Singapore Armed Forces Act |
Singapore Armed Forces (Premium Plan) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 |
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Citation and commencement |
1. These Regulations are the Singapore Armed Forces (Premium Plan) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 1 September 2020. |
Amendment of regulation 2 |
Amendment of regulation 2A |
3. Regulation 2A of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “provided in”, the words “these Regulations or”. |
Amendment of regulation 8 |
4. Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations is amended —
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Amendment of regulation 9 |
5. Regulation 9(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “member” in sub‑paragraph (h), the words “(except for the whole period of no pay maternity leave)”. |
Amendment of regulation 11 |
6. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (g) and substituting the following paragraph:
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Amendment of regulation 12 |
7. Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is amended —
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Amendment of regulation 14 |
8. Regulation 14(2) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “and on the application of the person eligible to withdraw the money under regulation 19”. |
Amendment of regulation 16 |
9. Regulation 16(3) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (a) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:
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Amendment of regulation 18 |
10. Regulation 18 of the principal Regulations is amended —
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Amendment of regulation 19 |
11. Regulation 19(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —
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Amendment of regulation 24 |
12. Regulation 24 of the principal Regulations is amended —
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Amendment of regulation 26 |
13. Regulation 26 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (a) of paragraphs (1) and (2) and substituting in each case the following sub‑paragraph:
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Amendment of regulation 27 |
14. Regulation 27(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “such a proportion of the compensation equivalent to the lump sum calculated for permanent total incapacity of an employee under the Third Schedule to the Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354) as if he was an employee under that Act, as the degree of disablement bears to total disablement” and substituting the words “compensation calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 of the First Schedule to the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 in respect of the injury as if the member were an employee under that Act”. |
Amendment of regulation 28 |
15. Regulation 28 of the principal Regulations is amended —
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Deletion of regulation 29 |
16. Regulation 29 of the principal Regulations is deleted. |
Deletion of regulations 31, 32 and 33 |
17. Regulations 31, 32 and 33 of the principal Regulations are deleted. |
Amendment of regulation 36 |
18. Regulation 36 of the principal Regulations is amended —
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Amendment of regulation 37 |
19. Regulation 37 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:
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Amendment of regulation 38 |
20. Regulation 38 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” in paragraphs (1) and (2) and substituting in each case 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 41 |
21. Regulation 41(1) 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 member’s injury received in and which is attributable to service has”. |
Amendment of heading to Part VII |
22. Part VII of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “CONVERSION” in the Part heading, the words “FROM PENSION, ETC.,”. |
New Part VIII |
23. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 45, the following Part:
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Amendment of First Schedule |
24. The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —
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Saving provisions |
25.—(1) Despite regulation 12(a), regulation 24(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/295/2015/7 Vol. 1] |
(To be presented to Parliament under section 207 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act). |