PART I | Citation and commencement |
| 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Singapore Armed Forces (Premium Plan) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 31st March 2000. |
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —| “approved institutional treatment” means any treatment approved by an Awards Officer in a hospital or similar institution; |
| “approved treatment” means a course of medical, surgical or rehabilitative treatment which is certified by an Awards Officer that a member should receive in consequence of any disablement in respect of which an award may be or has been made under these Regulations, but does not include any treatment which involves no or only occasional interruptions of the member’s normal employment; |
| “Awards Officer” means an Awards Officer appointed under regulation 3; |
| “Board” means the Board of Trustees appointed in accordance with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAVER-Premium Fund) Regulations (Rg 18); |
| “CARE Account”, in relation to a member, means the Career and Retirement Endowment (CARE) Account in the SAVER-Premium Fund maintained by the Board in respect of the member in accordance with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAVER-Premium Fund) Regulations; |
| “CARE Initial Quantum”, in relation to a member, means the initial lump sum contribution which may be granted by the Armed Forces Council to a member of the Premium Plan upon the member completing not less than 10 years of reckonable service; |
| “Central Provident Fund” or “CPF” means the Central Provident Fund established under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36); |
“child” means —| (a) | a person below the age of 21 years where the person is an unmarried female or is receiving full-time education, whether primary, secondary or tertiary; and | | (b) | in any other case, a person below the age of 18 years; |
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“compensation salary”, in relation to a member, means the consolidated salary, rank pay and vocation pay of the member, whether he is confirmed in any rank that he holds or otherwise, and includes —| (a) | military allowance or pay supplement, if payable at the relevant time; | | (b) | for the purposes of Parts V and VI, such reimbursement or pay to which the member is entitled or which is payable to him by his employer under section 24 of the Enlistment Act (Cap. 93); and | | (c) | any other allowance declared by the Armed Forces Council to be a component of the compensation salary, not being an allowance for the performance by a member of duties in a rank higher than his substantive or temporary rank; |
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| “compulsory retirement age”, in relation to a member, means the compulsory retirement age of the member determined in accordance with regulation 10; |
| “CPF Top-Up Account”, in relation to a member, means the CPF Top-Up Account in the SAVER-Premium Fund maintained by the Board in respect of the member in accordance with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAVER-Premium Fund) Regulations (Rg 18); |
“dependant”, in relation to a deceased member, means a person receiving regular and substantial support or benefit from the deceased member —| (a) | where the member’s death occurred during his service, throughout the period of 6 months ending with the member’s death; | | (b) | in any other case, throughout the period beginning 6 months prior to the termination of the member’s service and ending with the member’s death; or | | (c) | throughout such other period as the Armed Forces Council may determine in the exceptional circumstances of any case; |
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| “disablement” means physical or mental injury or damage or loss of any physical or mental capacity, and “disabled” shall be construed accordingly; |
“gross salary”, in relation to a member, means the consolidated salary, rank pay and vocation pay of the member, whether he is confirmed in any rank that he holds or otherwise, and includes —| (a) | pay supplement, if payable at the relevant time; | | (b) | bonuses, including performance bonuses; and | | (c) | such other allowances as the Armed Forces Council may determine, |
| but does not include any allowance paid to any member for the performance of duties in a rank higher than his substantive or temporary rank; |
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| “injury” includes wound or disease; |
“injuries received in and which are attributable to service” includes injuries received in the following circumstances: | (a) | whilst on a journey necessary to enable a member to report for duty or to return home after duty; or | | (b) | in consequence of some act lawfully performed in the discharge of the member’s duties; |
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“member”, in relation to the Premium Plan, means —| (a) | any person who enlists for regular service as a soldier on or after 1st January 2000, other than a non-uniformed serviceman; and | | (b) | any soldier, other than a non-uniformed serviceman, who opts to join the Premium Plan under Part VII; |
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| “non-pensionable service” means regular service in the Singapore Armed Forces which is neither pensionable service nor contract service; |
| “other dependant”, in relation to a deceased member, means a grandparent, step-parent, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, step-brother, step-sister or grandchild of the member; |
| “pensionable emoluments” has the same meaning as in the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations (Rg 9); |
| “pensionable service” means service in the Singapore Armed Forces in respect of which a pension, gratuity or other allowance will be paid to a serviceman on his retirement under the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations; |
| “Premium salary”, in relation to a member, means the consolidated monthly salary and includes such pay components, bonuses and allowances as the Armed Forces Council may determine; |
| “reckonable service” has the meaning assigned to it in Part III; |
| “regular service” means service under section 19 of the Enlistment Act (Cap. 93); |
| “SAVER Plan” means the SAVER Plan established by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAVER Plan) Regulations (Rg 19) made under section 205A of the Act; |
| “SAVER-Premium Fund” means the Savings and Employee Retirement and Premium Fund established under section 205B of the Act; |
| “START Account” means the Specialists’ Account to Reward Ten-year Engagement (START) Account in the SAVER-Premium Fund maintained by the Board in respect of the member in accordance with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAVER-Premium Fund) Regulations (Rg 18); |
| “Tribunal” means the Awards Appeal Tribunal appointed under regulation 4; |
| “volunteer” means a volunteer defined as such under the Singapore Armed Forces (Volunteers) Regulations (Rg 7) whilst engaged in colour training service and internal security duties. |
| (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, any reference to the gross salary, Premium salary or compensation salary of any member shall be the gross salary, Premium salary or compensation salary, as the case may be, last drawn by the member at the material time. |
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