Central Provident Fund (Approved Housing Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

No. S 537

Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Approved Housing Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77 (1)(h) and (r) 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 (Approved Housing Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into operation on 15th August 2005.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the Central Provident Fund (Approved Housing Schemes) Regulations (Rg 12) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “Jurong Town Corporation” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “Town Council” means a Town Council established under the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A).”.

Amendment of regulation 4C

3. Regulation 4C (1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129),”, the words “or the monthly improvement contributions due to a Town Council in respect of lift upgrading works carried out in relation to the house or flat under Part IVA of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A),”.

Amendment of regulation 5

4. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129)” in the 8th and penultimate lines, the words “, or improvement contributions due to a Town Council in respect of lift upgrading works carried out under Part IVA of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A),”.

Amendment of regulation 9

5. Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “or the Jurong Town Corporation” and substituting the words “, the Jurong Town Corporation or a Town Council”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “or Jurong Town Corporation” in the regulation heading and substituting the words “, Jurong Town Corporation or Town Councils”.

Amendment of regulation 14A

6. Regulation 14A (9) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129)” in the definition of “improvement contribution”, the words “or the improvement contribution payable to a Town Council under the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 88/99; S 649/2001; S 694/2002; S 389/2003; S 220/2004; S 485/2004]

Made this 29th day of July 2005.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MMC 29/68 T1/04; AG/LEG/SL/36/2005/1 Vol. 1]

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

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