Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Medi Shield Life Scheme (Scheme for Overseas Singapore Citizens) Regulations 2016
Regulation 4
Refund of premiums
Subregulation 1
Where, for the purposes of the OS scheme —
an application is made for the refund of any premium paid by or on behalf of an insured person; and
the Board approves the refund of the whole or part of the premium paid by or on behalf of the insured person (called in this regulation the approved refund),the Board may refund the amount of the approved refund.
Subregulation 2
Subject to section 5 of the Act, all amounts refunded under paragraph (1) are to be paid from the Fund.
Subregulation 3
Regardless of the manner in which a premium mentioned in paragraph (1) was paid, the Board may pay the whole or part of the approved refund into the medisave account of the person who paid the premium.
Subregulation 4
If, under paragraph (3), the Board refunds the whole or part of any premium that was deducted from a CPF member’s medisave account, the Board may also pay into the medisave account of that CPF member the whole or such part, as the Board may determine, of the interest that would have been payable on the amount of that refund if that amount had not been deducted from the CPF member’s medisave account.