Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2021

No. S 1018

Central Provident Fund Act

(CHAPTER 36)

Central Provident Fund
(Amendment) Regulations 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1) 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 (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 1 January 2022.

Amendment of regulation 1A

2. Regulation 1A of the Central Provident Fund Regulations (Rg 15) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “instrument”, the following definitions:

“ “cash grant” has the meaning given to it by section 14(5) of the Act;

“continuing condition” has the meaning given to it by section 14(5) of the Act;”; and

(b)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of the definition of “living expenses account” and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “specified payment” has the meaning given to it by section 14(5) of the Act.”.

Amendment of regulation 14

3. Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(b)	an amount equivalent to the value of a specified payment under the scheme known as the Workfare Skills Support scheme (formerly known as the Workfare Training Support scheme) credited to the member’s account in the Fund under section 14(1A) of the Act;”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “cash payment” in paragraphs (1)(c) and (2)(b) and (c) and substituting in each case the words “specified payment”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 15

4. Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Prescribed period for section 14(3A)(b) of Act

15. For the purposes of section 14(3A)(b) of the Act, the prescribed period is one year beginning on the date on which the cash grant or specified payment was paid into the person’s account in the Fund in error.”.

New regulation 15A

5. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 15, the following regulation:

“Prescribed manner of publicising continuing condition under section 14 of Act

15A. The prescribed manner of publicising a condition mentioned in paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of “continuing condition” in section 14(5) of the Act is to publish the condition on the Board’s Internet website at http://www.cpf.gov.sg.”.

New regulation 17

6. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 16, the following regulation:

“Form and manner for giving notice of marriage

17. For the purposes of section 25(6AA)(a) of the Act, the form and manner for giving a notice of a marriage may be specified on the Board’s Internet website at http://www.cpf.gov.sg.”.

Made on 28 December 2021.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[Plg&Pol/CPFPol/Legis/CPFSL/2021; AG/LEGIS/SL/36/2020/7 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act).

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