No. S 899
Central Provident Fund Act
(CHAPTER 36)
Central Provident Fund
(Medisave Account Withdrawals)
(Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2020
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, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 1 November 2020.
Amendment of First Schedule
2.  The First Schedule to the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations (Rg 17) is amended —
(a)by deleting item 6 and substituting the following item:
 
“6.Blood transfusions and desferrioxamine for the medical treatment of thalassaemia
 
With effect from 1 June 1999 but before 1 November 2020
 
$350 per month per patient or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.
 
 
 
With effect from 1 November 2020
 
$550 per month per patient or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.”; and
(b)by deleting item 9 and substituting the following item:
 
“9.Rental of devices for long term oxygen therapy and infant continuous positive airway pressure therapy
 
With effect from 1 October 2002 but before 1 November 2020
 
$75 per month per patient or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.
 
 
 
With effect from 1 November 2020
 
$150 per month per patient or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.”.
[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; S 118/2010; S 289/2010; S 548/2010; S 367/2011; S 725/2011; S 107/2013; S 482/2013; S 623/2013; S 427/2014; S 872/2014; S 177/2015; S 625/2015; S 377/2016; S 530/2016; S 723/2016; S 340/2017; S 789/2017; S 145/2018; S 341/2018; S 730/2018; S 787/2018; S 397/2019; S 200/2020; S 389/2020; S 855/2020]
Made on 19 October 2020.
AUBECK KAM
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[Plg&Pol/CPFPol/Legis/CPFSL/2020; AG/LEGIS/SL/36/2020/3 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).