7.—(1) A relevant document is served on, or is notified to, the Board only if —
(a)
the requirements of regulation 4 are satisfied; and
(b)
the relevant document is served or is notified (as the case may be) by a permitted person in accordance with this regulation.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (4), a relevant document must be served —
(a)
by sending an electronic communication of the relevant document using an electronic online system designated by the Board for the service of that relevant document (called in this regulation the designated electronic online system), in accordance with any terms and conditions specified on the Board’s website; or
(b)
where the designated electronic online system is not in operation, or a permitted person is unable to use that system for any other reason, by leaving the relevant document at the office of the Board’s Retirement Withdrawals Department at 238A Thomson Road, #16-00 Tower A Novena Square, Singapore 307684.
(3) Service under paragraph (2) takes effect —
(a)
in a case of any service under paragraph (2)(a) — on the working day that the relevant document is capable of being retrieved, by an officer or employee of the Board using the designated electronic online system, before the closing time; and
(b)
in a case of any service under paragraph (2)(b) — on the working day that the relevant document is received, by an officer or employee of the Board at the office mentioned in that paragraph, before the closing time.
(4) For the purposes of section 27B(5)(b) of the Act, the Board is notified of any payment or repayment to the Fund relating to a specified charge or undertaking in the following manner:
(a)
where the payment or repayment is made electronically by the Housing and Development Board to the Board — when the Board receives from the Housing and Development Board an electronic notification that such payment or repayment has been received from or for the member;
(b)
where the payment or repayment is made using any cashier’s order, cheque or any other payment instrument designated by the Board — when the cashier’s order, cheque or other payment instrument is received at any office of the Board by an officer or employee of the Board.