Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2023

No. S 419

Child Development Co‑Savings Act 2001

Child Development Co‑Savings
(Amendment) Regulations 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3 and 7 of the Child Development Co‑Savings Act 2001, the Minister for Social and Family Development makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations are the Child Development Co‑Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and, except for regulation 8, come into operation on 26 June 2023.

(2) Regulation 8 is deemed to have come into operation on 31 December 2021.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. In the Child Development Co‑Savings Regulations (Rg 2) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), in regulation 2 —

(a)

after the definition of “allied health professional”, insert —

“ “approved conveyance” and “approved permanent premises” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;”;

(b)

in the definition of “approved medical institution”, replace “private hospital, medical clinic, healthcare service site or healthcare establishment” with “healthcare service site”;

(c)

replace the definitions of “healthcare establishment” and “healthcare service site” with —

“ “healthcare service provider” means a person who holds a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide any licensable healthcare service;

“healthcare service site”, in relation to a healthcare service provider, means any approved conveyance or approved permanent premises used by the healthcare service provider to provide a licensable healthcare service;”;

(d)

after the definition of “integrated medical insurance plan”, insert —

“ “licensable healthcare service” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;”; and

(e)

delete the definitions of “medical clinic” and “private hospital”.

Amendment of regulation 6

3. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 6(3B) —

(a)

in sub‑paragraph (h)(iii), delete “and” at the end;

(b)

in sub‑paragraph (i)(iii), replace the full‑stop at the end with a semi‑colon; and

(c)

after sub‑paragraph (i), insert —

“(j)

Part VIII of the First Schedule applies to every co‑savings member —

(i)

into whose Child Development Account any co‑investment sum is deposited on or after 1 August 2023;

(ii)

if the co‑savings member is not adopted —

(A)	who is born on or after 14 February 2023, or born before 14 February 2023 but the estimated delivery date for whose mother’s confinement is on or after that date; and
(B)	the mother or natural father of whom is a citizen of Singapore at the time of the co‑savings member’s birth;

(iii)

if the co‑savings member is adopted —

(A)	who is born on or after 14 February 2023 and adopted on or after that date; and
(B)	the adoptive mother or adoptive father of whom is a citizen of Singapore at the time of adoption of the co‑savings member; and

(iv)

who is a citizen of Singapore at the time of birth, or becomes a citizen of Singapore before the twelfth anniversary of the co‑savings member’s date of birth; and

(k)

Part IX of the First Schedule applies to every co‑savings member —

(i)

into whose Child Development Account any co‑investment sum is deposited on or after 1 August 2023;

(ii)

if the co‑savings member is not adopted —

(A)	who is born on or after 14 February 2023, or born before 14 February 2023 but whose estimated delivery date for his or her mother’s confinement is on or after that date; and
(B)	the mother and natural father of whom are not citizens of Singapore at the time of the co‑savings member’s birth;

(iii)

if the co‑savings member is adopted —

(A)	who is born on or after 14 February 2023 and adopted on or after that date; and
(B)	the adoptive parent (if only one) of whom is not a citizen of Singapore, or both adoptive mother and adoptive father of whom are not citizens of Singapore, at the time of adoption of the co‑savings member; and

(iv)

who is a citizen of Singapore at the time of birth, or becomes a citizen of Singapore before the twelfth anniversary of the co‑savings member’s date of birth.”.

Amendment of regulation 10

4. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 10(2)(a)(i)(D), replace “or VII” with “, VII, VIII or IX”.

Amendment of regulation 11

5. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 11(1) —

(a)

replace sub‑paragraph (b) with —

“(b)	any medical services provided by a healthcare service provider;”; and

(b)

delete “private hospital, medical clinic, healthcare establishment,”.

Amendment of regulation 11B

6. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 11B(1)(c), replace sub‑paragraphs (v) and (va) with —

“(v)	being a healthcare service provider, has ceased to hold a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide any licensable healthcare service;
(va)	being a healthcare service site of a healthcare service provider, has ceased to be an approved conveyance or approved permanent premises of the healthcare service provider;”.

