No. S 939
Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001
Child Development Co-Savings
(Leave and Benefits) (Amendment No. 2)
Regulations 2024
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 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 (Leave and Benefits) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 1 January 2025.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  In the Child Development Co‑Savings (Leave and Benefits) Regulations 2017 (G.N. No. S 358/2017) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), in regulation 2, after the definition of “net income”, insert —
“ “platform worker” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024;”.
Amendment of regulation 5
3.  In the principal Regulations, in regulation 5 —
(a)in paragraph (2), replace the formula with —
”;
(b)in paragraph (3), replace the formula with —
”; and
(c)in paragraph (4), after sub-paragraph (b), insert —
(ba)POCPF is the aggregate of each contribution that a platform operator is or was liable to make to the Central Provident Fund under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 in respect of the amount of the claimant’s NI, and that is not recoverable from the claimant’s earnings for the period that the claimant is or was a platform worker during the 12 months immediately before the day of confinement mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a)(i) or (iii), or the eligibility date mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a)(ii) or (iii) (whichever is applicable);”.
Amendment of regulation 9
4.  In the principal Regulations, in regulation 9 —
(a)in paragraph (4), replace sub‑paragraph (b) with —
(b)must be computed on the basis of —
(i)unless sub‑paragraph (ii) applies, the self‑employed person’s assessed net income for a relevant basis period, less the net income the self‑employed person continued to derive during his or her inactivity period; or
(ii)where the self‑employed person is a platform worker, the sum of the self‑employed person’s assessed net income for a relevant basis period and the amount of all contributions made in respect of the self‑employed person by any platform operator under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 during the same relevant basis period that is not recoverable from the platform worker’s earnings, less the net income the self‑employed person continued to derive during his or her inactivity period.”; and
(b)in paragraph (6)(a), delete “average”.
Amendment of regulation 14
5.  In the principal Regulations, in regulation 14 —
(a)in paragraph (4), replace sub‑paragraph (b) with —
(b)must be computed on the basis of —
(i)unless sub‑paragraph (ii) applies, the self‑employed person’s assessed net income for a relevant basis period, less the net income the self‑employed person continued to derive during his or her inactivity period; or
(ii)where the self‑employed person is a platform worker, the sum of the self‑employed person’s assessed net income for a relevant basis period and the amount of all contributions made in respect of the self‑employed person by any platform operator under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 during the same relevant basis period that is not recoverable from the platform worker’s earnings, less the net income the self‑employed person continued to derive during his or her inactivity period.”; and
(b)in paragraph (6)(a), delete “average”.
[G.N. Nos. S 204/2019; S 827/2021; S 422/2022; S 931/2023; S 324/2024]
Made on 19 November 2024.
NG HOW YUE
Permanent Secretary (Development),
Ministry of Social and Family Development,
Singapore.
[MSF 132-20-359-V16; AG/LEGIS/SL/38A/2020/2]