Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Women’s Charter (Enforcement of Maintenance Orders under Division 3 of Part 9) Regulations 2024
Regulation 2
Definitions
Subregulation 1
In these Regulations —
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“ACRA” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established by section 3 of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
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“CDP” means The Central Depository (Pte) Limited;
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“CPF Board” means the Central Provident Fund Board established by section 3 of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;
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“HDB” means the Housing and Development Board established by section 3 of the Housing and Development Act 1959;
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“IRAS” means the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore established by section 3 of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore Act 1992;
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“LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established by section 3 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;
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“MSF” means the Ministry of Social and Family Development;
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“Official Assignee” means the Official Assignee appointed under section 16(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, and includes a Deputy Official Assignee, a Senior Assistant Official Assignee and an Assistant Official Assignee;
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“party”, in relation to any maintenance enforcement application, means the applicant or the respondent in the maintenance enforcement application;
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“self‑employed individual” means an individual who works for gain or reward otherwise than under a contract of service, whether or not employing others;
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“Singapore bank account”, in relation to any bank (whether incorporated in Singapore or incorporated, formed or established outside Singapore), means any bank account opened by any of the bank’s branches or offices located within Singapore;
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“SLA” means the Singapore Land Authority established by section 3 of the Singapore Land Authority Act 2001;
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“System for Tracking, Reporting and Enforcement of Arrears for Maintenance” or “STREAM” means the electronic service accessible on the website at https://eservices.mlaw.gov.sg/Stream/MEDlogin, the purposes of which include the following:
the giving of directions by an MEO under section 86(1) of the Act;
the provision of any information that is required or permitted by the Act to be provided to any person.
Subregulation 2
In regulations 3 and 7, a reference to “last 3 years of assessment”, “last 6 months”, “last 12 months” or “last 15 months”, in relation to any information to be provided or obtained in relation to a maintenance enforcement application (called the required information) excludes the year of assessment or month (as the case may be) in which the maintenance enforcement application was made, unless the required information for that year of assessment or month (as the case may be) is available at the time the required information is to be provided or obtained.