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No. S 375

Singapore Armed Forces Act

(Chapter 295)

Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 205 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act, the Armed Forces Council hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January 2003.

(2) These Regulations shall apply to any member dying on or after 1st January 2003.

Amendment of regulation 52

2. Regulation 52 of the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations (Rg 9) is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(b)

one of the following:

(i)

in the case of a member who is serving on contract —

(A)	a sum equivalent to the lump sum calculated for the death of a workman under the Third Schedule to the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Cap. 354), as if the member had been a workman under that Act; and
(B)	a gratuity at the rate specified in regulation 27 in respect of the period of his contract which he has completed; or

(ii)

in the case of a member who is referred to in regulation 37 but not serving on contract —

(A)	a sum equivalent to the lump sum calculated for the death of a workman under the Third Schedule to the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Cap. 354), as if the member had been a workman under that Act; or
(B)	a gratuity under regulation 37,

whichever is the greater.”; and

(b)

by deleting the regulation heading and substituting the following regulation heading:

“Compensation payable where member dies of injuries received in and which are attributable to service”.

Made this 23rd day of July 2003.

LEE YUEN HEE

Secretary,
Armed Forces Council,
Singapore.

[MINDEF 4-4/26-2-1-1/ML; AG/LEG/SL/295/2002/1 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 207 of the Singapore Armed Forces Act).