Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2015

No. S 453

Child Development Co‑Savings Act

(CHAPTER 38A)

Child Development Co‑Savings
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3, 7 and 20 of the Child Development Co‑Savings Act, the Minister for Social and Family Development makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Child Development Co‑Savings (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2015 and come into operation on 28 July 2015.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Child Development Co‑Savings Regulations (Rg 2) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “approval has been granted to a person under regulation 11(4)(b)” in the definition of “approved educational or developmental institution” and substituting the words “there is an approved person”;

(b)

by deleting the words “approval has been granted to a person under regulation 11(4)(b)” in the definition of “approved healthcare‑related institution” and substituting the words “there is an approved person”;

(c)

by deleting the words “approval has been granted to a person under regulation 11(4)(b)” in the definition of “approved medical institution” and substituting the words “there is an approved person”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “approved medical institution”, the following definition:

“ “approved person” means a person approved under regulation 11(4)(b) as an approved person for an approved institution, and includes a temporary approved person appointed for an approved institution under regulation 11(9A);”.

Amendment of regulation 11

3. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “paragraph (4)(b)” in paragraph (7)(e), the words “or (9B)”;

(b)

by deleting the words “approval of an approved person is granted, revoke the approval granted” in paragraph (9) and substituting the words “the appointment or approval of an approved person is made or granted, revoke the appointment or approval granted to an approved person”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately before the words “the approved person” in paragraph (9)(a) and (b), the words “the Minister has reasonable grounds to suspect that”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately before the words “the approved institution” in paragraph (9)(c), the words “the Minister has reasonable grounds to suspect that”;

(e)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (d) of paragraph (9) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(d)	the Minister has reasonable grounds to suspect that the approved person has breached any provision of these Regulations or any terms and conditions subject to which the appointment or approval of the approved person is made or granted; or”; and

(f)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (9), the following paragraphs:

“(9A) When the Minister revokes the approval of an approved person in respect of an approved institution in any of the circumstances referred to in paragraph (9)(a), (b), (d) or (e), the Minister may appoint any person as an approved person for that institution (called a temporary approved person) —

(a)	for a period not exceeding 6 months, and for one or more further periods (each not exceeding 6 months), as the Minister may determine; or
(b)	until another approved person is earlier approved for that institution under paragraph (4)(b).

(9B) The Minister may appoint a temporary approved person subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister may impose.

(9C) The Minister must, before revoking the appointment or approval of an approved person under paragraph (9), give the approved person —

(a)	notice in writing of the Minister’s intention to do so; and
(b)	an opportunity to make written representations, within the time specified in the notice (being not less than 14 days after the date of the service of the notice), as to why the approved person’s appointment or approval should not be revoked.

(9D) The Minister must —

(a)	notify the approved person, in writing, of the Minister’s decision under paragraph (9); and
(b)	where the decision is to revoke the approved person’s appointment or approval, in the written notice in sub‑paragraph (a) specify a date upon which the revocation is to take effect, being not less than 7 days after the date of the service of that notice.”.

Amendment of regulation 12

4. Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraphs:

“(4) A temporary approved person for an approved institution cannot cause or make withdrawals from a Child Development Account except to pay for any course, service or product provided by that approved institution to a member or a member’s sibling to whom, immediately before the temporary approved person is appointed, the approved institution was already providing any course, service or product.

(5) Any person who contravenes paragraph (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.”.

Amendment of regulation 14

5. Regulation 14(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “regulation 11(4)(b)”, the words “or (9B), as the case may be”.

[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]

Made on 25 July 2015.

CHAN HENG KEE

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

[MSF 132-20-359-V15; AG/LLRD/SL/38A/2010/1 Vol. 3]

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