No. S 359
Child Development Co-Savings Act
(CHAPTER 38A)
Child Development Co-Savings
(Paid Maternity Leave and Adoption Leave)
(Amendment) Regulations 2012
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Child Development Co-Savings Act, MG (NS) Chan Chun Sing, Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Child Development Co-Savings (Paid Maternity Leave and Adoption Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2012.
Amendment of regulation 5
2.  Regulation 5 of the Child Development Co-Savings (Paid Maternity Leave and Adoption Leave) Regulations (Rg 1) is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “a period of not less than 8 weeks” in paragraph (2B)(a) and substituting the words “any period”;
(b)by deleting the word “The” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “Subject to paragraph (3A), the”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraph:
(3A)  The amount of reimbursement that an employer is entitled to claim from the Government for each day that the female employee has absented herself from work shall not exceed —
(a)in the case of a female employee referred to in paragraph (3)(a), (c), (e), (f), (i) or (j), an amount that is calculated in accordance with the following formula:
(b)in the case of a female employee referred to in paragraph (3)(b), (d), (g), (h), (k) or (l), an amount that is calculated in accordance with the following formula:
where A  is the number of working days in a week under the terms of that female employee’s contract of service.
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[G.N. Nos. S 549/2008; S 699/2008; S 180/2009; S 227/2011]
Made this 20th day of July 2012.
CHAN HENG KEE
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports,
Singapore.
[MCYS 132-20-350 V7; AG/LLRD/SL/38A/2010/3 Vol. 1]