Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Central Provident Fund (Workfare Income Supplement Scheme) Regulations 2007

Regulation 3

Eligibility criteria for employee

Subregulation 1

Subject to regulation 4BB, a member is an eligible member for the purposes of Part 6A of the Act and these Regulations if the member satisfies all of the following requirements:

(a)

the member is a Singapore citizen, or becomes a Singapore citizen —

(i)

if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, on or before 1 January in the year immediately following the relevant year; or

(ii)

if the relevant year is 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016, on or before —

(A)

the last day in a relevant quarter, for the purposes only of assessing the member’s eligibility to receive any benefit for that relevant quarter;

(B)

the last day in a quarter mentioned in regulation 5(11), for the purposes only of assessing the member’s eligibility to receive any benefit for that quarter; or

(C)

31 December in the relevant year, for any other purpose;

(b)

the member attains 35 years of age on or before 31 December in the relevant year or is a specified member;

(c)

the member was residing in a property with an annual value, on 31 December in the year immediately preceding the relevant year, not exceeding the amount specified for that relevant year in the Eighth Schedule;

(d)

if the relevant year is 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016, the member and the member’s spouse collectively do not own more than one immovable property as at 31 December in the year immediately preceding the relevant year;

(e)

the member has worked as an employee —

(i)

if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, for a period of at least —

(A)

3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or

(B)

6 months in the relevant year; or

(ii)

if the relevant year is 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016, for a period of at least —

(A)

2 months in any quarter in the relevant year;

(B)

3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or

(C)

6 months in the relevant year;

(f)

any of the following applies to the member:

(i)

if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, the member’s average monthly wage during the period or periods in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing the member’s eligibility to receive any provisional payment or credit) in the first 6 months of the relevant year, when the member has worked as an employee is —

(A)

more than $50 but less than $1,500, in any case where the relevant year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; or

(B)

more than $50 but not more than $1,700, in any case where the relevant year is 2010 or 2011;

(ii)

if the relevant year is 2012, the member’s average monthly wage during the period or periods in the relevant year when the member has worked as an employee is more than $50 but not more than $1,700;

(iii)

if the relevant year is 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016, the member’s average monthly wage during the period or periods in the relevant year when the member has worked as an employee is —

(A)

more than $50 but not more than $1,900; or

(B)

not more than $50, and the member has paid or received an additional contribution, to such of the member’s ordinary account, special account and medisave account as the Minister may direct, of an amount specified in paragraph (2);

(g)

if the relevant year is 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016, the member’s spouse does not have an assessable income of more than $70,000 for the purposes of a notice of assessment under the Income Tax Act 1947 for the year immediately preceding the relevant year.

Subregulation 2

The additional contribution to be paid or received by a member under paragraph (1)(f)(iii)(B) is —

(a)

if the relevant year is 2013 —

(i)

an amount equal to $8 for each month (up to the member’s 35th birthday month) that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50; or

(ii)

an amount equal to $1 for each month (after the member’s 35th birthday month) that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50;

(b)

if the relevant year is 2014 —

(i)

an amount equal to $8 for each month (up to the member’s 50th birthday month) that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50;

(ii)

an amount equal to $7 for each month (after the member’s 50th birthday month up to the member’s 55th birthday month) that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50;

(iii)

an amount equal to $5 for each month (after the member’s 55th birthday month up to the member’s 60th birthday month) that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50;

(iv)

an amount equal to $4 for each month (after the member’s 60th birthday month up to the member’s 65th birthday month) that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50; or

(v)

an amount equal to $3 for each month (after the member’s 65th birthday month) that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50;

(c)

if the relevant year is 2015 —

(i)

for each month up to the member’s 50th birthday month that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50, an amount of $8 for the months of January to May 2015 and $9 for the months of June to December 2015;

(ii)

for each month after the member’s 50th birthday month up to the member’s 55th birthday month that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50, an amount of $7 for the months of January to May 2015 and $8 for the months of June to December 2015;

(iii)

for each month after the member’s 55th birthday month up to the member’s 60th birthday month that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50, an amount of $5 for the months of January to May 2015 and $6 for the months of June to December 2015;

(iv)

for each month after the member’s 60th birthday month up to the member’s 65th birthday month that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50, an amount of $4; or

(v)

for each month after the member’s 65th birthday month that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50, an amount of $3 for the months of January to May 2015 and $4 for the months of June to December 2015; or

(d)

if the relevant year is 2016 —

(i)

for each month up to the member’s 55th birthday month that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50, an amount of $9;

(ii)

for each month after the member’s 55th birthday month up to the member’s 60th birthday month that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50, an amount of $7;

(iii)

for each month after the member’s 60th birthday month up to the member’s 65th birthday month that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50, an amount of $5; or

(iv)

for each month after the member’s 65th birthday month that the member earned an average wage of not more than $50, an amount of $4.

Subregulation 3

Where a member who satisfies the requirement in paragraph (1)(e) fails to satisfy any other requirement under paragraph (1) or (2), the member may nevertheless be an eligible member for the purposes of Part 6A of the Act and these Regulations if that other requirement is waived in relation to the member under regulation 4C.