Singapore legislation
Clause 29
Clause 29
Transitional provisions for certain voluntary arrangements
(1)
This section applies where, before the specified SP commencement date, the natural parents or the sole natural parent of a specified April 2025 Scheme child have or has an arrangement as if sections 12DA, 12DB and 12DD of the amended Act were in force (called in this section the pre‑April 2025 arrangement).
(2)
Where a natural parent’s employer voluntarily grants to the natural parent paid leave before the specified SP commencement date in accordance with the pre‑April 2025 arrangement as if sections 12DA, 12DB and 12DD of the amended Act were in force, the employer may, on or after the specified SP commencement date, make a claim under section 12DB(4) of the amended Act for reimbursement from the Government in respect of the payment made to the employee.
(3)
Where a natural parent is a self‑employed person who ceases to be actively engaged in the parent’s trade, business, profession or vocation for any period starting before the specified SP commencement date in accordance with the pre‑April 2025 arrangement as if sections 12DA, 12DB and 12DD of the amended Act were in force, the parent may, on or after that date, make a claim for payment of the parent’s lost income for that period under section 12DA(6) of the amended Act.
(4)
The pre‑April 2025 arrangement is to be treated as a valid sharing arrangement or valid individual arrangement (as the case may be) under section 12DD of the amended Act for a natural parent mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) (as the case may be) starting on the specified SP commencement date, and sections 12DA, 12DB, 12DC and 12DD of the amended Act apply to that arrangement on and after that date.
(5)
Despite subsection (4), if a parent had before the specified SP commencement date consumed any entitlement relating to a continuous period of leave as if section 12DA(2)(a)(i) of the amended Act were in force, the parent may consume any balance of that entitlement on or after that date without providing the notice required under section 12DA(3) of the amended Act.
(6)
Where a natural parent’s employer makes any payment to the parent before the specified SP commencement date as if section 12DB(6) and (7) of the amended Act were in force —
the employer may, on or after the specified SP commencement date, make a claim for reimbursement under section 12DB(6) of the amended Act; and (b)the pre-April 2025 arrangement is to be treated as an equivalent arrangement for a natural parent who is an employee as described in section 12DB(7)(a) of the amended Act on and after that date.