4.—(1) A member (being a self-employed person at the time his eligibility to receive any benefit under the Scheme is assessed) shall be an eligible member for the purposes of Part VIA of the Act and these Regulations if he satisfies all of the following requirements:(a) | he is a Singapore citizen, or becomes a Singapore citizen on or before 1st January in the year immediately following the relevant year; | (b) | he attains the age of 35 years on or before 31st December in the relevant year; | (c) | he was residing in a property with an annual value, on 31st December in the year immediately preceding the relevant year, not exceeding —(i) | $10,000, if the relevant year is 2007 or 2008; or | (ii) | $11,000, if the relevant year is 2009 or any subsequent year; [S 692/2008 wef 01/01/2009] |
| (d) | either of the following applies to him:(i) | he commenced working as a self-employed person before the relevant year, and has worked as a self-employed person in the relevant year; or | (ii) | he commenced working as a self-employed person during the relevant year, and has worked as a self-employed person for a period of at least —(A) | 3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or | (B) | 6 months in the relevant year; |
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| (e) | he has derived from Singapore or received from outside Singapore, in respect of any trade, business, profession or vocation —(i) | income, in the relevant year, of —(A) | less than $18,000, if the relevant year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; or | (B) | not more than $20,400, if the relevant year is 2010 or any subsequent year; and [S 351/2010 wef 30/06/2010] |
| (ii) | if sub-paragraph (d)(ii) applies to him, an average monthly income, during the period or periods in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any provisional credit) in the first 6 months of the relevant year, when he has worked as a self-employed person, of —(A) | less than $1,500, if the relevant year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; or | (B) | not more than $1,700, if the relevant year is 2010 or any subsequent year; [S 351/2010 wef 30/06/2010] |
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| (f) | he has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (1A), every contribution which he is liable to pay under the Central Provident Fund (Self-Employed Persons) Regulations (Rg 25) —(i) | for 2007, if the relevant year is 2007; | (ii) | for 2007 and 2008, if the relevant year is 2008; | (iii) | for 2007 to 2009, if the relevant year is 2009; | (iv) | for 2007 to 2010, if the relevant year is 2010; or | (v) | for the relevant year and the 2 years immediately preceding that relevant year, if the relevant year is 2011 or any subsequent year; and [S 351/2010 wef 30/06/2010] |
| (g) | where the income which he has derived from Singapore or received from outside Singapore in 2007 or any subsequent year in respect of any trade, business, profession or vocation as a self-employed person does not exceed $6,000, he has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (1A), an additional contribution solely for the purposes of his medisave account, of an amount specified in paragraph (1B) —(i) | for 2007, if the relevant year is 2007; | (ii) | for each of 2007 and 2008, if the relevant year is 2008; | (iii) | for each of 2007 to 2009, if the relevant year is 2009; | (iv) | for each of 2007 to 2010, if the relevant year is 2010; or | (v) | for each of the relevant year and the 2 years immediately preceding that relevant year, if the relevant year is 2011 or any subsequent year. [S 351/2010 wef 30/06/2010] |
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(1A) The member shall pay the contribution referred to in paragraph (1)(f) for any year, and the additional contribution referred to in paragraph (1)(g), (2A) or (2B) for any year —(a) | for any purpose other than the purposes referred to in sub-paragraph (b) —(i) | by 31st December 2011, if that year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; or | (ii) | by 31st December of the second year after that year, if that year is 2010 or any subsequent year; or |
| (b) | for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any provisional credit for any relevant year, by the earlier of —(i) | 31st July of that relevant year; or | (ii) | the date specified in sub-paragraph (a). [S 351/2010 wef 30/06/2010] |
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(1B) The additional contribution payable by a member under paragraph (1)(g) for any year shall be —(a) | where he is below 35 years of age on 1st January that year —(i) | an amount equal to 2.17% of the income which he has derived from Singapore or received from outside Singapore in that year in respect of any trade, business, profession or vocation as a self-employed person (referred to in this paragraph as the relevant income), subject to a minimum of $13, if that year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; | (ii) | an amount equal to 2.22% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $13, if that year is 2010; or | (iii) | an amount equal to 2.33% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $14, if that year is 2011 or any subsequent year; |
