Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
Regulation 5
Prescribed time for purposes of section 71(4)(a) of Act
Subregulation 1
Where a person wishes to claim a refund or payment of the following prescribed payments (being moneys paid to the Fund in error mentioned in regulation 3(a)) and the Board requires an application to be made under section 71(2) of the Act for the refund or payment, the prescribed time for the application is one year starting on the date on which the prescribed payment was paid in error:
a contribution made by an employer or a platform operator purportedly under section 7(1) or (4)(c) or 8A(1) or (4)(b) of the Act, as the case may be;
a contribution made by an employee purportedly under section 7(4)(b) of the Act;
a contribution made by or for a self‑employed person purportedly in accordance with the Central Provident Fund (Self‑Employed Persons) Regulations 1992 or under section 9A or 9B of the Act;
interest paid purportedly under section 9 of the Act.
Subregulation 2
Where a person wishes to claim a refund or payment of a prescribed payment specified in regulation 3(m) and the Board requires an application to be made under section 71(2) of the Act for the refund or payment, the prescribed time for the application is one year starting on the date on which the employee first becomes liable to repay the conditional wages to the employer.
Subregulation 3
Where an application is required under section 71(2) of the Act to claim a refund or payment of the prescribed payment specified in regulation 3(o), the prescribed time for the application is one year starting on the date on which the prescribed payment is paid.