Children Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2007

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Apr 2007

No. S 179

Children Development Co-Savings Act

(Chapter 38A)

Children Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3, 7 and 20 of the Children Development Co-Savings Act, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2007.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Children Development Co-Savings Regulations (Rg 2) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “adoptive parent”, the following definitions:

“ “approved educational or developmental institution” means any child care centre, kindergarten, special education school or early intervention centre in respect of which approval has been granted to a person under regulation 11 (4)(b);

“approved institution” means any approved educational or developmental institution or any approved medical institution;

“approved medical institution” means any private hospital, medical clinic, clinical laboratory or healthcare establishment in respect of which approval has been granted to a person under regulation 11 (4)(b);”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “child care centre”, the following definition:

“ “clinical laboratory” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Cap. 248);”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “estimated delivery date”, the following definition:

“ “healthcare establishment” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act;”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “managing agent”, the following definition:

“ “medical clinic” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act;”; and

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “premium”, the following definition:

“ “private hospital” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act;”.

Amendment of regulation 9

3. Regulation 9 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (a) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(a)

the payment of any fee to —

(i)	an approved educational or developmental institution in connection with any educational or developmental courses provided to the member or his sibling by the approved educational or developmental institution; or
(ii)	an approved medical institution in connection with any medical services provided to the member or his sibling by the approved medical institution;”.

Amendment of regulation 11

4. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) Any person who wishes to offer to a member or his sibling —

(a)

any educational or developmental courses provided by —

(i)	a child care centre operated by the person which is licensed under section 4 of the Child Care Centres Act (Cap. 37A);
(ii)	a kindergarten or special education school operated by the person which is registered under section 23 of the Education Act (Cap. 87); or
(iii)	an early intervention centre operated by the person; or

(b)

any medical services provided by a private hospital, medical clinic, clinical laboratory or healthcare establishment operated by the person which is licensed under section 5 of the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Cap. 248),

may apply to the Minister for approval as an approved person in respect of that child care centre, kindergarten, special education school, early intervention centre, private hospital, medical clinic, clinical laboratory or healthcare establishment for the purposes of the Scheme.”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (5);

(c)

by deleting paragraph (8) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(8) The approved person shall not display the letter of approval referred to in paragraph (6) at —

(a)	any child care centre, kindergarten, special education school or early intervention centre which is not an approved educational or developmental institution; or
(b)	any private hospital, medical clinic, clinical laboratory or healthcare establishment which is not an approved medical institution.”; and

(d)

by deleting sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (9) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(c)

the approved institution —

(i)	is no longer in operation;
(ii)	being a child care centre, ceases to be licensed under the Child Care Centres Act (Cap. 37A);
(iii)	being a kindergarten or special education school, ceases to be registered under the Education Act (Cap. 87);
(iv)	ceases to be an early intervention centre; or
(v)	being a private hospital, medical clinic, clinical laboratory or healthcare establishment, ceases to be licensed under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Cap. 248),

as the case may be;”.

Amendment of regulation 13

5. Regulation 13 (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (a) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(a)	the account number of the Children Development Account out of which payment is made to the approved institution in respect of a member or his sibling;”.

[G.N. Nos. S 603/2004; S 424/2005; S 769/2005]

Made this 29th day of March 2007.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports,
Singapore.

[MCYS 132-20-36 V13; AG/LEG/SL/38A/2001/1 Vol. 8]

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