Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Method of disbursing cash grants
Subregulation 1
The Board may disburse a cash grant to an eligible individual —
by paying the amount of the cash grant into the individual’s bank account;
by paying the amount of the cash grant into the individual’s electronic wallet maintained by the Government known as GovCash;
subject to any directions of the Commissioner given to the Board under the Act — by any other electronic means; or
by issuing a cheque to the individual for the amount of the cash grant, and sending the cheque to the individual’s residential address or other address provided to the Board by the individual and approved by the Board.
Subregulation 2
A cash grant which an eligible individual is eligible to receive will be credited into the individual’s account in the Fund in accordance with section 14(1) or (1A) (as the case may be) of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953 —
if —
the individual fails to withdraw the cash grant disbursed under paragraph (1)(b) before the individual dies; or
the individual fails to encash a cheque issued to the individual under paragraph (1)(d) before the cheque expires; and
if the Commissioner so directs.
Subregulation 3
Despite paragraphs (1) and (2) —
where an eligible individual is a prisoner as defined in section 2 of the Prisons Act 1933, a cash grant which the individual is eligible to receive may be credited to the Inmate Property Account maintained for the individual by the Commissioner of Prisons, at the request of the prisoner;
where an eligible individual resides in an approved permanent premises in which a nursing home service is provided by a nursing home service licensee, a cash grant which the individual is eligible to receive may be credited to the bank account of the nursing home service licensee maintained for the individual, at the request of the person determined in accordance with paragraph (4); or
where a trust account has been set up with the Special Needs Trust Company Limited for an eligible individual, a cash grant which the individual is eligible to receive may be credited to the trust account of the individual, at the request of the person determined in accordance with paragraph (4).
Subregulation 4
If the eligible individual mentioned in paragraph (3)(b) or (c) —
lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2008 — the request must be made by —
a deputy appointed or deemed to be appointed for the individual by the court under that Act with power in relation to the individual for the purposes of these Regulations; or
a donee under a lasting power of attorney registered under that Act with power in relation to the individual for the purposes of these Regulations; or
has capacity — the request must be made by the eligible individual.
Subregulation 5
In this regulation —
Definition
“approved permanent premises” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;
Definition
“nursing home service” has the meaning given by the First Schedule to the Healthcare Services Act 2020;
Definition
“nursing home service licensee” means a person who holds a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide a nursing home service;
Definition
“residential address” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Central Provident Fund (Service of Documents) Regulations 2024 (G.N. No. S 712/2024).