Central Provident Fund (Government Employees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Central Provident Fund (Government Employees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2001.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Central Provident Fund (Government Employees) Regulations (Rg 23) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraphs 1 to 4 and substituting the following paragraphs:

“1. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages are as follows:

2. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages during the first year after the employee becomes a permanent resident are as follows:

3. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages during the second year after the employee becomes a permanent resident are as follows:

3A. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages during the first year after the employee becomes a permanent resident are as follows:

3B. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages during the second year after the employee becomes a permanent resident are as follows:

4. Where an employee was in the employment of the employer in the month of October 1984 and the ordinary wages payable under the contract of service to the employee for that month was more than $9,333, the maximum contributions payable by the employer in respect of such employee under item (a)(i) —

(a)	in column (2) of paragraph 1 shall, instead of $1,120, be 12% of such wages of the employee for that month;
(b)	in column (4) of paragraph 1 shall, instead of $420, be 4.5% of such wages of the employee for that month;
(c)	in column (6) of paragraph 1 shall, instead of $245, be 2.625% of such wages of the employee for that month;
(d)	in column (8) of paragraph 1 shall, instead of $245, be 2.625% of such wages of the employee for that month.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 8, the following sub-paragraph :

“(1A) Notwithstanding any provision in this Schedule, the Government shall transfer to the credit of the medisave account with the Fund of any employee of the Government specified in sub-paragraph (3), the unused balance of the outpatient medical subsidy of $350 per year for the employee on the Medisave-cum-Subsidised Outpatient (MSO) Scheme and no contribution shall be payable by the Government on such balance.”.

Amendment of Second Schedule

3. The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraphs 1 to 4 and substituting the following paragraphs:

“1. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages are as follows:

2. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages during the first year after the employee becomes a permanent resident are as follows:

3. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages during the second year after the employee becomes a permanent resident are as follows:

3A. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages during the first year after the employee becomes a permanent resident are as follows:

3B. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages during the second year after the employee becomes a permanent resident are as follows:

4. Where an employee was in the employment of the employer in the month of October 1984 and the ordinary wages payable under the contract of service to the employee for that month was more than $7,000, the maximum contributions payable by the employer in respect of such employee under item (a)(i) —

(a)	in column (2) of paragraph 1 shall, instead of $1,120, be 16% of such wages of the employee for that month;
(b)	in column (4) of paragraph 1 shall, instead of $420, be 6% of such wages of the employee for that month;
(c)	in column (6) of paragraph 1 shall, instead of $245, be 3.5% of such wages of the employee for that month;
(d)	in column (8) of paragraph 1 shall, instead of $245, be 3.5% of such wages of the employee for that month.”.

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 8, the following sub-paragraph :

“(1A) Notwithstanding any provision in this Schedule, the Government shall transfer to the credit of the medisave account with the Fund of any employee of the Government specified in sub-paragraph (3), the unused balance of the outpatient medical subsidy of $350 per year for the employee on the Medisave-cum-Subsidised Outpatient (MSO) Scheme and no contribution shall be payable by the Government on such balance. ”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

4. The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph 1 and substituting the following paragraph:

“1. Subject to this Schedule, with effect from 1st January 2001 the contributions payable by the employer and the amount recoverable from the employee’s wages are as follows:

”.

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 5, the following sub-paragraph :

“(1A) Notwithstanding any provision in this Schedule, the Government shall transfer to the credit of the medisave account with the Fund of any employee of the Government specified in sub-paragraph (3), the unused balance of the outpatient medical subsidy of $350 per year for the employee on the Medisave-cum-Subsidised Outpatient (MSO) Scheme and no contribution shall be payable by the Government on such balance.”.

[G.N.No. S 185/98; S 644/98; S 155/2000]

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