Central Provident Fund (Approved Housing Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 05 Aug 2003

No. S 389

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Approved Housing Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77 (1)(h) and (qa) of the Central Provident Fund Act, Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister of State, Ministry of Education charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Manpower, after consulting with the Central Provident Fund Board, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Approved Housing Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 8th August 2003.

Amendment of regulation 20

2. Regulation 20 of the Central Provident Fund (Approved Housing Schemes) Regulations (Rg 12) is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the fees levied by the Board for rendering services to facilitate withdrawals from the Fund which are secured by a charge constituted on a house or an HDB flat under section 21B of the Act shall be —

(a)	for arranging the disbursement of moneys withdrawn from the Fund — an amount not exceeding $220 (not inclusive of the goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap. 117A));
(b)	for arranging the repayment of moneys withdrawn from the Fund and confirming the discharge of the charge earlier constituted — an amount not exceeding $175 (not inclusive of the goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act);
(c)	for arranging the disbursement of moneys withdrawn from the Fund and for arranging the repayment of moneys withdrawn from the Fund and confirming the discharge of the charge earlier constituted — an amount not exceeding $350 (not inclusive of the goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act (Cap.117A)); and
(d)	for answering any inquiry on whether a charge is constituted — $21 (inclusive of the goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 88/99; S649/2001; S694/2002]

Made this 4th day of August 2003.

YONG YING-I

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMC 29/68 T1/02 V3; AG/LEG/SL/36/2002/2 Vol. 3]

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

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