Clause 2

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Fund” in subsection (1), the following definitions:“ “HDB flat” means any flat, house or other building sold under Part IV or IVB of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129) which has been acquired by the present owner thereof whether directly from the Housing and Development Board or otherwise;“Housing and Development Board” means the Housing and Development Board constituted under the Housing and Development Act;”;

by deleting the definition of “ “member of the Fund” or “member” ” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definition:“ “member of the Fund” or “member” means any person to whose credit any amount is standing in the Fund, or for whom any account in the Fund is maintained for any of the purposes of this Act, and includes a person who contributes to the Fund voluntarily in accordance with section 13B;”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “and 18(1)(c)” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “retirement account” in subsection (1), the words “and Part IIIB”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a person shall be deemed to attain, or to have attained, “N” years of age, or the age of “N” years, on the “Nth” anniversary of the day of his birth, where —

“N” is a specified positive integer; and

“Nth” is the ordinal corresponding to that integer.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(3) Where a person referred to in subsection (4)(a) lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2008 (Act 22 of 2008) —

any thing which the person might have done, or which would have applied to him, under any provision referred to in subsection (4)(b), if he had such capacity, and any thing which would have applied to him in any event under any provision referred to in subsection (4)(b), may likewise be done by, or will likewise apply to, a deputy appointed or deemed to be appointed for the person by the High Court under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to the person for the purposes of this Act; and

any thing which the person might have done, or which would have applied to him, under any provision referred to in subsection (4)(c), if he had such capacity, and any thing which would have applied to him in any event under any provision referred to in subsection (4)(c), may likewise be done by, or will likewise apply to, a donee under a lasting power of attorney registered under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to the person for the purposes of this Act.(4) The Minister may, by regulations made under all or any of sections 23, 27Q, 39, 49A, 51, 56A, 57, 57F, 75(1) and 77(1), prescribe —

the persons to whom subsection (3) applies;

the provisions in this Act to which subsection (3)(a) applies;

the provisions in this Act to which subsection (3)(b) applies; and

how any provision referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) will be modified in its application to either or both of the following:

a deputy appointed or deemed to be appointed for any person referred to in paragraph (a) by the High Court under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to that person for the purposes of this Act;

a donee under a lasting power of attorney registered under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to any person referred to in paragraph (a) for the purposes of this Act.”.