Singapore legislation
Regulation 21
of Central Provident Fund (Home Protection Insurance Scheme) Regulations 2024
Regulation 21
Payment on death or incapacity of Scheme member
Subregulation 1
The following amounts are as specified in paragraph (2):
the amount payable under section 36(1) of the Act, or under section 36(1) of the Act as modified by the Central Provident Fund (Modifications to Act for Design‑Build‑and‑Sell Scheme) Order (O 7);
the amount payable at the time of incapacity of the Scheme member for the purposes of section 36(2)(a) of the Act.
Subregulation 2
Subject to section 36(9), (10) and (11) of the Act and regulation 22, the amount specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) is the lower of the following:
the outstanding cover of the Scheme member’s insurance cover under the Scheme at the time of the Scheme member’s death or incapacity, as the case may be;
the aggregate of the amounts mentioned in section 36(8)(a) and (b) of the Act.
Subregulation 3
The circumstances mentioned in section 36(1)(a) and (2)(a) of the Act are as follows:
either or both of the following apply:
the property for which the Scheme member was covered under the Scheme is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of;
the Scheme member’s liability to repay the housing loan is fully discharged;
the Board has not already made payment under section 36(1)(b) or (2)(b) of the Act (as the case may be), before sub‑paragraph (a) is satisfied.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of section 36(1)(a) or (2)(a) of the Act, the Board must pay the amount specified in paragraph (2) in any manner specified in paragraph (5) to any persons that the Board is satisfied to have discharged the Scheme member’s liability to repay the housing loan for the property for which the Scheme member is covered under the Scheme.
Subregulation 5
Payment under section 36(1)(a) or (2)(a) of the Act may be made to the person entitled to be paid —
by crediting that person’s account in the Fund;
by cash or cheque payment to that person; (c)by crediting that person’s bank account; or
by any other manner of payment applied for by that person and approved by the Board.
Subregulation 6
The amount payable by the Board under section 36(6) of the Act is determined in accordance with the formula (A + B) – C, where —
A is the amount specified in paragraph (2);
B is the amount of interest accrued on A as determined by the Board from the time the first monthly or other periodic loan instalment is made under section 36(2)(b) of the Act to the time the amount under this regulation is paid by the Board; and
C is the total amount paid by the Board under section 36(2)(b) of the Act.
Subregulation 7
Nothing in this regulation is to be construed as requiring the Board to make any payment to any person if the death or incapacity of the Scheme member occurs before the Scheme member’s insurance cover under the Scheme starts.