| (b) | where he has attained 35 years of age but is below 45 years of age on 1st January that year —(i) | an amount equal to 2.5% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $15, if that year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; | (ii) | an amount equal to 2.56% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $15, if that year is 2010; or | (iii) | an amount equal to 2.67% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $16, if that year is 2011 or any subsequent year; or |
| (c) | where he is 45 years of age or older on 1st January that year —(i) | an amount equal to 2.83% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $17, if that year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; | (ii) | an amount equal to 2.89% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $17, if that year is 2010; or | (iii) | an amount equal to 3% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $18, if that year is 2011 or any subsequent year. [S 351/2010 wef 30/06/2010] |
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(2) Where a member (being a self-employed person at the time his eligibility to receive any benefit under the Scheme is assessed) fails to satisfy any requirement under paragraph (1), (1A) or (1B), he may nevertheless be an eligible member for the purposes of Part VIA of the Act and these Regulations if the Board waives that requirement in relation to him. |
(2A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(g) and without prejudice to paragraph (2), where a member (being a self-employed person at the time his eligibility to receive any benefit under the Scheme is assessed) to whom paragraph (1)(g)(iv) applies fails to pay an additional contribution solely for the purposes of his medisave account of such amount specified in paragraph (1B)(a)(ii), (b)(ii) or (c)(ii) as is applicable to him, but otherwise satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1)(g)(iv), he may nevertheless be an eligible member, for the purposes of receiving any provisional credit of part of the benefits to which he is entitled in the relevant year 2010, if he has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (1A), an additional contribution solely for the purposes of his medisave account of —(a) | an amount equal to 2.17% of the income which he has derived from Singapore or received from outside Singapore, in the first 6 months of 2010, in respect of any trade, business, profession or vocation (referred to in this paragraph as the relevant income), subject to a minimum of $7, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (1B)(a)(ii); | (b) | an amount equal to 2.5% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $8, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (1B)(b)(ii); or | (c) | an amount equal to 2.83% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $9, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (1B)(c)(ii). [S 351/2010 wef 30/06/2010] |
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(2B) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(g) and without prejudice to paragraph (2), where a member (being a self-employed person at the time his eligibility to receive any benefit under the Scheme is assessed) to whom paragraph (1)(g)(v) applies fails to pay an additional contribution solely for the purposes of his medisave account of such amount specified in paragraph (1B)(a)(iii), (b)(iii) or (c)(iii) as is applicable to him, but otherwise satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1)(g)(v), he may nevertheless be an eligible member, for the purposes of receiving any provisional credit of part of the benefits to which he is entitled in any relevant year (being 2011 or any subsequent year), if he has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (1A), an additional contribution solely for the purposes of his medisave account of —(a) | an amount equal to 2.33% of the income which he has derived from Singapore or received from outside Singapore, in the first 6 months of that relevant year, in respect of any trade, business, profession or vocation (referred to in this paragraph as the relevant income), subject to a minimum of $7, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (1B)(a)(iii); | (b) | an amount equal to 2.67% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $8, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (1B)(b)(iii); or | (c) | an amount equal to 3% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $9, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (1B)(c)(iii). [S 351/2010 wef 30/06/2010] |
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(3) In paragraph (1)(e), “average monthly income”, in relation to a member to whom paragraph (1)(d)(ii) applies, means the amount ascertained in accordance with the formula: | | | is the income which he has derived from Singapore or received from outside Singapore, in respect of any trade, business, profession or vocation, during the period or periods in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any provisional credit) in the first 6 months of the relevant year, in which he has worked as a self-employed person; and |
| | | is the number of months in the period or periods in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any provisional credit) in the first 6 months of the relevant year, during which he has worked as a self-employed person. |
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