Amendment of First Schedule

7. In the principal Regulations, in the First Schedule, after Part VII, insert —

“Part VIII

MAXIMUM TOTAL AMOUNT OF
CO‑INVESTMENT SUMS OR CO‑PAYMENT SUMS
CONTRIBUTABLE TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT
OF CO‑SAVINGS MEMBER MENTIONED IN
REGULATION 6(3B)(j)

First column

Second column
Member’s birth order

Time when member
becomes citizen of
Singapore

1st child

2nd child

3rd or
4th child

5th or
subsequent
child

At birth or before 12th anniversary of member’s date of birth

$4,000

$7,000

$9,000

$15,000

Part IX

MAXIMUM TOTAL AMOUNT OF
CO‑INVESTMENT SUMS OR CO‑PAYMENT SUMS
CONTRIBUTABLE TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT
OF CO‑SAVINGS MEMBER MENTIONED IN
REGULATION 6(3B)(k)

First column

Second column
Member’s birth order

Time when member
becomes citizen of
Singapore

1st child

2nd child

3rd or
4th child

5th or
subsequent
child

At birth or before 1st anniversary of member’s date of birth

$4,000

$7,000

$9,000

$15,000

On or after 1st anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 2nd anniversary thereof

$3,670

$6,420

$8,250

$13,750

On or after 2nd anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 3rd anniversary thereof

$3,340

$5,840

$7,500

$12,500

On or after 3rd anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 4th anniversary thereof

$3,010

$5,260

$6,750

$11,250

On or after 4th anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 5th anniversary thereof

$2,680

$4,680

$6,000

$10,000

On or after 5th anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 6th anniversary thereof

$2,350

$4,100

$5,250

$8,750

On or after 6th anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 7th anniversary thereof

$2,020

$3,520

$4,500

$7,500

On or after 7th anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 8th anniversary thereof

$1,690

$2,940

$3,750

$6,250

On or after 8th anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 9th anniversary thereof

$1,360

$2,360

$3,000

$5,000

On or after 9th anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 10th anniversary thereof

$1,030

$1,780

$2,250

$3,750

On or after 10th anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 11th anniversary thereof

$700

$1,200

$1,500

$2,500

On or after 11th anniversary of member’s date of birth but before 12th anniversary thereof

$370

$620

$750

$1,250

”.

Miscellaneous amendments

8. In the principal Regulations —

(a)

in regulation 2, in the definition of “allied health professional”, delete “(Act 1 of 2011)”;

(b)

in regulation 2, in the definition of “early childhood development centre”, delete “(Act 19 of 2017)”;

(c)

in the following provisions, after “Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act”, insert “1980”:

Regulation 2, definitions of “healthcare establishment”, “medical clinic” and “private hospital”

Regulation 11B(1)(c)(v);

(d)

in regulation 2, in the definition of “insurer”, replace “(Cap. 142)” with “1966”;

(e)

in regulation 2, in the definition of “MediShield Life Scheme”, delete “(Act 4 of 2015)”;

(f)

in regulation 2, in the definition of “optical appliance”, replace “(Cap. 213A)” with “2007”;

(g)

in regulation 3, replace “Part II” with “Part 2”;

(h)

in regulation 11(1)(a)(ii), replace “(Cap. 87)” with “1957”;

(i)

in regulation 11(1)(a)(ii), replace “section 36 of the Private Education Act (Cap. 247A)” with “section 9 of the Private Education Act 2009”; and

(j)

in regulation 11B(1)(c)(iii), replace “Education Act or the Private Education Act” with “Education Act 1957 or the Private Education Act 2009”.

[G.N. Nos. S 603/2004; S 424/2005; S 769/2005; S 179/2007; S 644/2007; S 324/2008; S 550/2008; S 644/2009; S 573/2010; S 226/2011; S 251/2012; S 545/2012; S 594/2012; S 449/2013; S 624/2013; S 430/2015; S 453/2015; S 628/2015; S 849/2015; S 124/2016; S 407/2016; S 226/2017; S 209/2021; S 829/2021; S 42/2022; S 421/2022]

Made on 20 June 2023.

LIM WAN YONG

Permanent Secretary
(Development),
Ministry of Social and Family Development,
Singapore.

[MSF 132-20-359; AG/LEGIS/SL/38A/2020/1 Vol. 4]

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