the Minister may provide; or
(ii)	such form in accordance with paragraph (4) as his employer may provide; and”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraphs:

“(4) Every form referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) shall require the employee —

(a)

to state —

(i)	the employee’s name;
(ii)	the employee’s Singapore National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) number or Foreign Identification Number (FIN);
(iii)	whether the employee is married, widowed or divorced;
(iv)	the name of the employee’s spouse, if the employee is married;
(v)	the Singapore National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) number or Foreign Identification Number (FIN) of the employee’s spouse, if the employee is married;
(vi)	the name of the employee’s youngest child who is a citizen of Singapore;
(vii)	the Singapore birth certificate number or Singapore citizenship certificate number of the child referred to in sub-paragraph (vi);
(viii)	the date of birth of the child referred to in sub-paragraph (vi); and
(ix)	the date or dates on which the employee wishes to take childcare leave under section 12B(1) of the Act; and

(b)

to declare that the employee is eligible for the childcare leave referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(ix).

(5) Where an employer receives from his employee a form referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the employer shall ensure that the form contains —

(a)	all applicable information referred to in paragraph (4)(a); and
(b)	a declaration by the employee in accordance with paragraph (4)(b).”.

[G.N. No. S 698/2008]

Made this 15th day of January 2010.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports,
Singapore.

[MCYS 132-20-359; AG/LEG/SL/38A/2001/2 Vol. 1]

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