Pensions (Expatriate Officers) Bill

Bill No. 13/1976

Read the first time on 23rd July 1976.

An Act to give effect to the Public Officers’ Pension (Singapore) Agreement, 1976, between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Pensions (Expatriate Officers) Act, 1976.

Interpretation

2. In this Act —

“Agreement” means the Public Officers’ Pension (Singapore) Agreement, 1976, between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed at Singapore on the 26th day of March 1976;

“law relating to pensions” means —

(a)	the Retirement from the Public Service (Compensation) Ordinance, 1956 (Ord. 43 of 1956);
(b)	the Pensions Act (Cap. 55) and the regulations made thereunder; and
(c)	the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Act (Cap. 58);

“officer” means an officer to whom the Public Officers Agreement between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of Malaysia in respect of Singapore signed at Kuala Lumpur on the 9th day of July, 1964, applies or applied and who was not a citizen of Singapore on the 1st day of April 1971, or who, having retired from the public service or having died in public service after that date, is not or was not a citizen of Singapore at the time of his retirement or death, as the case may be.

Law relating to pensions to cease to apply to officers and other persons falling within Agreement

3. With effect from the appointed day specified for the purpose of the Agreement, the law relating to pensions shall cease to apply to any officer or to his widow or child or to his legal personal representative in respect of whom the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has assumed responsibility for the payment of pension in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.

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