Singapore legislation
Regulation 3A
of Central Provident Fund (New Retirement Sum Scheme) Regulations 2004
Regulation 3A
Month and deemed date of birth for members born on 29 February
Subregulation 1
Despite section 2(1A)(b) of the Act, for the purposes of regulations 8A, 9, 10 and 10A and the Second Schedule, a person who is born on 29 February is deemed to attain the applicable age in any year that is not a leap year on 28 February of the year in which the member attains that age.
Subregulation 2
Despite section 2(1A)(b) of the Act, the month in which a member who is born on 29 February attains the following ages is the month of February:
65 years of age, mentioned in the definition of “65th birthday month” in regulation 5A(4);
90 years of age, mentioned in regulation 8A(4)(b)(ii);
the applicable age mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of “member’s entitlement” in regulation 3.
Subregulation 3
To avoid doubt, section 2(1A)(b) of the Act applies to the determination of when a person attains the applicable age for the purposes of regulation 9A(5).