No. S 586
Work Injury Compensation Act
(CHAPTER 354)
Work Injury Compensation Act
(Amendment of Third Schedule) Order 2015
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 44 of the Work Injury Compensation Act, the Minister for Manpower makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order may be cited as the Work Injury Compensation Act (Amendment of Third Schedule) Order 2015 and comes into operation on 1 January 2016.
Amendment of Third Schedule
2.  The Third Schedule to the Work Injury Compensation Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “$170,000 or be less than $57,000” in paragraph 1(2) and substituting the words “$204,000 or be less than $69,000”;
(b)by deleting the words “$218,000 or be less than $73,000” in paragraph 2(2) and substituting the words “$262,000 or be less than $88,000”;
(c)by deleting “$30,000” in paragraph 5(1)(b) and substituting “$36,000”; and
(d)by deleting sub‑paragraph (2) of paragraph 5 and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:
(2)  To avoid doubt, the cost of medical treatment includes, but is not limited to —
(a)the charges in connection with an emergency medical transport for the conveyance of an injured employee to receive medical treatment;
(b)the fees for medical reports required for the purposes of this Act;
(c)the charges for physiotherapy and occupational and speech therapy;
(d)the charges for case management, psychotherapy for the treatment of post‑traumatic stress disorder, functional capacity evaluation and worksite assessment, required for the purposes of rehabilitating and enabling an injured employee to return to work; and
(e)the cost of medicines, artificial limbs and surgical appliances.”.
Made on 2 October 2015.
LOH KHUM YEAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.
[C010-048-0004; AG/LEGIS/SL/354/2015/1 Vol. 1]