Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Central Provident Fund Rules 1988

Regulation 3

Registration of employer or platform operator

Subregulation 1

An employer or a platform operator must apply to be registered with the Board as an employer or a platform operator (as the case may be) as soon as practicable after —

(a)

the employer employs the first employee in respect of whom the employer is required by the Act to pay contributions to the Fund; or

(b)

the platform operator enters into a platform work agreement with the first platform worker in respect of whom the platform operator is required by the Act to pay contributions to the Fund.

Subregulation 2

An application for registration under paragraph (1) must be made in the form and manner that the Board requires.

Subregulation 3

Upon receiving the requisite form from an employer or a platform operator, the Board may register the employer or platform operator and issue —

(a)

an employer’s reference number to the employer; or

(b)

one or more platform operator’s reference numbers to the platform operator.

Subregulation 4

Every registered employer or registered platform operator who ceases to be an employer or a platform operator (as the case may be) must inform the Board in writing within one month of ceasing to be an employer or a platform operator.

Subregulation 5

Every employer and platform operator must immediately inform the Board in writing of any change of address.

Subregulation 6

Every employer or platform operator who makes a report of the change of his or her residential address under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965 is deemed to have complied with paragraph (5).