No. S 180
Central Provident Fund Act
(Chapter 36)
Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
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.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall, with the exception of regulations 4 (a) and 6, come into operation on 1st May 2007.
(2)  Regulation 4(a) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st December 2006.
(3)  Regulation 6 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January 2007.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2(1) of the Central Provident Fund (Medisave Account Withdrawals) Regulations (Rg 17) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —
(a)by deleting the definition of “gamma knife treatment”;
(b)by deleting the words “gamma knife treatment” in the definition of “medical treatment” and substituting the words “radiosurgery treatment”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “psychiatric treatment”, the following definition:
“ “radiosurgery treatment” means the gamma knife treatment or the Novalis shaped beam treatment of neurosurgical or neurological disorders;”.
Amendment of regulation 4
3.  Regulation 4 (1A) of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (a);
(b)by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the words “but before 1st May 2007; and”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (b), the following sub-paragraph:
(c)$450 if the member or dependant is admitted to the approved hospital on or after 1st May 2007.”.
Amendment of regulation 12
4.  Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “shall not exceed $150 per day for hospital charges, and $7,500 per treatment or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.” in paragraph (6) and substituting the following words:
shall not exceed —
(a)$150 per day for hospital charges if the member or dependent received the treatment before 1st December 2006;
(b)$200 per day for hospital charges if the member or dependent received treatment on or after 1st December 2006; and
(c)$7,500 per treatment or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.”; and
(b)by deleting paragraph (6) and substituting the following paragraphs:
(6)  Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, where a member or his dependant has received radiosurgery treatment from an approved medical practitioner at an approved medical institution, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member for the payment of such treatment shall not exceed —
(a)the relevant sum per day for hospital charges; and
(b)$7,500 per treatment or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account, whichever is the lower.
(7)  For the purposes of paragraph (6), the relevant sum is —
(a)$150 if the member or dependant received the treatment before 1st December 2006;
(b)$200 if the member or dependant received the treatment on or after 1st December 2006 but before 1st May 2007; and
(c)$300 if the member or dependant received the treatment on or after 1st May 2007.”.
Amendment of regulation 13A
5.  Regulation 13A of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (2A)(a);
(b)by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (2A)(b) and substituting the words “but before 1st May 2007; or”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2A), the following sub-paragraph:
(c)$450 if the female member or dependant is admitted to the approved hospital on or after 1st May 2007.”;
(d)by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (5A)(a);
(e)by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (5A)(b) and substituting the words “but before 1st May 2007; and”; and
(f)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (5A), the following sub-paragraph:
(c)$300 if the female member or female dependant received the day surgical treatment on or after 1st May 2007.”.
Amendment of regulation 17
6.  Regulation 17 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting “$3,500” and substituting the words “the relevant sum”; and
(b)by renumbering the regulation as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
(2)  For the purposes of paragraph (1), the relevant sum is —
(a)$3,500 if the member or dependant was admitted to the approved hospital before 1st January 2007; and
(b)$5,000 if the member or dependant was admitted to the approved hospital on or after 1st January 2007.”.
Amendment of regulation 18
7.  Regulation 18 (2) of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (a);
(b)by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the words “but before 1st May 2007; and”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (b), the following sub-paragraph:
(c)$300 if the member or dependant received the day surgical treatment on or after 1st May 2007.”.
Amendment of regulation 19
8.  Regulation 19 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (c) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
(c)any radiosurgery treatment at subsidised rates at an approved medical institution,”.
Amendment of regulation 21
9.  Regulation 21 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (d) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
(d)any radiosurgery treatment at subsidised rates at an approved medical institution;”.
Amendment of First Schedule
10.  The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended by deleting item 5 and substituting the following item:
5. Radiosurgery treatment:
 
 
 
 
(a) Gamma knife treatment
 
With effect from 27th November 1995
 
The relevant sum per day for hospital charges (as defined in regulation 12 (7)), and $7,500 per treatment or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account (whichever is the lower).
(b) Novalis shaped beam treatment
 
With effect from 1st May 2007
 
The relevant sum per day for hospital charges (as defined in regulation 12 (7)), and $7,500 per treatment or the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account (whichever is the lower).
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[G.N. Nos. S 887/2005; S 50/2006; S 192/2006; S 371/2006; S 569/2006; S 644/2006]

Made this 19th day of April 2007.

LEO YIP
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[MMS 10/82 Vol. 22; AG/LEG/SL/36/2005/18 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).