Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Education Endowment Scheme (Amendment No. 2) Bill

Clause 4

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definitions of “child”, “eligible member” and “member” in subsection (1);

(b)

by deleting the definitions of “parent” and “prescribed school” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:“ “parent” includes a legal guardian;“PSE account” means a PSE account maintained under section 16A(3);“PSE Fund” means the Post-Secondary Education Fund established under section 16A(1);“PSE Scheme Administrator” means the public officer appointed by the Minister to administer the PSE Fund on behalf of the Minister;”;

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “school age” in subsection (1) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:“ “sibling”, in relation to a member of the PSE Fund, means the natural sibling, step-sibling or adopted sibling of the member.”; and

(d)

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) For the purposes of sections 12, 13 and 14, “school” means such educational institution as the Minister may approve from time to time under subsection (3).(3) The Minister may —

(a)

approve any educational institution as a school for the purposes of any provision of sections 12, 13 and 14; and

(b)

approve different educational institutions for the purposes of different provisions of sections 12, 13 and 14 and for different classes of members of the Edusave Pupils Fund.”.