Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2024

No. S 881

Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001

Child Development Co-Savings
(Amendment) Regulations 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3 and 7 of the Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001, the Minister for Social and Family Development makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 1 December 2024.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. In the Child Development Co-Savings Regulations (Rg 2) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), in regulation 2 —

(a)

after the definition of “allied health professional”, insert —

“ “approved childminding operator” means any childminding operator in respect of which there is an approved person;”;

(b)

in the definition of “approved institution”, replace “or any approved healthcare‑related institution” with “, any approved healthcare‑related institution or any approved childminding operator”; and

(c)

after the definition of “Child Development Credit”, insert —

“ “childminding operator” means a childminding operator appointed under the scheme known as the Childminding Pilot for Infants;

“Childminding Pilot for Infants” means a pilot childminding scheme approved by the Minister and known by that name;”.

Amendment of regulation 9

3. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 9(1)(a) —

(a)

in sub‑paragraph (ii), delete “or” at the end;

(b)

in sub‑paragraph (iii), insert “or” at the end; and

(c)

after sub‑paragraph (iii), insert —

“(iv)

an approved childminding operator in connection with any childminding service provided to the member or his sibling by the approved childminding operator, unless, in the opinion of the Director, the service is not for the purposes of the Childminding Pilot for Infants;”.

Amendment of regulation 11

4. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 11(1) —

(a)

in sub‑paragraph (d), delete “or” at the end;

(b)

in sub‑paragraph (e), replace the comma at the end with “; or”;

(c)

after sub‑paragraph (e), insert —

“(f)	any childminding service provided by a childminding operator, unless, in the opinion of the Director, the service is not for the purposes of the Childminding Pilot for Infants,”; and

(d)

replace “or optical shop” with “, optical shop or childminding operator”.

Amendment of regulation 11AA

5. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 11AA(1)(c) —

(a)

in sub‑paragraph (viii), delete “or” at the end;

(b)

in sub‑paragraph (ix), replace the full‑stop at the end with “; or”; and

(c)

after sub‑paragraph (ix), insert —

“(x)	in a case of a childminding operator — the date the childminding operator ceases to be such an operator.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 603/2004; S 424/2005; S 769/2005; S 179/2007; S 644/2007; S 324/2008; S 550/2008; S 644/2009; S 573/2010; S 226/2011; S 251/2012; S 545/2012; S 594/2012; S 449/2013; S 624/2013; S 430/2015; S 453/2015; S 628/2015; S 849/2015; S 124/2016; S 407/2016; S 226/2017; S 209/2021; S 829/2021; S 42/2022; S 421/2022; S 419/2023; S 929/2023]

Made on 8 November 2024.

NG HOW YUE

Permanent Secretary (Development),
Ministry of Social and Family Development,
Singapore.

[MSF 132-20-359; AG/LEGIS/SL/38A/2020/1]

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