Singapore legislation
Regulation 4A
of Central Provident Fund (Workfare Income Supplement Scheme) Regulations 2007
Regulation 4A
Eligibility criteria for dual status worker where relevant year is any year from 2007 to 2012
Subregulation 1
Where the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012, subject to regulations 4BA and 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:
the member is a Singapore citizen, or becomes a Singapore citizen —
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
if the relevant year is 2012, on or before —
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;
the last day in a quarter mentioned in regulation 6A(13), for the purposes only of assessing the member’s eligibility to receive any benefit for that quarter; or
31 December in the relevant year, for any other purpose;
the member attains 35 years of age on or before 31 December in the relevant year or is a specified member;
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;
either of the following applies to the member:
the member has worked —
as an employee —
(AA)if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, for a period of at least —
3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or
6 months in the relevant year; or
(AB)if the relevant year is 2012, for a period of at least —
2 months in any quarter in the relevant year;
3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or
6 months in the relevant year; and
as a self‑employed person for a period of at least one month in the relevant year;
the member has worked —
as a self‑employed person —
(AA)if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, for a period of at least —
3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or
6 months in the relevant year; or
(AB)if the relevant year is 2012, for a period of at least —
2 months in any quarter in the relevant year;
3 months in any 6 consecutive months in the relevant year; or
6 months in the relevant year; and
as an employee for a period of at least one month in the relevant year;
either of the following applies to the member:
if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, the member’s average monthly income 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 a dual status worker is —
more than $50 but less than $1,500, in any case where the relevant year is 2007, 2008 or 2009;
more than $50 but not more than $1,700, in any case where the relevant year is 2010; or
not more than $1,700, in any case where the relevant year is 2011;
if the relevant year is 2012 —
for the purposes only of assessing the member’s eligibility to receive any benefit for any quarter, 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; or
for any other purpose, the member’s average monthly income during the period or periods in the relevant year when the member has worked as a dual status worker is not more than $1,700;
the member has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (2), every contribution which the member is liable to pay under the Central Provident Fund (Self‑Employed Persons) Regulations 1992 —
for 2007, if the relevant year is 2007;
for 2007 and 2008, if the relevant year is 2008;
for 2007 to 2009, if the relevant year is 2009;
for 2007 to 2010, if the relevant year is 2010; or
for the relevant year and the 2 years immediately preceding that relevant year, if the relevant year is 2011 or 2012;
where the member’s declared income in any year from 2007 to 2012 does not exceed $6,000, the member has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (2), an additional contribution solely for the purposes of the member’s medisave account, of an amount specified in paragraph (3) —
for 2007, if the relevant year is 2007;
for each of 2007 and 2008, if the relevant year is 2008;
for each of 2007 to 2009, if the relevant year is 2009;
for each of 2007 to 2010, if the relevant year is 2010; or
for each of the relevant year and the 2 years immediately preceding that relevant year, if the relevant year is 2011 or 2012.
Subregulation 2
The member must pay the contribution mentioned in paragraph (1)(f) for any year, and the additional contribution mentioned in paragraph (1)(g), (5) or (6) for any year —
for any purpose other than the purposes mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b) —
by 31 December 2011, if that year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; or
by 31 December of the second year after that year, if that year is 2010, 2011 or 2012; or
for the purposes only of assessing the member’s eligibility to receive any provisional credit for any relevant year from 2007 to 2011, by the earlier of —
31 July of that relevant year; or
the date specified in sub‑paragraph (a).
Subregulation 3
The additional contribution payable by a member under paragraph (1)(g) for any year is —
where the member is below 35 years of age on 1 January that year —
an amount equal to 2.17% of the member’s declared income in that year (called in this paragraph the relevant income), subject to a minimum of $13, if that year is 2007, 2008 or 2009;
an amount equal to 2.22% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $13, if that year is 2010; or
an amount equal to 2.33% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $14, if that year is 2011 or 2012;
where the member has attained 35 years of age but is below 45 years of age on 1 January that year —
an amount equal to 2.5% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $15, if that year is 2007, 2008 or 2009;
an amount equal to 2.56% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $15, if that year is 2010; or
an amount equal to 2.67% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $16, if that year is 2011 or 2012; or
where the member is 45 years of age or older on 1 January that year —
an amount equal to 2.83% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $17, if that year is 2007, 2008 or 2009;
an amount equal to 2.89% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $17, if that year is 2010; or
an amount equal to 3% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $18, if that year is 2011 or 2012.
Subregulation 4
Where a member who satisfies the requirement in paragraph (1)(d) fails to satisfy any other requirement under paragraph (1), (2) or (3), 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.
Subregulation 5
Despite paragraph (1)(g) and without affecting paragraph (4), where a member (who satisfies the requirement in paragraph (1)(d)) to whom paragraph (1)(g)(iv) applies fails to pay an additional contribution solely for the purposes of the member’s medisave account of such amount specified in paragraph (3)(a)(ii), (b)(ii) or (c)(ii) as is applicable to the member, but otherwise satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1)(g)(iv), the member may nevertheless be an eligible member, for the purposes of receiving any provisional payment or credit of part of the benefits to which the member is entitled in the relevant year 2010, if the member has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (2), an additional contribution solely for the purposes of the member’s medisave account of —
an amount equal to 2.17% of the member’s income in the first 6 months of 2010 (called in this paragraph the relevant income), subject to a minimum of $7, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (3)(a)(ii);
an amount equal to 2.5% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $8, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (3)(b)(ii); or
an amount equal to 2.83% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $9, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (3)(c)(ii).
Subregulation 6
Despite paragraph (1)(g) and without affecting paragraph (4), where a member (who satisfies the requirement in paragraph (1)(d)) to whom paragraph (1)(g)(v) applies fails to pay an additional contribution solely for the purposes of the member’s medisave account of such amount specified in paragraph (3)(a)(iii), (b)(iii) or (c)(iii) as is applicable to the member, but otherwise satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1)(g)(v), the member may nevertheless be an eligible member, for the purposes of receiving any provisional payment or credit of part of the benefits to which the member is entitled in the relevant year 2011, if the member has paid, by the date specified in paragraph (2), an additional contribution solely for the purposes of the member’s medisave account of —
an amount equal to 2.33% of the member’s income in the first 6 months of that relevant year (called in this paragraph the relevant income), subject to a minimum of $7, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (3)(a)(iii);
an amount equal to 2.67% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $8, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (3)(b)(iii); or
an amount equal to 3% of the relevant income, subject to a minimum of $9, in lieu of paying the amount specified in paragraph (3)(c)(iii).
Subregulation 7
This regulation does not affect the eligibility of any dual status worker to receive any benefit under the Scheme which —
the member has received before 30 June 2010; or
the member has been assessed before 30 June 2010 to be eligible to receive.
Subregulation 8
In paragraph (1)(e), “average monthly income”, in relation to a member to whom paragraph (1)(d)(i) or (ii) applies, means the amount ascertained in accordance with the formula:where Ais the total amount of wages received by the member as an employee in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing the member’s eligibility to receive any provisional payment or credit for any relevant year from 2007 to 2011) in the first 6 months of the relevant year;Bis the member’s declared income in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing the member’s eligibility to receive any provisional payment or credit for any relevant year from 2007 to 2011) the member’s income in the first 6 months of the relevant year; andCis the total number of months in the relevant year, or (for the purposes only of assessing the member’s eligibility to receive any provisional payment or credit for any relevant year from 2007 to 2011) in the first 6 months of the relevant year, during which the member has worked as an employee, as a self‑employed person or as both.