Definitions
3.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“annuity plan” has the same meaning as in section 27J of the Act;
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“approved annuity” means an annuity, purchased from an insurer, which is approved by the Board;
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“approved bank” means any bank approved by the Board;
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“Lease Buyback Scheme” means a scheme administered by the Housing and Development Board, under which a lessee of an HDB flat who has been approved by the Housing and Development Board to take part in the scheme enters into an agreement with the Housing and Development Board to reduce the term of the lease, in consideration of a sum of money part of which is to be used for the payment of the premium for an annuity plan under the Lifelong Income Scheme established and maintained by the Board under section 27K of the Act;
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“net retirement amount”, in relation to a member, means the total amount that has been credited into the member’s retirement account (notwithstanding any withdrawals therefrom), excluding the member’s relevant deductibles;
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“payment” means payment of moneys other than moneys standing to the credit of the payer in the Fund, and “pay” shall be construed accordingly;
“prevailing minimum sum” means such sum as may for the time being be specified by the Minister by notification in the Gazette under section 18B(3)(b) of the Act;
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“relevant deductibles”, in relation to a member, means the total of the following amounts:
(a)any interest under section 6(4) of the Act that is paid into the member’s retirement account;
(b)any additional interest under section 6(4B) of the Act that is paid into the member’s retirement account;
(c)any cash grant (within the meaning of section 14(5) of the Act) credited into the member’s retirement account under section 14(1) of the Act; and
(d)any monthly income due to the member under section 27K(6) of the Act which is paid into his retirement account, in any case where —
(i)the member is a relevant member;
(ii)by a memorandum executed in accordance with section 25(1) of the Act, the member has nominated any person to receive that person’s portion of the amount payable on the member’s death out of the Fund in accordance with section 25(1)(a)(iii) of the Act;
(iii)to the best of the Board’s knowledge, that nomination has not been revoked; and
(iv)the member has applied to the Board under the Central Provident Fund (Lifelong Income Scheme) Regulations 2009 (G.N. No. S 393/2009) for the monthly income to be paid into his retirement account;
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“relevant member” has the same meaning as in section 27J of the Act.
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(2)  In these Regulations, a reference to the minimum sum applicable to a person shall be —
(a)if the person has attained the age of 55 years before 1st July 1995, the minimum sum specified in the Schedule;
(b)if the person has attained or will attain the age of 55 years on or after 1st July 1995 but before 1st July 2004, the minimum sum specified in the Second Schedule to the Central Provident Fund (Revised Minimum Sum Scheme) Regulations (Rg 2); and
(c)if the person has attained or will attain the age of 55 years on or after 1st July 2004, the minimum sum specified in the First Schedule to the Central Provident Fund (New Minimum Sum Scheme) Regulations (Rg 31).
(3)  In these Regulations —
(a)a reference to the relevant amount of any member shall be —
(i)in the case of a member who is below 55 years of age, the total amount in cash standing to his credit in his ordinary and special accounts together with the total amount withdrawn by him under the Central Provident Fund (Investment Schemes) Regulations (Rg 9); and
(ii)in the case of a member who has attained 55 years of age, the aggregate of the following:
(A)the total amount in cash standing to his credit in his ordinary and special accounts;
(B)his net retirement amount; and
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(C)the total amount that has been withdrawn by him under the Central Provident Fund (Investment Schemes) Regulations; and
(b)when determining whether a member who has attained 55 years of age has set aside the minimum sum, the Board shall take into account the member’s net retirement amount.
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