No. S 129
Central Provident Fund Act 1953
Central Provident Fund
(Approved Housing Schemes)
(Amendment) Regulations 2022
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953, 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 (Approved Housing Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 1 March 2022.
New regulation 2A
2.  The Central Provident Fund (Approved Housing Schemes) Regulations (Rg 12) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 2, the following regulation:
“Former provisions
2A.  In a regulation specified in the first column of the Schedule, a reference to a former provision means any provision of the Act specified in the second column of the Schedule opposite that regulation.”.
Amendment of regulation 13
3.  Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “section 15(10) or (10A) of the Act” in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (12) and substituting the words “section 15AB(3) or (4) of the Act or a former provision”;
(b)by deleting the words “section 15(11D) or (11E) of the Act” in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (12) and substituting the words “section 15AB(10) or (11) of the Act or a former provision”; and
(c)by deleting the words “section 15(11EB) of the Act” in paragraph (ba)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (12) and substituting the words “section 15AB(13) of the Act or a former provision”.
Amendment of regulation 14
4.  Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “section 15(10) or (10A) of the Act” in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (10) and substituting the words “section 15AB(3) or (4) of the Act or a former provision”;
(b)by deleting the words “section 15(11D) or (11E) of the Act” in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (10) and substituting the words “section 15AB(10) or (11) of the Act or a former provision”; and
(c)by deleting the words “section 15(11EB) of the Act” in paragraph (ba)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (10) and substituting the words “section 15AB(13) of the Act or a former provision”.
Amendment of regulation 14A
5.  Regulation 14A of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “section 15(10) or (10A) of the Act” in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (9) and substituting the words “section 15AB(3) or (4) of the Act or a former provision”;
(b)by deleting the words “section 15(11D) or (11E) of the Act” in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (9) and substituting the words “section 15AB(10) or (11) of the Act or a former provision”; and
(c)by deleting the words “section 15(11EB) of the Act” in paragraph (ba)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (9) and substituting the words “section 15AB(13) of the Act or a former provision”.
Amendment of regulation 15
6.  Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “section 15(10) or (10A) of the Act” in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “section 15AB(3) or (4) of the Act or a former provision”;
(b)by deleting the words “section 15(11D) or (11E) of the Act” in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “section 15AB(10) or (11) of the Act or a former provision”; and
(c)by deleting the words “section 15(11EB) of the Act” in paragraph (c)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “section 15AB(13) of the Act or a former provision”.
Amendment of regulation 16B
7.  Regulation 16B of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “section 15(2A)(a), (7B)(a) or (8A)(a) of the Act” in paragraph (4)(b)(ii)(B) and substituting the words “section 15AA(5)(a) of the Act or a former provision”;
(b)by deleting the words “section 15(9), (9A), (10), (10A), (11D), (11E) or (11EB),” in paragraph (5B) and substituting the words “section 15AB(1), (2), (3), (4), (10), (11) or (13) of the Act or a former provision, or section”;
(c)by deleting the words “section 15(2)(d), (e), (f) and (g) and (8) of the Act” in paragraph (b) of the definition of “Category 1 affected member” in paragraph (8) and substituting the words “section 15AA(1) and (3) of the Act or a former provision”; and
(d)by deleting paragraph (a) of the definition of “Category 2 affected member” in paragraph (8) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a)is entitled to withdraw a sum standing to the credit of the member in the Fund under —
(i)section 15AA(1), (2)(a) or (3)(a) of the Act because the member is suffering from a specified significant condition; or
(ii)a former provision; and”.
Amendment of regulation 17A
8.  Regulation 17A of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “section 15(2)(a), (d), (e), (f) or (g), (3), (4), (7A) or (8) of the Act” in paragraph (2)(a) and substituting the words “section 15(2)(a), (3) or (4) or 15AA(1), (2) or (3) of the Act or a former provision”; and
(b)by deleting the words “section 15(2A), (6), (7B) or (8A) of the Act” in paragraph (2)(b) and substituting the words “section 15(6) or 15AA(5) of the Act or a former provision”.
New Schedule
9.  The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 20, the following Schedule:
“THE SCHEDULE
Regulation 2A
FORMER PROVISIONS
First column
Second column
Regulation containing reference
to a former provision
Former provisions
1.Regulation 13(12) (paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(10) or (10A) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
2.Regulation 13(12) (paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(11D) or (11E) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
3.Regulation 13(12) (paragraph (ba)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(11EB) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
4.Regulation 14(10) (paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(10) or (10A) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
5.Regulation 14(10) (paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(11D) or (11E) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
6.Regulation 14(10) (paragraph (ba)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(11EB) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
7.Regulation 14A(9) (paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(10) or (10A) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
8.Regulation 14A(9) (paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(11D) or (11E) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
9.Regulation 14A(9) (paragraph (ba)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(11EB) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
10.Regulation 15(3) (paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(10) or (10A) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
11.Regulation 15(3) (paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(11D) or (11E) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
12.Regulation 15(3) (paragraph (c)(i) of the definition of “relevant amount”)
Section 15(11EB) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
13.Regulation 16B(4)(b)(ii)(B)
Section 15(2A)(a), (7B)(a) or (8A)(a) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
14.Regulation 16B(5B)
Section 15(9), (9A), (10), (10A), (11D), (11E) or (11EB) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
15.Regulation 16B(8) (paragraph (b) of the definition of “Category 1 affected member”)
Section 15(2)(d), (e), (f) and (g) and (8) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
16.Regulation 16B(8) (paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “Category 2 affected member”)
Section 15(2)(d), (e) or (f), (7A)(a), (b) or (c) or (8)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
17.Regulation 17A(2)(a)
Section 15(2)(d), (e), (f) or (g), (7A) or (8) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022
18.Regulation 17A(2)(b)
Section 15(2A), (7B) or (8A) of the Act as in force before 1 March 2022”.
[G.N. Nos. S 255/2007; S 507/2007; S 706/2007; S 693/2008; S 189/2009; S 447/2009; S 736/2011; S 522/2012; S 690/2012; S 386/2013; S 480/2013; S 749/2013; S 239/2015; S 654/2016; S 718/2017; S 438/2018; S 599/2018; S 371/2019; S 616/2019; S 364/2020; S 220/2021; S 408/2021; S 1017/2021]
Made on 27 February 2022.
AUBECK KAM
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[Plg&Pol/CPFPol/Legis/CPFSL/2022; AG/LEGIS/SL/36/2020/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953).
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