17.—(1) Without prejudice to regulations 4, 5, 6, 8 and 15, a self- employed person may at any time contribute voluntarily to the Fund a sum additional to that payable by him under these Regulations.
(2) [Deleted by S 727/2011 wef 30/12/2011]
(3) [Deleted by S 727/2011 wef 30/12/2011]
(4) [Deleted by S 506/2007 wef 01/10/2007]
(4) [Deleted by S 513/2008 wef 01/11/2008]
(4A) [Deleted by S 513/2008 wef 01/11/2008]
(5) Where the Board is satisfied that the aggregate of the amounts referred to in section 13B(3)(a), (b) and (c) of the Act which were contributed by or for a self-employed person in any year exceeds the sum prescribed under section 13B(3) of the Act for that year, the Board may refund, subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may impose —
(a)
to the self-employed person, the whole or any part of the aggregate of —
(i)
the amount (if any) which the self-employed person had contributed voluntarily in that year under paragraph (1);
(ii)
the amount (if any) which the self-employed person had contributed voluntarily in that year under section 7(4)(a) of the Act (not being any pecuniary benefit transferred under section 73 of the Act), if the self-employed person was also an employee in that year;
(iii)
the amount (if any) which the self-employed person had contributed voluntarily in that year under section 13B(1)(a)(i) of the Act; and
(iv)
where that year is 2011, the amount (if any) which the self-employed person had contributed voluntarily in that year under section 13B(1)(a) of the Act in force immediately before 30th December 2011; or
(b)
to any other person, the whole or any part of the aggregate of —
(i)
the amount (if any) of contributions (not being any pecuniary benefit transferred under section 73 of the Act or additional medisave contributions) which that other person had paid for the self-employed person in that year under section 7(4)(c) of the Act, if in that year —
(A)
the self-employed person was also an employee; and
(B)
that other person was an employer of the self-employed person;
(ii)
the amount (if any) which that other person had contributed for the self-employed person in that year under section 13B(1)(a)(ii) or (2)(a) of the Act; and
(iii)
where that year is 2011, every amount (if any) referred to in section 13B(4) of the Act which that other person had contributed for the self-employed person in that year.
[S 727/2011 wef 30/12/2011]
(5A) Where a self-employed person is also an employee, and the Board is satisfied that the amount of additional medisave contributions which was paid in any year by his employer for him exceeds $1,500, the Board may refund, subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may impose, the excess to the employer.
[S 727/2011 wef 30/12/2011]
(6) The Board may require any person to whom any excess contributions are to be refunded to —
(a)
submit an application to the Board for the refund of the excess contributions; and
(b)
furnish to the Board such information as may be necessary for the purposes of determining whether any refund should be made under paragraph (5) or (5A).
[S 727/2011 wef 30/12/2011]
(7) The Board may retain the whole or any part of the excess contributions to be used to set off against any contribution or interest thereon which is due or may become due to the Board.
(8) In this regulation —
“additional medisave contributions” means the contributions paid by an employer under section 7(4)(c) of the Act specifically for the purposes of the medisave account of his employee;
“excess contributions” means any amount to be refunded under paragraph (5) or (5A).