4A.—(1) Where the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012, subject to regulations 4BA and 4BB, a member 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 —| (i) | if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, on or before 1st January in the year immediately following the relevant year; or | | (ii) | if the relevant year is 2012, on or before —| (A) | the last day in a relevant quarter, for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any benefit for that relevant quarter; | | (B) | the last day in a quarter referred to in regulation 6A(7D), for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any benefit for that quarter; or | | (C) | 31st December in the relevant year, for any other purpose; |
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| | (b) | he attains the age of 35 years on or before 31st December in the relevant year or is a specified member; | | (c) | he was residing in a property with an annual value, on 31st December in the year immediately preceding the relevant year, not exceeding the amount specified for that relevant year in the Eighth Schedule; [S 385/2014 wef 31/05/2014] | | (d) | either of the following applies to him:| (i) | he has worked —| (A) | as an employee —| (AA) | if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, for a period of at least —| (I) | 3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or | | (II) | 6 months in the relevant year; or |
| | (AB) | if the relevant year is 2012, for a period of at least —| (I) | 2 months in any quarter in the relevant year; | | (II) | 3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or | | (III) | 6 months in the relevant year; and |
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| | (B) | as a self-employed person for a period of at least one month in the relevant year; or |
| | (ii) | he has worked —| (A) | as a self-employed person —| (AA) | if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, for a period of at least —| (I) | 3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or | | (II) | 6 months in the relevant year; or |
| | (AB) | if the relevant year is 2012, for a period of at least —| (I) | 2 months in any quarter in the relevant year; | | (II) | 3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or | | (III) | 6 months in the relevant year; and |
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| | (B) | as an employee for a period of at least one month in the relevant year; |
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| | (e) | either of the following applies to him:| (i) | if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, his 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 payment or credit) in the first 6 months of the relevant year, when he has worked as a dual status worker is —| (A) | more than $50 but less than $1,500, in any case where the relevant year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; | | (B) | more than $50 but not more than $1,700, in any case where the relevant year is 2010; or | | (C) | not more than $1,700, in any case where the relevant year is 2011; or [S 385/2014 wef 31/05/2014] |
| | (ii) | if the relevant year is 2012 —| (A) | for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any benefit for any quarter, his average monthly wage during the period or periods in the relevant year when he has worked as an employee is more than $50 but not more than $1,700; or | | (B) | for any other purpose, his average monthly income during the period or periods in the relevant year when he has worked as a dual status worker is not more than $1,700; [S 385/2014 wef 31/05/2014] |
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| | (f) | he has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (2), 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 2012; and |
| | (g) | where his declared income in any year from 2007 to 2012 does not exceed $6,000, he has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (2), an additional contribution solely for the purposes of his medisave account, of an amount specified in paragraph (3) —| (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 2012. [S 385/2014 wef 31/05/2014] |
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(2) 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), (5) or (6) 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, 2011 or 2012; or |
| | (b) | for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any provisional credit for any relevant year from 2007 to 2011, by the earlier of —| (i) | 31st July of that relevant year; or | | (ii) | the date specified in sub-paragraph (a). |
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(3) 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 his declared income in that year (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 2012; |
| | (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 2012; 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 2012. |
| | (d) | [Deleted by S 331/2013] |
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| (4) Where a member who satisfies the requirement in paragraph (1)(d) fails to satisfy any other requirement under paragraph (1), (2) or (3), he may nevertheless be an eligible member for the purposes of Part VIA of the Act and these Regulations if that other requirement is waived in relation to him under regulation 4C. [S 842/2013 wef 01/01/2014] [S 385/2014 wef 31/05/2014] |
(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(g) and without prejudice to paragraph (4), where a member (who satisfies the requirement in paragraph (1)(d)) 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 (3)(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 payment or 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 (2), an additional contribution solely for the purposes of his medisave account of —| (a) | an amount equal to 2.17% of his income in the first 6 months of 2010 (referred to in this paragraph as the relevant income), subject to a minimum of $7, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (3)(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 (3)(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 (3)(c)(ii). [S 385/2014 wef 31/05/2014] |
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(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(g) and without prejudice to paragraph (4), where a member (who satisfies the requirement in paragraph (1)(d)) 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 (3)(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 payment or credit of part of the benefits to which he is entitled in the relevant year 2011, if he has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (2), an additional contribution solely for the purposes of his medisave account of —| (a) | an amount equal to 2.33% of his income in the first 6 months of that relevant year (referred to in this paragraph as the relevant income), subject to a minimum of $7, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (3)(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 (3)(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 (3)(c)(iii). [S 385/2014 wef 31/05/2014] |
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(7) Nothing in this regulation shall affect the eligibility of any dual status worker to receive any benefit under the Scheme which —| (a) | he has received before 30th June 2010; or | | (b) | he has been assessed before 30th June 2010 to be eligible to receive. |
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(8) In paragraph (1)(e), “average monthly income”, in relation to a member to whom paragraph (1)(d)(i) or (ii) applies, means the amount ascertained in accordance with the formula: | | | is the total amount of wages received by him as an employee in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any provisional payment or credit for any relevant year from 2007 to 2011) in the first 6 months of the relevant year; |
| | | is his declared income in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any provisional payment or credit for any relevant year from 2007 to 2011) his income in the first 6 months of the relevant year; and |
| | | is the total number of months in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing his eligibility to receive any provisional payment or credit for any relevant year from 2007 to 2011) in the first 6 months of the relevant year, during which he has worked as an employee, as a self-employed person or as both. |
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