No. S 375
Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36)
Central Provident Fund (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2006
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Central Provident Fund Board hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2006.
Deletion and substitution of rule 17
2.  Rule 17 of the Central Provident Fund Rules (R 3) is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:
Medical boards
17.  The Board may appoint one or more medical boards, each consisting of one or more medical practitioners, for —
(a)determining whether any member of the Fund satisfies any ground under section 15 (2) (d), (e), (f) or (g), (6B), (7A) (a), (b), (ba) or (c), (8) (a), (b), (c) or (d) or (15) (e)(ii) of the Act;
(b)determining whether any person who is insured under the Home Protection Insurance Scheme established and maintained by the Board under section 29(1) of the Act satisfies the ground of incapacity under section 36(2) of the Act;
(c)determining whether any person who is insured under the Dependants’ Protection Insurance Scheme established and maintained by the Board under section 41 of the Act satisfies the ground of incapacity under section 49(2) of the Act;
(d)determining whether any person is incapacitated for the purposes of the Central Provident Fund (Education Scheme) Regulations (Rg 18); and
(e)such other purposes as the Board may determine.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 697/2002; S 259/2003; S779/2004; S 196/2006]

Made this 20th day of June 2006.

KOH YONG GUAN
Chairman,
Central Provident Fund Board,
Singapore.
[MMC 8.1/97 V5; AG/LEG/SL/36/2005/21 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).