Central Provident Fund (Division of Fund-Related Assets in Matrimonial Proceedings) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Jul 2021

No. S 558

Central Provident Fund Act

(CHAPTER 36)

Central Provident Fund
(Division of Fund-Related Assets in
Matrimonial Proceedings)
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(ra) of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Minister for Manpower, after consulting with the Central Provident Fund Board, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Central Provident Fund (Division of Fund‑Related Assets in Matrimonial Proceedings) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 1 August 2021.

Amendment of regulation 7

2. Regulation 7 of the Central Provident Fund (Division of Fund‑Related Assets in Matrimonial Proceedings) Regulations (Rg 35) is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraphs (2) and (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(2) Except as otherwise provided by paragraphs (3) and (4) —

(a)

a relevant document must be served on, or be notified to, the Board (as the case may be) by sending an electronic communication of the relevant document using an electronic online system designated by the Board for the service or notification of that relevant document (called in this regulation the designated electronic online system), in accordance with any terms and conditions specified on the Board’s website; and

(b)

service or notification (as the case may be) in accordance with sub‑paragraph (a) takes effect on the working day that the relevant document is capable of being retrieved, by an officer or employee of the Board using the designated electronic online system, before the closing time.

(3) Despite paragraph (2) —

(a)

a relevant document may be served on, or be notified to, the Board (as the case may be) by leaving the relevant document at the address for service or notification specified on the Board’s website if —

(i)	the designated electronic online system is not in operation; or
(ii)	a permitted person cannot use that system for any other reason; and

(b)

service or notification (as the case may be) in accordance with sub‑paragraph (a) takes effect 3 working days after the day the relevant document is received, by an officer or employee of the Board at the address mentioned in that sub‑paragraph.”; and

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (4) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(a)

where the payment or repayment is made electronically by the Housing and Development Board to the Board —

(i)	when the Board receives from the Housing and Development Board an electronic notification that such payment or repayment has been received from or for the member; or
(ii)	if an electronic notification mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) is not received, when the electronic record of such payment or repayment is capable of being retrieved by an officer or employee of the Board;

(b)

where the payment or repayment is made electronically by any other person to the Board — when the electronic record of such payment or repayment is capable of being retrieved by an officer or employee of the Board;

(c)

where the payment or repayment is made using a cashier’s order, cheque or any other payment instrument designated by the Board (called in this paragraph a payment instrument) —

(i)	if the payment instrument is delivered to any office of the Board — when the payment instrument is received at the office of the Board by an officer or employee of the Board; or
(ii)	if the payment instrument is delivered to any bank designated by the Board — when the electronic record of such payment or repayment is capable of being retrieved by an officer or employee of the Board.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 88/2009; S 710/2012; S 234/2015; S 787/2015; S 658/2016; S 600/2018; S 225/2021]

Made on 16 July 2021.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[Plg&Pol/CPFPol/Legis/CPFSL/2021; AG/LEGIS/SL/36/2020/19 Vol. 1]

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

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