Singapore legislation
Clause 27
Clause 27
Transitional provision for certain consumed entitlements pursuant to election under section 12E for certain parents
(1)
This section applies where —
before the specified SP commencement date, the natural mother of a specified April 2025 Scheme child had made a specified election in relation to the natural father of the child;
pursuant to the specified election and before the specified SP commencement date, the natural father had consumed any period of his entitlement under section 12E(2) or (3) of the principal Act (called in this section the consumed period under the existing SP scheme); and
on or after the specified SP commencement date —
the natural mother and the natural father (called in this section F1) each has any entitlement under section 12DA(2) or (6) or 12DC(2) of the amended Act; or
the natural mother has any entitlement under section 12DA(2) or (6) or 12DC(2) of the amended Act, but the natural father (called in this section F2) is a non‑eligible male employee.
(2)
On and after the specified SP commencement date —
arising from the specified election —
in the case of the natural mother and F1 — the natural mother and F1 are treated as having entered into a valid sharing arrangement under section 12DD(1) of the amended Act; or
in the case of the natural mother and F2 — the natural mother and F2 are treated as having entered into an arrangement under section 12DD(2) of the amended Act; and (b)the integer N specified in the specified election is to be counted as a number of units allocated to F1 or F2 (as the case may be) in either arrangement.
(3)
On and after the specified SP commencement date, the following apply to the natural mother:
the period of that mother’s entitlement under section 9(1), (1A) or (1B) of the principal Act, or under section 9(4) or (4A) of the principal Act, is to be restored by the whole number of weeks represented by the integer N specified by that mother in the specified election;
the restored period of entitlement mentioned in paragraph (a) must be consumed by that mother within 12 months commencing on the day of her confinement.
(4)
Any consumed period under the existing SP scheme is to be treated as a period of entitlement consumed by F1 under section 12DA of the amended Act, and F1 must consume the balance of any entitlement under the specified election as at the specified SP commencement date in accordance with section 12DA of the amended Act.
(5)
Despite subsection (4), F1 may consume the balance of any entitlement mentioned in that subsection relating to a continuous period of leave under section 12E(2) of the principal Act, without providing the notice required under section 12DA(3) of the amended Act.
(6)
Any payment by an employer to an employee, or any claim for payment or reimbursement from the Government, in respect of F1’s or F2’s consumed period under the existing SP scheme is to be treated as being made under section 12DB of the amended Act, whether the payment or claim (as the case may be) is made before, on or after the specified SP commencement date.