Singapore legislation
Clause 53
Clause 53
Consequential and related amendments to other Acts
(1)
Item 5 of the Third Schedule to the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36, 2013 Ed.) is deleted and the following item substituted therefor:“5. Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017.”.
(2)
Section 52P(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38, 2001 Ed.) is amended by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)any early childhood development centre licensed under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017;”.
(3)
Section 4 of the Education Act (Cap. 87, 1985 Ed.) is amended —
by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a); and
by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(c)to or in relation to any early childhood development centre licensed under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017.”.
(4)
Section 13(1) of the Income Tax Act (Cap. 134, 2014 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “a child care centre licensed under the Child Care Centres Act (Cap. 37A)” in paragraph (zb) and substituting the words “an early childhood development centre licensed under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017”.
(5)
The Private Education Act (Cap. 247A, 2011 Ed.) is amended by renumbering section 72 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) This Act does not apply to, or in relation to, any early childhood development centre licensed under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017, the key appointment holders (as defined in that Act) of the licensee of the centre, and the teachers of the centre.”.