Silver Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2020

No. S 967

Silver Support Scheme Act 2015

(ACT 28 OF 2015)

Silver Support Scheme
(Amendment) Regulations 2020

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 2020 and come into operation on 30 November 2020.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the Silver Support Scheme Regulations 2016 (G.N. No. S 350/2016) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting paragraph (b) of the definition of “total CPF contribution” and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b)

B is —

(i)

in the case of an individual whose 55th anniversary of the individual’s date of birth (called the relevant anniversary date) is before 1 January 2016 — the amount (if any) by which the sum standing to the individual’s credit in the individual’s medisave account immediately before the relevant anniversary date exceeds the prescribed amount under section 16 of the Central Provident Fund Act then in force that applies to the individual immediately before the relevant anniversary date; and

(ii)

in the case of an individual whose relevant anniversary date is on or after 1 January 2016 — zero;”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “treated as satisfied” in paragraph (2), the words “for any benefit period in the years 2016 to 2020 (both years inclusive)”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) Without limiting paragraph (1)(d), the eligibility criterion in that provision is to be treated as satisfied for any benefit period in the year 2021 or later if —

(a)

all of the following requirements are met:

(i)	the individual is a member of, and lives in, a household of which the per capita gross monthly household income is not more than $1,800;
(ii)	the individual’s total CPF contribution immediately before the 55th anniversary of the individual’s date of birth is not more than $140,000;
(iii)	where the individual is self-employed for at least one year during the individual’s trade income assessment period — the individual’s average annual trade income is not more than $27,600; or

(b)

the individual is on ComCare Long Term Assistance.”.

Amendment of regulation 5

4. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “regulation 3(2)(a)” in paragraph (1)(b)(i), the words “or (3)(a), as the case may be”;
(b)	by inserting, immediately after the words “regulation 3(2)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii)” in paragraph (1)(b)(i), the words “or (3)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) (as the case may be)”;
(c)	by inserting, immediately after the words “regulation 3(2)(b)” in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), the words “or (3)(b), as the case may be”;
(d)	by inserting, immediately after the words “regulation 3(2)” in paragraph (1)(b)(iii), the words “or (3) (as the case may be)”; and
(e)	by inserting, immediately after the words “regulation 3(2)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii)” in paragraph (3), the words “or (3)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii), as the case may be”.

Amendment of regulation 6

5. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “specified in the first column of the Schedule” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “or the criteria specified in the first column of Part 1 or 2 of the Schedule”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “which that individual is eligible to receive” in paragraph (3), the words “for a benefit period”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “second column” in paragraph (3), the words “of Part 1 or 2 of the Schedule, as the case may be”; and

(d)

by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(4) Where an eligible individual is eligible to receive benefits under the Scheme in any year by reason of satisfying both —

(a)	a criterion or the criteria specified in item 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in the first column of Part 1 or 2 of the Schedule; and
(b)	being on ComCare Long Term Assistance,

each cash grant which that individual is eligible to receive for a benefit period in that year will be an amount of —

(c)	for a benefit period in the years 2016 to 2020 (both years inclusive) — $300; and
(d)	for a benefit period in the year 2021 or later — $360.”.

Amendment of regulation 9

6. Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “The” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “Subject to paragraph (3), the”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “(as the case may be)” in paragraph (2), the words “, or after any change in circumstances in relation to the individual that affects the individual’s eligibility to receive a benefit for the benefit period or the amount of benefit payable to the individual for the benefit period”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) The Commissioner may, in a particular case, allow an individual’s application under paragraph (1) that is made after any one-year period mentioned in paragraph (2).”.

Amendment of regulation 11

7. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:

“(c)	any healthcare-related public scheme specified in regulation 3 of the MediShield Life Scheme (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2017 (G.N. No. S 458/2017);
(d)	any public scheme that provides financial relief, assistance or support in respect of an individual’s daily living expenses or the living expenses of the individual’s household;
(e)	any public scheme that provides financial relief, assistance or support in respect of the adequacy of an individual’s savings for his or her retirement.”.

Amendment of Schedule

8. The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately below the Schedule heading “CLASSES OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND AMOUNTS OF BENEFITS”, the following Part heading:

“PART 1

CASH GRANT FOR BENEFIT PERIOD
IN THE YEARS 2016 TO 2020
(BOTH YEARS INCLUSIVE)”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item 6, the following Part:

“Part 2

CASH GRANT FOR BENEFIT PERIOD
IN THE YEAR 2021 OR LATER

First column

Second column

Criteria for determining class
of eligible individual

Amount of cash grant

1.	Individual’s place of residence (as stated in the individual’s identity card) is a 1-room HDB flat or a 2-room HDB flat

(a)

Class A

$900

(b)

Class B

$450

2.	Individual’s place of residence (as stated in the individual’s identity card) is a 3‑room HDB flat

(a)

Class A

$720

(b)

Class B

$360

3.	Individual’s place of residence (as stated in the individual’s identity card) is a 4‑room HDB flat

(a)

Class A

$540

(b)

Class B

$270

4.	Individual’s place of residence (as stated in the individual’s identity card) is a 5‑room HDB flat

(a)

Class A

$360

(b)

Class B

$180

5.	Individual’s place of residence (as stated in the individual’s identity card) is a place mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (e) of the definition of “qualifying residence”

(a)

Class A

$720

(b)

Class B

$360

6.	Individual is on ComCare Long Term Assistance

$360

Note: In this Part —

“Class A”, in relation to an individual, means an individual who is a member of, and lives in, a household of which the per capita gross monthly household income is $1,300 or less;

“Class B”, in relation to an individual, means an individual —

(a)	who is a member of, and lives in, a household of which the per capita gross monthly household income is more than $1,300 but not more than $1,800; or
(b)	whom the Commissioner is otherwise satisfied requires financial support for the individual’s retirement under regulation 3(1)(d).”.

[G.N. No. S 679/2017]

Made on 20 November 2020.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

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

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

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