Central Provident Fund (Statutory Bodies and Aided Schools — Employees) Regulations 2002

No. S 520

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Statutory Bodies and Aided Schools — Employees) Regulations 2002

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(q) of the Central Provident Fund Act, 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 (Statutory Bodies and Aided Schools — Employees) Regulations 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2002.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“aided school” means a school in receipt of grant-in-aid under the Education (Grant-in-Aid) Regulations (Cap. 87, Rg 3) other than a school that is set out in the Schedule to those Regulations;

“employee” means —

(a)	an employee of a statutory body; or
(b)	a person employed in an aided school by the managers of the school;

“foreign employee” means an employee who is not a citizen of Singapore or permanent resident;

“pensionable service”, in relation to an employee of a statutory body, means service in respect of which a pension, gratuity or other allowance may be payable under the Pensions Act (Cap. 225) to the employee in respect of his period of service with the statutory body;

“permanent resident” means a person who holds a valid entry permit or re-entry permit issued by the Controller of Immigration under the Immigration Act (Cap. 133);

“statutory body” means a body specified under regulation 6(2) to (67) of the First Schedule to the Act.

Contributions payable in respect of temporary employees and pensionable employees

3. Except as otherwise provided in regulations 5, 6, 7 and 8, the contributions payable in respect of the following classes of employees who are citizens of Singapore or permanent residents shall be in accordance with the rates set out in the First Schedule instead of the rates set out in the First Schedule to the Act:

(a)	employees who are in the pensionable service; and
(b)	temporary employees under contracts specifically providing for gratuities.

Contributions payable in respect of non-pensionable employees

4. Except as otherwise provided in regulations 5, 6, 7 and 8, the contributions payable in respect of every employee who is a citizen of Singapore or permanent resident other than those referred to in regulation 3 shall be in accordance with the rates set out in the Second Schedule instead of the rates set out in the First Schedule to the Act.

Contributions payable in respect of foreign employees who become permanent residents

5.—(1) Subject to regulations 7 and 8, where a foreign employee becomes a permanent resident after 1st October 2000, the contributions payable in respect of that employee for the prescribed period shall be in accordance with the rates set out in —

(a)	paragraphs 4 and 5 of the First Schedule if that employee is in the pensionable service; or
(b)	paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Second Schedule if that employee is in the non-pensionable service.

(2) In paragraph (1), “prescribed period” means —

(a)	where the foreign employee becomes a permanent resident on or after 1st October 2002, a period of 2 years from the date he became a permanent resident; and
(b)	where the foreign employee became a permanent resident after 1st October 2000 but before 1st October 2002, the period from 1st October 2002 to the date of expiry of 2 years from the date he became a permanent resident.

Contributions payable in respect of permanent residents who become employees

6.—(1) Subject to regulations 7 and 8, where a person becomes a permanent resident after 1st October 2000 and subsequently becomes an employee, the contributions payable in respect of that employee for the prescribed period shall be in accordance with the rates set out in —

(a)	paragraphs 4 and 5 of the First Schedule if that employee is in the pensionable service; or
(b)	paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Second Schedule if that employee is in the non-pensionable service.

(2) In paragraph (1), “prescribed period” means —

(a)

where the permanent resident becomes an employee on or after 1st October 2002, the period —

(i)	beginning from the date he became an employee; and
(ii)	ending on the expiry of 2 years from the date he became a permanent resident; and

(b)

where the permanent resident became an employee after 1st October 2000 but before 1st October 2002, a period —

(i)	beginning 1st October 2002; and
(ii)	ending on the expiry of 2 years from the date he became a permanent resident.

Agreements made on or after 1st October 2002

7. Where the employer and an employee who is a permanent resident have agreed on or after 1st October 2002 that the contributions payable in respect of that employee shall be in accordance with the rates set out in —

(a)	paragraph 1 or paragraphs 2 and 3 of the First Schedule; or
(b)	paragraph 1 or paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Second Schedule,

and have, in the manner determined by the Board, informed the Board of such agreement, those rates of contributions shall apply in respect of the employee until —

(i)	the employee leaves the employment of the employer; or
(ii)	the agreement expires or is lawfully terminated,

whichever is the earlier.

Agreements in force before 1st October 2002

8. Any agreement entered into between an employer and an employee who is a permanent resident under regulation 3(4)(b) of the revoked Central Provident Fund (Government Employees) Regulations (Rg 23) in relation to the contributions payable in respect of that employee which was in force immediately before 1st October 2002 shall continue to apply until —

(a)	the employee leaves the employment of the employer; or
(b)	the agreement expires or is lawfully terminated,

whichever is the earlier.

Made this 26th day of September 2002.

TAN CHIN NAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MM S 9/73 T2/01; AG/LEG/SL/36/2002/3 Vol. 2]

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

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