Singapore legislation

Clause 37

Consequential amendments to Central Provident Fund Act

(1)

Section 2 of the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36, 2013 Ed.) (called in this section the CPF Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “medisave account” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “MediShield Life Scheme” means the MediShield Life Scheme referred to in section 3 of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015;”; and

(b)

by deleting “57,” in subsection (4).

(2)

Section 10 of the CPF Act is amended —

(a)

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) Despite anything in this Act or the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015, no money in the Fund is to be used to make any payment for the purposes of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015 or any costs or expenses incurred in the administration of the MediShield Life Scheme, except for —

(a)

withdrawals or deductions from a member’s medisave account made in accordance with this Act or the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015; or

(b)

any payment made by the Board, as a defaulter’s agent under section 12 or 13 of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015, from moneys payable from the Fund.”; and

(b)

by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Expenses, etc.”.

(3)

Section 13(1) of the CPF Act is amended by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)a medisave account from which, apart from subsection (6) and sections 15(2), (3), (4) and (5), 16A and 27B, withdrawals may be made in accordance with —

(i)

any regulations made under section 77(1)(j) and (k); and

(ii)

the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015; and”.

(4)

Section 16A(1) of the CPF Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “section 57 or” and substituting the words “section 34 of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015 or section”;

(b)

by deleting the words “those regulations” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “regulations made under section 77(1)”;

(c)

by deleting the words “those regulations” wherever they appear in paragraph (b) and substituting in each case the words “regulations made under section 77(1)”;

(d)

by deleting the words “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)” in paragraph (c) and substituting the words “premium (including interest and penalties for late payment) and other sums payable for the member’s insurance under the MediShield Life Scheme, or under any medical insurance scheme or other insurance scheme referred to in section 34(2)(j) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015 or section 77(1)(k)”; and

(e)

by deleting sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (c) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:“(i)the member is insured under the MediShield Life Scheme, or under any medical insurance scheme or other insurance scheme, as the case may be; and”.

(5)

Section 27B of the CPF Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (ii) of subsection (6)(b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:“(ii)every deduction which the Board is entitled to make under —

(A)

section 27L, 32 or 45 or any regulations made under section 77(1); and

(B)

the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015.”; and

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (ii) of subsection (7)(b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:“(ii)every deduction which the Board is entitled to make under —

(A)

section 27L, 32 or 45 or any regulations made under section 77(1); and

(B)

the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015.”.

(6)

Section 52 of the CPF Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “section 56” in the definition of “MediShield Fund”, the words “as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 37(7) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “section 53” in the definition of “Scheme”, the words “as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 37(7) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015”.

(7)

Sections 53, 53A, 54, 55, 56 and 57 of the CPF Act are repealed.

(8)

Section 59 of the CPF Act is amended by deleting subsections (6) and (7) and substituting the following subsections:“(6) On the request of an insurer administering or operating an insurance scheme referred to in section 34(2)(j) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015 or section 77(1)(k) for information about a person or the person’s dependant, which the insurer requires to administer or operate the insurance scheme in relation to the person, or the person’s dependant, the Board may disclose to the insurer such information (including any medical information and information relating to the amount standing to the credit of the person in the person’s medisave account) obtained by the Board, in the course of performing the Board’s functions or duties under this Act, for such purpose as the Minister may approve.(7) The insurer may use the information about the person or the person’s dependant obtained under subsection (6) only for the purpose approved by the Minister under that subsection.”.

(9)

Section 66 of the CPF Act is amended by deleting the words “, the Home Protection Fund or the MediShield Fund” and substituting the words “or the Home Protection Fund”.

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