Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
of Central Provident Fund (Workfare Income Supplement Scheme) Regulations 2007
Regulation 6
Benefits of self‑employed eligible member under Scheme
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), when a self‑employed eligible member is entitled to receive any benefit, the Board must —
if the relevant year is 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 or 2012, credit, to the member’s medisave account, a relevant contribution of an amount equal to the value of the benefit; or
if the relevant year is 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016 —
make a cash payment to the member of an amount (rounded up to the nearest dollar) equivalent to one‑tenth of the value of all benefits which the member is then entitled to receive; and
credit a relevant contribution, of an amount equivalent to the difference between the value of all benefits which the member is then entitled to receive and the value of the cash payment under sub‑paragraph (i), to the member’s medisave account.
Subregulation 2
Instead of making a cash payment under paragraph (1)(b)(i), the Board may credit to the self‑employed eligible member’s ordinary account, special account or medisave account, as the Minister may direct, an additional relevant contribution of an amount equivalent to the value of the cash payment if —
the Board has attempted to make the cash payment by issuing a cheque to the member;
the Board has notified the member of the issue of the cheque; and
the member fails to encash the cheque before the cheque expires.
Subregulation 3
The total value of all benefits which a self‑employed eligible member is entitled to receive in any relevant year is as follows:
where the member is a category 1 self‑employed eligible member, the total value of all benefits which the member is entitled to receive is as set out in —
the table under paragraph 1 of the Third Schedule, if the relevant year is 2007, 2008 or 2009;
the table under paragraph 2 of the Third Schedule, if the relevant year is 2010, 2011 or 2012; or
the table under paragraph 3 of the Third Schedule, if the relevant year is 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016;
where the member is a category 2 self‑employed eligible member, the total value of all benefits which the member is entitled to receive is as set out in —
the table under paragraph 1 of the Fourth Schedule, if the relevant year is 2007, 2008 or 2009;
the table under paragraph 2 of the Fourth Schedule, if the relevant year is 2010, 2011 or 2012; or
the table under paragraph 3 of the Fourth Schedule, if the relevant year is 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016;
where the member is a category 3 self‑employed eligible member, the total value of all benefits which the member is entitled to receive is as set out in —
the table under paragraph 4 of the Fourth Schedule, if the relevant year is 2012; or
the table under paragraph 5 of the Fourth Schedule, if the relevant year is 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016.
Subregulation 4
Subject to paragraph (5), a self‑employed eligible member must receive the benefits to which the member is entitled in any relevant year as soon as practicable after the member has satisfied, for the relevant year, the requirement mentioned in regulation 4(1)(h) and, where applicable, the requirement mentioned in regulation 4(1)(i).
Subregulation 5
A self‑employed eligible member may receive a provisional credit of part of the benefits to which the member is entitled in any relevant year from 2007 to 2011 before the end of the relevant year, and the remainder of the benefits to which the member is entitled in the relevant year as soon as practicable after the member has satisfied, for the relevant year, the requirement mentioned in regulation 4(1)(h) and, where applicable, the requirement mentioned in regulation 4(1)(i), if the member —
is a Singapore citizen, or becomes a Singapore citizen on or before —
1 July in the relevant year, if the relevant year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; or
30 June in the relevant year, if the relevant year is 2010 or 2011;
has worked as a self‑employed person for a period of at least 3 months in the first 6 months of the relevant year; and
has, for the purposes of receiving the provisional credit, declared to the Board (in such form and manner as the Board may require) the member’s income in the first 6 months of the relevant year, if the relevant year is 2010 or 2011.
Subregulation 6
The value of the benefits which a self‑employed eligible member is entitled to receive provisionally in any relevant year from 2007 to 2011 is as set out in —
the table under paragraph 1 of the Fifth Schedule, if the relevant year is 2007, 2008 or 2009; or
the table under paragraph 2 of the Fifth Schedule, if the relevant year is 2010 or 2011.
Subregulation 7
Despite paragraph (3), where the value of the benefits which a self‑employed eligible member has received provisionally in any relevant year (being 2010 or 2011) exceeds the total value of all benefits which the member is entitled to receive in that relevant year, the Board is not required to recover, on behalf of the Government, the excess benefits from the member.
Subregulation 8
Despite paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5) and (6), where a self‑employed eligible member is entitled in any relevant year to receive any benefit —
where the relevant year is 2010, 2011 or 2012 —
the Board may, in its discretion, credit a relevant contribution under paragraph (1), or make a provisional credit under paragraph (5), in favour of the member, of such amount as the Minister may direct (being an amount which exceeds the amount of the relevant contribution or provisional credit (as the case may be) which the member is otherwise entitled to receive in that relevant year); and
the member is entitled to retain the full amount of the relevant contribution or provisional credit (as the case may be) credited or made by the Board; and
where the relevant year is 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2016 —
the Board may, in its discretion, make a cash payment under paragraph (1)(b)(i), or credit a relevant contribution under paragraph (1)(b)(ii) or in accordance with paragraph (2), in favour of the member, of such amount as the Minister may direct (being an amount which exceeds the amount of the cash payment or relevant contribution (as the case may be) which the member is otherwise entitled to receive in that relevant year); and
the member is entitled to retain the full amount of the cash payment or relevant contribution (as the case may be) made or credited by the Board.