Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Plan) Regulations 2002

Education Service Incentive Payment Act 2001

(Section 3(1))

Education Service Incentive Payment
(CONNECT Plan) Regulations 2002

2024 REVISED EDITION

(18 December 2024)

[1 January 2002]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations are the Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Plan) Regulations 2002.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations —

“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;

“Category A member of the old scheme” means a member who, on or before 1 October 2015, did not opt to become a Category C member, and who is —

(a)

a public officer appointed to the Education Service who has attained the grade of —

(i)	General Education Officer 1 (Trained);
(ii)	General Education Officer 1A1;
(iii)	General Education Officer 1A2;
(iv)	General Education Officer 1A3; or
(v)	Senior Education Officer 1; or

(b)

an aided school teacher on remuneration terms equivalent to those of a public officer mentioned in paragraph (a);

“Category B member of the old scheme” means a member who, on or before 1 October 2015, did not opt to become a Category C member, and who is —

(a)

a public officer appointed to the Education Service who has attained the grade of —

(i)	General Education Officer 2 (Trained);
(ii)	General Education Officer 2A2;
(iii)	General Education Officer 2A3; or
(iv)	General Education Officer II; or

(b)

an aided school teacher on remuneration terms equivalent to those of a public officer mentioned in paragraph (a);

“Category C member” means any member who is neither a Category A member of the old scheme nor a Category B member of the old scheme;

“contribution”, in relation to any member, means a sum payable by the Government in respect of the member in accordance with regulation 8 or 16;

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

“Forfeiture Account” has the meaning given by the Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Fund) Rules 2002;

“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 1 January 2002) to the Education Service to any grade below Superscale grade (but not the grade of General Education Officer 1 (Untrained), General Education Officer 2 (Untrained) or their equivalent); or
(b)	is employed as an aided school teacher (whether before, on or after 1 January 2002) on remuneration terms equivalent to those of a public officer appointed to the Education Service to any grade below Superscale grade (but not the grade of General Education Officer 1 (Untrained), General Education Officer 2 (Untrained) or their equivalent),

and ending on 1 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 1 January 2002) to the Education Service to any grade below Superscale grade (but not the grade of General Education Officer 1 (Untrained), General Education Officer 2 (Untrained) or their equivalent); or
(b)	an aided school teacher (whether employed before, on or after 1 January 2002) on remuneration terms equivalent to those of a public officer mentioned 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 2002;

“non-qualifying leave without pay” means any leave without pay that is not qualifying leave without pay;

“qualifying leave without pay” means any leave without pay that is regarded, under the provisions of the Instruction Manual relating to the types of leave of a member for the time being in force, as counting towards a member’s length of service for the purpose of determining service benefits;

“qualifying service” has the meanings given by regulations 4 and 5;

“serving member”, as at any specified date, means any member who, immediately before that date, is —

(a)	a public officer appointed to the Education Service to any grade below Superscale grade (but not the grade of General Education Officer 1 (Untrained), General Education Officer 2 (Untrained) or their equivalent); or
(b)	an aided school teacher on remuneration terms equivalent to those of a public officer mentioned in paragraph (a);

“specified employment” means —

(a)	employment with an employer that is specified in Part 1 of the Third Schedule; or
(b)	employment with an employer that is specified in the first column of Part 2 of the Third Schedule at a place of employment that is specified opposite in the second column;

“written warning” means a warning issued under direction 5(2) of the Public Service Commission (Delegation of Disciplinary Functions) Directions (Const., Dir 1).

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is not 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 must 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 any directions that he or she thinks fit to the Award Administrators in the discharge of their duties.

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