Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Plan) Regulations

Education Service Incentive Payment Act

(Chapter 87B, Section 3(1))

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G.N. No. S 128/2002

REVISED EDITION 2003

(31st January 2003)

[1st January 2002]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Plan) Regulations.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“aided school teacher” means a person who is employed by the manager of an aided school for teaching duties;

“Award Administrator” means any public officer appointed under regulation 3 to be an Award Administrator;

“contribution”, in relation to any member, means the annual sum payable by the Government in respect of the member in accordance with regulation 8;

“Education Service” means the Education Scheme of Service of the Singapore Civil Service;

“Forfeiture Account” has the same meaning as in the Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Fund) Rules (R 1);

“leave” means leave of absence;

“length of service”, in relation to a member, means the period beginning on the date the member —

(a)	is appointed (whether before, on or after 1st January 2002) to the Education Service to any grade below Superscale grade (but not Grade 1.2 or 2.2 or its equivalent); or
(b)	is employed as an aided school teacher (whether before, on or after 1st January 2002) on remuneration terms equivalent to a person referred to in paragraph (a),

and ending on 1st January of every year thereafter;

“member” means any member of the CONNECT Plan, being either —

(a)	a public officer appointed (whether before, on or after 1st January 2002) to the Education Service to any grade below Superscale grade (but not Grades 1.2 and 2.2); or
(b)	an aided school teacher (whether employed before, on or after 1st January 2002) and on remuneration terms equivalent to any member referred to in paragraph (a);

“member’s account”, in relation to a member, means the subsidiary account within the CONNECT Fund which is maintained in respect of the member in accordance with the Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Fund) Rules (R 1);

“qualifying service” has the meanings assigned in regulations 4 and 5;

“serving member” means any member who, immediately before 1st January 2002, is —

(a)	a public officer appointed to the Education Service to any grade below Superscale grade (but not Grade 1.2 or 2.2); or
(b)	an aided school teacher on remuneration terms equivalent to a person referred to in paragraph (a).

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person shall not be regarded as being appointed to the Education Service or employed for teaching duties if the person is appointed or employed under a contract of service for a term.

(3) In calculating the number of years of a member’s length of service, any fraction of a year shall be rounded up to the next whole number.

Award Administrators

3. The Minister may —

(a)	appoint one or more public officers as Award Administrators to assess and pay awards to be granted or granted under these Regulations; and
(b)	give such directions as he thinks fit to the Award Administrators in the discharge of their duties.

[G.N. No. S 128/2002]

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