No. S 265
Central Provident Fund Act 1953
Central Provident Fund
(Approved HDB-HUDC Housing Scheme)
(Amendment) Regulations 2024
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.—(1)  These Regulations are the Central Provident Fund (Approved HDB-HUDC Housing Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and, except for regulation 4, come into operation on 1 April 2024.
(2)  Regulation 4(n) is deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 2021.
(3)  Regulation 4(a) to (m) and (o) to (s) is deemed to have come into operation on 31 December 2021.
Amendment of regulation 9
2.  In the Central Provident Fund (Approved HDB‑HUDC Housing Scheme) Regulations (Rg 14) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), in regulation 9(1)(ii), replace “or (c) of the Act” with “of the Act or a former provision”.
Amendment of Schedule
3.  In the principal Regulations, in the Schedule, before item 1, insert —
1A.Regulation 9(1)(ii)
Section 15(2)(b) or (c) of the Act as in force before 1 April 2024
”.
Miscellaneous amendments
4.  In the principal Regulations —
(a)in regulation 2(1), in the definition of “approved mortgagee”, in paragraph (a), replace “(Cap. 183)” with “1959”;
(b)in regulation 2(1), in the definition of “approved mortgagee”, in paragraph (c), replace “(Cap. 50)” with “1967”;
(c)in the following provisions, replace “(Cap. 158)” with “1967”:
Regulation 2(1), definition of “property”
Regulation 6(1) and (3), definition of “relevant property”
Regulation 11(17);
(d)in regulation 6(3), in the definition of “common property”, after “Land Titles (Strata) Act”, insert “1967”;
(e)in the following provisions, replace “section 27C(1)(iii), 27DA(1)(iii), 27DB(2)(c) or 27E(1)(ii)” with “section 27C(1)(g), 27DA(1)(g), 27DB(2)(c) or 27E(1)(f)”:
Regulation 8(1)(b)
Regulation 9(1)(b)
Regulation 11(1)(b)
Regulation 12(1)(a)(ii)
Regulation 13(1)(b);
(f)in the following provisions, replace “section 27C(1)(i)” wherever it appears with “section 27C(1)(e)”:
Regulation 11(5)(a)
Regulation 11(11), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (a)(ii)
Regulation 12(9), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (a)(ii);
(g)in the following provisions, replace “section 27DA(1)(i)” wherever it appears with “section 27DA(1)(e)”:
Regulation 11(5)(b)
Regulation 11(11), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (b)(ii)
Regulation 12(9), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (b)(ii);
(h)in the following provisions, replace “section 27E(1)(i) of the Act” with “section 27E(1)(e) of the Act”:
Regulation 11(5)(c)
Regulation 11(11), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (c)(ii)
Regulation 12(9), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (c)(ii);
(i)in regulation 11(5)(c), replace “section 27E(1)(i)(A), (B) and (C)” with “section 27E(1)(e)(i), (ii) and (iii)”;
(j)in the following provisions, replace “section 27C(1)(iii)” with “section 27C(1)(g)”:
Regulation 11(11), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (a)
Regulation 12(9), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (a);
(k)in the following provisions, replace “section 27DA(1)(iii)” with “section 27DA(1)(g)”:
Regulation 11(11), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (b)
Regulation 12(9), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (b);
(l)in the following provisions, replace “section 27E(1)(ii)” with “section 27E(1)(f)”:
Regulation 11(11), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (c)
Regulation 12(9), definition of “relevant amount”, paragraph (c);
(m)in regulation 11(15)(a), replace “section 50 of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129)” with “section 56 of the Housing and Development Act 1959”;
(n)in regulation 11(17), before “sections 126A and 126B”, insert “the repealed”;
(o)in regulation 12(1)(b)(i), replace “section 56 of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129)” with “section 63 of the Housing and Development Act 1959”;
(p)in regulation 12(9), in the definition of “time of the acquisition”, in paragraph (a), replace “section 56(3) of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129)” with “section 63(3) of the Housing and Development Act 1959”;
(q)in regulation 12(10), replace “section 56(3) of the Housing and Development Act” with “section 63(3) of the Housing and Development Act 1959”;
(r)in regulation 13(1), replace “section 47 of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129)” with “section 50 of the Housing and Development Act 1959”; and
(s)in regulation 15A(1), replace “27E(2)(ii)” with “27E(2)(e)”.
[G.N. Nos. S 509/2007; S 695/2008; S 449/2009; S 738/2011; S 695/2012; S 751/2013; S 241/2015; S 656/2016; S 372/2019; S 222/2021; S 133/2022]
Made on 28 March 2024.
NG CHEE KHERN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[Plg&Pol/CPFPol/Legis/CPFSL/2024; AG/LEGIS/SL/36/2020/13 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 78(2) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953).