Silver Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Sep 2021

No. S 733

Silver Support Scheme Act 2015

(ACT 28 OF 2015)

Silver Support Scheme
(Amendment) Regulations 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(1) of the Silver Support Scheme Act 2015, the Minister for Manpower makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Silver Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 30 September 2021.

Amendment of regulation 5

2. Regulation 5 of the Silver Support Scheme Regulations 2016 (G.N. No. S 350/2016) is amended by deleting the words “or later” in paragraph (1) and the regulation heading and substituting in each case the words “, 2018, 2019, 2020 or 2021”.

New regulation 5A

3. The Silver Support Scheme Regulations 2016 are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 5, the following regulation:

“Qualifying dates for benefit period in 2022 or later

5A.—(1) An eligible individual is eligible to receive benefits for a benefit period in any year (being 2022 or later) if the individual —

(a)

satisfies the eligibility criteria in section 6(1)(a) and (b) of the Act and regulation 3(1)(a), (b) and (c) on —

(i)	30 April in the immediately preceding year; or
(ii)	such later date (not later than the last day of the benefit period) as the Commissioner may determine in any particular case; and

(b)

satisfies the eligibility criterion in regulation 3(1)(d) —

(i)

where that eligibility criterion is treated as satisfied by virtue of regulation 3(2)(a) or (3)(a), as the case may be —

(A)

by meeting the requirements in regulation 3(2)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) or (3)(a)(ii) and (iii) (as the case may be) on —

(AA)	30 April in the immediately preceding year; or
(AB)	such later date (not later than the last day of the benefit period) as the Commissioner may determine in any particular case; and

(B)

if applicable, by meeting the requirements in regulation 3(3)(a)(i) on —

(BA)	31 August in the immediately preceding year; or
(BB)	such later date (not later than the last day of the benefit period) as the Commissioner may determine in any particular case;

(ii)

where that eligibility criterion is treated as satisfied by virtue of regulation 3(2)(b) or (3)(b), as the case may be — by being on ComCare Long Term Assistance on —

(A)	30 April in the immediately preceding year; or
(B)	such later date (not later than the last day of the benefit period) as the Commissioner may determine in any particular case; or

(iii)

where regulation 3(2) or (3) (as the case may be) does not apply, on —

(A)	30 April in the immediately preceding year; or
(B)	such later date (not later than the last day of the benefit period) as the Commissioner may determine in any particular case.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the Commissioner may determine different dates for different eligibility criteria in section 6(1)(a) and (b) of the Act and regulation 3(1)(a), (b) and (c).

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(i)(A)(AB) or (B)(BB), the Commissioner may determine different dates for different requirements in regulation 3(2)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) or (3)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii), as the case may be.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 679/2017; S 967/2020]

Made on 24 September 2021.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[HQ/PlnPol/CPFPol/SS/P&C/2021; AG/LEGIS/SL/294C/2020/1 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 20(4) of the Silver Support Scheme Act 2015).

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