Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Child Development Co-Savings (Amendment No. 2) Bill

Clause 12

Amendment of section 12AB

(1)

Section 12AB(1) of the principal Act is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)ceases to be actively engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation during one or more than one period, all of which in aggregate are equal in duration to 4 times her weekly index or 24 days (whichever is the lower), and all of which are within the period of 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth; and”.

(2)

Section 12AB of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsections (1), (2) and (3) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) Subject to subsection (2), section 12AC and any regulations made under section 20, a self‑employed woman who —

(a)

applies to adopt a child in accordance with any written law relating to the adoption of children;

(b)

satisfies the requirements of section 12AC;

(c)

within a period of 12 months commencing on the date of the child’s birth, ceases to be actively engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation —

(i)

for a period of 12 weeks commencing on the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child;

(ii)

during a period of 12 weeks commencing —

(A)

not earlier than the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child; and

(B)

not later than the date the adoption order is made; or

(iii)

during —

(A)

a period of 8 weeks commencing —

(AA)not earlier than the eligibility date for the application to adopt the child; and

(AB)not later than the date the adoption order is made; and

(B)

one or more than one later period, all of which in aggregate are equal in duration to 4 times her weekly index or 24 days (whichever is the lower); and

(d)

has lost any income by reason of her ceasing to be actively engaged in that trade, business, profession or vocation,is entitled to claim from the Government her lost income for the applicable period mentioned in subsection (2).(2) A self‑employed woman is entitled to receive from the Government under subsection (1), for ceasing to be actively engaged in her trade, business, profession or vocation, in respect of a child —

(a)

if the making of the woman’s application to adopt that child, or the issue of the dependant’s pass in respect of that child, is the woman’s first or second specified event —

(i)

not more than $10,000 for every 4 weeks or 24 days (as the case may be) of her cessation of active engagement in her trade, business, profession or vocation after the first 4 weeks of that cessation; and

(ii)

not more than a total of $20,000; or

(b)

if the making of the woman’s application to adopt that child, or the issue of the dependant’s pass in respect of that child, is the woman’s third or subsequent specified event —

(i)

not more than $10,000 for every 4 weeks or 24 days (as the case may be) of her cessation of active engagement in her trade, business, profession or vocation; and

(ii)

not more than a total of $30,000.”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “subsection (3)” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “subsection (2)”.

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