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Central Provident Fund Act

(Chapter 36)

Central Provident Fund (Withdrawal of Cash Grants) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1)(q) of the Central Provident Fund Act, the Minister for Manpower, after consultation 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 (Withdrawal of Cash Grants) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January 2001.

Amendment of regulation 3

2. Regulation 3 of the Central Provident Fund (Withdrawal of Cash Grants) Regulations (Rg 8) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (5), the following paragraph:

“(6) Where a cash grant under the MediShield Scheme for the Elderly is paid into the Fund for the benefit of a person, that person may apply to withdraw the cash grant pursuant to the Regulations specified in the Second Schedule.”.

Amendment of regulation 4

3. Regulation 4 of the Central Provident Fund (Withdrawal of Cash Grants) Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “or CPF Medisave Top-Up Scheme” in the 2nd line and substituting the words “, CPF Medisave Top-Up Scheme or MediShield Scheme for the Elderly”; and

(b)

by deleting the regulation heading and substituting the following regulation heading:

“Transfer of cash grant under Pre-Medisave Top-Up Scheme, CPF Medisave Top-Up Scheme or MediShield Scheme for the Elderly”.

Made this 8th day of February 2001.

TAN CHIN NAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[MM S7.3/68; AG/LEG/SL/36/97/3 Vol. 1]

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