9. In the principal Regulations, replace regulation 30 with —| “Compensation for hospitalisation or medical leave for former members |
30.—(1) This regulation applies to a former member (M) who —| (a) | sustains, on or after 1 September 2020, any injury received in and which is attributable to service; | | (b) | after sustaining the injury mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) —| (i) | retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on any of the grounds specified in regulation 11; | | (ii) | resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces; or | | (iii) | is discharged, dismissed or terminated in any of the circumstances specified in regulation 17; |
| | (c) | on or after M’s service end date, is on hospitalisation leave or medical leave due to the injury; and | | (d) | if, while on the hospitalisation leave or medical leave —| (i) | is employed under a contract of service — suffers a loss of earnings under the contract of service as a result of the hospitalisation leave or medical leave, as the case may be; or | | (ii) | is engaged under a contract for services or engaged in any trade, business, profession or vocation — suffers a loss of income derived from the contract for services, trade, business, profession or vocation (as the case may be) as a result of the hospitalisation leave or medical leave, as the case may be. |
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(2) To avoid doubt, this regulation applies even if M is not —| (a) | employed under a contract of service; | | (b) | engaged under a contract for services; or | | (c) | engaged in any trade, business, profession or vocation. |
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| (3) Subject to paragraphs (4), (5) and (7) and regulation 41(1), M is eligible, starting on M’s service end date, to payment at the rate specified by the Armed Forces Council by General Order for each day when M is on hospitalisation leave or medical leave. |
(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply to hospitalisation leave or medical leave granted on any day after the earlier of the following:| (a) | where within one year after M’s service end date, M is paid an award in respect of total disability under regulation 26(2)(a), or regulation 26(1)(a) or (2)(a) as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be — the expiry of one year starting on M’s service end date; | | (b) | in any other case — the earlier of the following:| (i) | the date on which the award in respect of total disability under regulation 26(2)(a), or regulation 26(1)(a) or (2)(a) as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be, is paid; | | (ii) | the 720th day starting on M’s service end date. |
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| (5) M must apply for the payment mentioned in paragraph (3) no later than 720 days after M’s service end date or any later date that the Armed Forces Council may allow in any particular case. |
(6) Where M is eligible for any payment under paragraph (3), that payment must not be deducted from any of the following awards or compensation to which M becomes eligible:| (a) | an award or compensation in respect of total disability under regulation 26(2)(a), 35, 35A or 36, or regulation 26(1)(a) or (2)(a) or 36(1) as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be; | | (b) | an award or compensation in respect of partial disability under regulation 37(2), (3) or (5), or regulation 36(2) or 37 as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be. |
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| (7) If M has, before 1 January 2023, received any payment from the Government in respect of hospitalisation leave or medical leave in the circumstances specified in paragraph (1), the amount of the payment mentioned in paragraph (3) is to be reduced by the amount of the firstmentioned payment. |
(8) For the purposes of this regulation —| (a) | where M is certified by a health professional of an approved medical institution specified in the Second Schedule to be ill enough to need to be hospitalised but M is not hospitalised for any reason whatsoever, M is deemed to be hospitalised; and | | (b) | M is not taken to be on hospitalisation leave or medical leave on any day when M takes a rest day or paid leave under the Employment Act 1968 or the Child Development Co‑Savings Act 2001. |
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(9) In this regulation —“health professional” means —| (a) | a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997 and includes any person exempted from registration under that Act; or | | (b) | a registered dentist under the Dental Registration Act 1999, |
| and includes any medical practitioner or dentist registered to practise under the laws of the jurisdiction where M was certified to be ill enough to need to be hospitalised; |
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| “service end date” means the date on which M retires, resigns, is discharged or dismissed or has his service terminated, as the case may be. |
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| Compensation for loss of earnings from light duties for former members |
31.—(1) This regulation applies to a former member (N) who —| (a) | sustains, on or after 1 September 2020, any injury received in and which is attributable to service; | | (b) | after sustaining the injury mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) —| (i) | retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on any of the grounds specified in regulation 11; | | (ii) | resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces; or | | (iii) | is discharged, dismissed or terminated in any of the circumstances specified in regulation 17; and |
| | (c) | on or after N’s service end date, is on light duties due to the injury and suffers —| (i) | a loss of earnings under his contract of service; or | | (ii) | a loss of income derived from his contract for services, trade, business, profession or vocation. |
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| (2) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (6) and regulation 41(1), N is eligible, within a period of one year starting on N’s service end date, for payment at the rate specified by the Armed Forces Council by General Order for each day of light duties. |
| (3) The total payment under paragraph (2) to which N is eligible must not exceed $33,000. |
| (4) N must apply for the payment mentioned in paragraph (2) no later than one year after N’s service end date or any later date that the Armed Forces Council may allow in any particular case. |
(5) Where N is eligible for any payment under paragraph (2), that payment must not be deducted from any of the following awards or compensation to which N becomes eligible:| (a) | an award or compensation in respect of total disability under regulation 26(2)(a), 35, 35A or 36, or regulation 26(1)(a) or (2)(a) or 36(1) as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be; | | (b) | an award or compensation in respect of partial disability under regulation 37(2), (3) or (5), or regulation 36(2) or 37 as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be. |
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| (6) If N has, before 1 January 2023, received any payment from the Government in respect of light duties in the circumstances specified in paragraph (1), the amount of the payment mentioned in paragraph (2) is to be reduced by the amount of the firstmentioned payment. |
(7) For the purposes of this regulation —| (a) | N’s light duties must be granted by —| (i) | a medical officer of the Singapore Armed Forces; or | | (ii) | a medical professional of an approved medical institution specified in the Second Schedule; |
| | (b) | N’s entitlement to periodical payments for light duties does not apply during any period when N is absent without leave; and | | (c) | N is not taken to be on light duties on any day when N takes a rest day or paid leave under the Employment Act 1968 or the Child Development Co‑Savings Act 2001. |
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(8) In this regulation —“medical professional” means —| (a) | a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997 and includes any person exempted from registration under that Act; or | | (b) | a registered dentist under the Dental Registration Act 1999; |
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| “service end date” means the date on which N retires, resigns, is discharged or dismissed or has his service terminated, as the case may be.”. |
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