Clause 8

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Notwithstanding section 24(3A), on or after the death of a member of the Fund, the Board may, subject to such conditions as the Minister may from time to time impose, permit the withdrawal, for one or more of the following purposes, of the whole or any part of the sum standing to the member’s credit in his medisave account, in accordance with any regulations made under section 57 or 77(1):

for such medical, psychiatric or other treatment or services received by the member as may be prescribed by those regulations, if that withdrawal had been authorised —

before the member’s death, by him or, if he was unable to give the authorisation, by a prescribed person; or

on or after the member’s death, by a prescribed person;

for such medical, psychiatric or other treatment or services as may be prescribed by those regulations received (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 8 of the Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2012), or to be received, by the member’s spouse, child or parent or by such other person as may be prescribed by those regulations, if that withdrawal had been authorised by the member before his death;

for any premium payable for the member’s insurance under the MediShield Scheme established and maintained by the Board under section 53, or under any medical insurance scheme or other insurance scheme referred to in section 77(1)(k), if —

the member is insured (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 8 of the Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2012), or has applied before his death to be insured (whether such application is made before, on or after the date of commencement of section 8 of the Central Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 2012), under the MediShield Scheme, medical insurance scheme or other insurance scheme, as the case may be; and

the Board has authorised, whether before or after the member’s death, the withdrawal of any amount standing to his credit in his medisave account for the payment of any such premium.”; and

by deleting the words “for medical treatment, etc., received by him” in the section heading.