Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2016

No. S 191

Central Provident Fund Act

(CHAPTER 36)

Central Provident Fund (Amendment)
Regulations 2016

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 2016 and come into operation on 1 May 2016.

Amendment of regulation 7

2. Regulation 7(2A) of the Central Provident Fund Regulations (Rg 15) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (a) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(a)	any amount has been authorised to be paid out of the Fund to any person under section 74, 75, 75A, 75B, 75C or 75D of the Act; and”.

Deletion of regulation 8

3. Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Amendment of regulation 10

4. Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “The” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “For the purposes of section 13(7A)(a) of the Act, the”; and
(b)	by deleting the word “Where” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “For the purposes of section 13(7B)(a) of the Act, where”.

Amendment of regulation 11

5. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “Where” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “For the purposes of section 13(7A)(b) of the Act, where”;
(b)	by deleting the words “under sub‑paragraph (a)” in paragraphs (1) and (2) and substituting in each case the words “in sub‑paragraph (a)”; and
(c)	by deleting the word “Where” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “For the purposes of section 13(7B)(b) of the Act, where”.

Amendment of regulation 12

6. Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:

“(a)

any amount has been transferred —

(i)	to the ordinary account of a member under section 13(7A)(a) of the Act; or
(ii)	to the general moneys of the Fund under section 13(7B)(a) of the Act; and

(b)

the Board is satisfied that —

(i)	any of the conditions in regulation 9(1) for such transfer has not been met; or
(ii)	the member was still alive at the time of the transfer,”;

(b)

by deleting the words “regulation 10(1)” in paragraph (2)(a) and substituting the words “section 13(7A)(a) of the Act”;

(c)

by deleting the words “regulation 10(2)” in paragraph (2)(b) and substituting the words “section 13(7B)(a) of the Act”;

(d)

by deleting the words “regulation 11(1)” in paragraph (3)(a) and substituting the words “section 13(7A)(b) of the Act”;

(e)

by deleting the words “regulation 11(2)” in paragraph (3)(b) and substituting the words “section 13(7B)(b) of the Act”; and

(f)

by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(4) Paragraph (4A) applies where —

(a)

any amount has been transferred from a member’s account in the Fund (called in this paragraph and paragraph (4A) Account A) to —

(i)	the ordinary account of a member under section 13(7A) of the Act; or
(ii)	the general moneys of the Fund under section 13(7B) of the Act; and

(b)

the Board is served with an order of court referred to in section 27B of the Act awarding the spouse of the member any amount to be paid out from the moneys standing to the credit of the member in the Fund (including any moneys which are payable or repayable to the Fund to the credit of the member).

(4A) The Board may —

(a)	restore to Account A the whole of the transferred amount in paragraph (4)(a); and
(b)	pay into Account A the whole or such part, as the Board may determine, of any interest that would have been payable on the transferred amount if the transfer in paragraph (4)(a) had not been made.”.

Amendment of regulation 13

7. Regulation 13 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “the Board may —” and substituting the words “the Board may, if the Board is satisfied that any person is entitled to the whole or part of the amount under the Act —”.

[G.N. Nos. S 695/2002; S 367/2003; S 780/2004; S 718/2007; S 820/2010; S 724/2011; S 540/2012; S 201/2013; S 565/2014; S 30/2015; S 233/2015]

Made on 27 April 2016.

LOH KHUM YEAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMS 7/68 V58; AG/LEGIS/SL/36/2015/3 Vol. 1]

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

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