Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Plan) Regulations 2002

No. S 128

Education Service Incentive Payment Act 2001

(Act 36 of 2001)

Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Plan) Regulations 2002

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1) of the Education Service Incentive Payment Act 2001, the Minister for Education hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Plan) Regulations 2002 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January 2002.

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 2002 (G.N. No. S 129/2002);

“leave” means leave of absence;

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

(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 2002 (G.N. No. S 129/2002);

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

Made this 19th day of March 2002.

CHIANG CHIE FOO

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education,
Singapore.

[EDUN C03-42-082 Vol. 2; AG/LEG/SL/87B/2002/1 Vol. 1]

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