Singapore Armed Forces Act |
Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 |
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Citation and commencement |
1. These Regulations are the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 1 September 2020. |
Amendment of regulation 2 |
Amendment of regulation 3 |
3. Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “injury received in and” in paragraphs (2) and (4), the words “which is”. |
Amendment of regulation 38 |
4. Regulation 38(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “injuries received in and which are” and substituting the words “any injury received in and which is”. |
Amendment of regulation 39 |
5. Regulation 39 of the principal Regulations is amended —
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Amendment of regulation 40 |
6. Regulation 40 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “injury received in and” in paragraph (a), the words “which is”. |
Amendment of regulation 41 |
7. Regulation 41(2) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:
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Amendment of regulation 49 |
8. Regulation 49 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “injury (not being a minor injury specified in the Third Schedule) received in and which was attributable to service” and substituting the words “injury received in and which is attributable to service (not being a minor injury specified in the Third Schedule)”. |
Amendment of regulation 50 |
9. Regulation 50 of the principal Regulations is amended —
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Amendment of regulation 51 |
10. Regulation 51(4) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “First Schedule to the Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354)” and substituting the words “Fourth Schedule to the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019”. |
Deletion of regulation 52 |
11. Regulation 52 of the principal Regulations is deleted. |
Deletion of regulations 54, 55 and 56 |
12. Regulations 54, 55 and 56 of the principal Regulations are deleted. |
Amendment of regulation 58 |
13. Regulation 58 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “any sum equivalent to the lump sum applicable under the Third Schedule to the Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354) as if a member was” and substituting the words “compensation calculated in accordance with paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of the First Schedule to the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 as if a member were”. |
Amendment of regulation 59 |
14. Regulation 59(2) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “the injuries that were received in and which were attributable to service have” and substituting the words “a deceased member’s injury received in and which is attributable to service has”. |
Deletion and substitution of Third Schedule |
15. The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
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Saving provisions |
16.—(1) Despite regulation 5(a), regulation 39(1)(b) of the principal Regulations as in force before 1 September 2020 continues to apply, as if the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 (Act 27 of 2019) had not been enacted, to —
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Secretary, Armed Forces Council, Singapore. |
[MINDEF U96J/16-2-3-5; AG/LEGIS/SL/295/2020/4 Vol. 1] |
(To be presented to Parliament under section 207 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act). |