Children Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2005

No. S 424

Children Development Co-Savings Act

(Chapter 38A)

Children Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2005

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Children Development Co-Savings Act, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Children Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2005.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Children Development Co-Savings Regulations (Rg 2) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Director”, the following definition:

“ “early intervention centre” means an entity which provides any early intervention programme that is —

(a)	intended for children with one or more disabilities; and
(b)	registered with the National Council of Social Service;”.

Amendment of regulation 4A

3. Regulation 4A of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “but before his birth, whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of his birth” in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) and substituting the words “, whether or not such marriage remains subsisting”;
(b)	by deleting the words “but before his birth, whether or not such marriage remains subsisting at the time of his birth” in paragraph (2) (ii) (B) and substituting the words “, whether or not such marriage remains subsisting”; and
(c)	by deleting the word “adopted” in the 1st line of paragraph (3) and substituting the words “born, and adopted,”.

Amendment of regulation 4B

4. Regulation 4B of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “regulation 4A” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “regulation 4A (2) or (3)”;
(b)	by deleting the words “the status of a child referred to in regulation 4A (2) or (3) or re-determining the status of a child referred to in regulation 4A (1), (2) or (3)” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “or re-determining the status of a child referred to in regulation 4A (2) or (3)”;
(c)	by inserting, immediately after the word “person” in paragraph (6)(b), the words “(not being his mother or his step-father)”; and
(d)	by deleting the words “regulation 4A (1), (2)” in paragraph (9) and substituting the words “regulation 4A (2)”.

Amendment of regulation 5

5. Regulation 5 (3) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “within one month from the date of receipt of the notice referred to in paragraph (2)” and substituting the words “after receipt of the notice referred to in paragraph (2) and within 6 years of the date of birth of the child”.

Amendment of regulation 6

6. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “at any time” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “from time to time within 6 years of the date of birth of the member and”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(3) The co-payment contribution by the Government under paragraph (2) —

(a)

shall be payable within 6 years of the birth of the member;

(b)

shall be subject to a maximum of —

(i)	$6,000 in the case of a member who is a second child; and
(ii)	$12,000 in the case of a member who is a third or fourth child; and

(c)

shall be paid into the member’s Children Development Account by the last day of the month immediately following the month of the deposit of the co-investment sum by his parent or any person on behalf of his parent under paragraph (1).

(3A) Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(b), where neither the mother nor the natural father of the member is a citizen of Singapore at the time of the birth of the member, the maximum specified in paragraph (3)(b) to which the co-payment contribution by the Government under paragraph (2) is subject shall be reduced by an amount that is proportionate to the period during which the member was not a citizen of Singapore.”;

(c)

by deleting the words “sub-paragraph (d)” in paragraph (4) and substituting the words “sub-paragraph (c)”; and

(d)

by deleting paragraph (5) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(5) Where the status of a member of the Scheme as the second, third or fourth child is re-determined under regulation 4B (6), any co-payment contribution by the Government which has not been paid in respect of the member shall be varied accordingly based on his re-determined status.”.

Amendment of regulation 11

7. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) Any person who —

(a)

operates —

(i)	a child care centre which is licensed under section 4 of the Child Care Centres Act (Cap. 37A);
(ii)	a kindergarten or special education school which is registered under section 23 of the Education Act (Cap. 87); or
(iii)	an early intervention centre; and

(b)

wishes to offer educational or developmental courses provided by such child care centre, kindergarten, special education school or early intervention centre to a member or his sibling,

may apply to the Minister for approval as an approved person in respect of that child care centre, kindergarten, special education school or early intervention centre for the purposes of the Scheme.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “A child care centre, kindergarten or special education school” in paragraph (5) and substituting the words “Any child care centre, kindergarten, special education school or early intervention centre”;

(c)

by deleting the words “or special education school” in paragraph (8) and substituting the words “, special education school or early intervention centre”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the words “Education Act (Cap. 87),” in paragraph (9)(c), the words “or the approved institution ceases to be an early intervention centre,”.

Deletion of First and Second Schedules

8. The First and Second Schedules to the principal Regulations are deleted.

Transitional provision

9. Notwithstanding regulation 3, for the purposes of regulation 4A(3) of the principal Regulations, the Director may, if he thinks fit in the circumstances of a particular case, waive the requirement that a child must be born on or after 1st August 2004.

[G.N. No. S 603/2004]

Made this 27th day of June 2005.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Community Development,
Youth and Sports,
Singapore.

[MCYS 132-20-36 V13; AG/LEG/SL/38A/2001/1 Vol. 7]

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