No. S 499
Education Endowment Scheme Act
(Chapter 87a)
Education Endowment Scheme (Edusave Pupils Fund) (Amendment) Regulations 1996
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Education Endowment Scheme Act, the Minister for Education hereby makes the following Regulations:
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Education Endowment Scheme (Edusave Pupils Fund) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st October 1996.
2.  Regulation 2 of the Education Endowment Scheme (Edusave Pupils Fund) Regulations (Rg 4) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —
(a)by deleting the definition of “independent school” and substituting the following definitions:
“ “Government school” means a primary or secondary school organised and conducted directly by the Government;
“Government-aided school” means a primary or secondary school which is —
(a)established by any person other than the Government; and
(b)conducted by a committee of management which is in receipt of a grant-in-aid from the Government under the Education (Grant-in-Aid) Regulations (Cap. 87, Rg 2) for the defraying of the expenses incurred for conducting the school;
“independent school” means a secondary school which is —
(a)specified in any order made under section 3(1) of the School Boards (Incorporation) Act (Cap. 284A); or
(b)conducted by a governing board constituted under any written law and which is listed under the category “Independent Schools” in the Schedule to the Education Endowment Scheme (Prescribed Schools) Regulations 1996 (G.N. No. S 501/96);”.
(b)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “sibling”, the following definition:
“ “special education school” means a school which provides special education for pupils with physical or mental disabilities and which is listed under the category “Special Education Schools” in the Schedule to the Education Endowment Scheme (Prescribed Schools) Regulations 1996 (G.N. No. S 501/96);
3.  Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulations substituted therefor:
“Requirements for membership in Edusave Pupils Fund
3.—(1)  A child shall become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund if, in addition to satisfying the requirement of section 8(a) of the Act —
(a)he is a pupil of a prescribed school;
(b)subject to paragraph (4), he is the first, second or third child of his natural or adoptive mother; and
(c)he has less than 3 siblings who are members of the Edusave Pupils Fund.
(2)  For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), a child is considered as —
(a)the first of his natural or adoptive mother if he has no older sibling;
(b)the second of his natural or adoptive mother if he has only one older sibling; and
(c)the third of his natural or adoptive mother if he has only 2 older siblings except that where the third child has any sibling born at the same birth, every such sibling is deemed to be a third child.
(3)  For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) and (c) —
(a)no account is to be taken of any sibling of the child who died before attaining the age of 16 years; and
(b)subject to sub-paragraph (c), where 2 or more siblings become eligible for membership in the Edusave Pupils Fund at the same time, membership in the Edusave Pupils Fund is to be in order of seniority and accordingly, the older sibling is deemed to have become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund before the younger; and
(c)where 2 or more siblings who are deemed to be the third child under paragraph (2)(c) become eligible for membership in the Edusave Pupils Fund at the same time, no account is to be taken of their order of seniority and they are deemed to have become members of the Edusave Pupils Fund at the same time.
(4)  Any child who is not a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund by reason only of the fact that he has 3 older siblings shall become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund —
(a)where any one of his siblings who is a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund dies before attaining the age of 16 years; or
(b)at the option of the parent of the child, where any one of those siblings is physically or mentally disabled and has never been a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund.
(5)  The option under paragraph (4)(b) must be made within such period and in such form as the Ministry may require.
(6)  Any child who is adopted at a time when he has become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund shall remain a member thereof, notwithstanding that his adoptive mother has, at the time of his adoption, 3 or more other children.
Transitional provisions relating to pupils of special education schools
3A.—(1)  Regulation 3(1)(c) does not apply where the child referred to in that regulation is a pupil at a special education school on 1st October 1996.
(2)  Subject to paragraph (3), every relevant child shall on 1st October 1996 become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund.
(3)  Where a relevant child has a younger sibling who is not a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund, the relevant child shall not become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund under paragraph (2) unless his parent has opted under paragraph (4) to make him a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund and, in that case, the relevant child shall be deemed to have become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund on 1st October 1996.
(4)  Where a relevant child has a younger sibling who is not a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund, the parent of the relevant child may, within such period and in such form as the Ministry may specify, opt to make either the relevant child or a younger sibling of the relevant child a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund.
(5)  Where the parent opts under paragraph (4) to make a younger sibling a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund, the younger sibling shall —
(a)if he is not a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund by reason only of the fact that he has 3 older siblings, be deemed to have become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund on 1st October 1996; or
(b)if he is not a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund by reason only of the fact that he has 3 older siblings and he is not a pupil at a prescribed school, become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund when he becomes a pupil at a prescribed school.
(6)  Sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 3(4) shall not apply where the sibling referred to in that sub-paragraph is a relevant child.
(7)  For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 3(4), the sibling referred to in those sub-paragraphs is deemed to be a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund if he will become a member of the Edusave Pupils Fund under paragraph (5).
(8)  In this regulation “relevant child” means a child who —
(a)was a pupil at a special education school at any time on or after 1st January 1996 and before 1st October 1996;
(b)was not a pupil at a special education school on 1st October 1996; and
(c)satisfies the requirements of section 8(a) of the Act and regulation 3(1)(b).”.
4.  Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the word “school” in the second line of paragraph (a), the words “or a special education school”; and
(b)by deleting paragraph (d) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a)in the case of a member who is a pupil of the Assumption Vocational Institute on or after 1st April 1994, such fees and charges payable by him to the Assumption Vocational Institute as may be approved by the Minister;”.
Made this 20th day of November 1996.
KOH CHER SIANG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education,
Singapore.
[EDUN C15-14-003; AG/SL/37/91 Vol. 1]
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