No. S 377
Singapore Armed Forces Act
(Chapter 295)
Singapore Armed Forces (Premium Plan) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 205A 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 (Premium Plan) (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 24
2.  Regulation 24 of the Singapore Armed Forces (Premium Plan) Regulations (Rg 22) is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (1)(a);
(b)by deleting sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:
(b)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
(c)one of the following:
(i)where the member has completed 10 years of reckonable service as at the date of his death, all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top-Up Account;
(ii)where the member has not completed 10 years of reckonable service as at the date of his death, a sum equal to such proportion of the Premium salary for each complete month of service as the Armed Forces Council may determine and all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CPF Top-Up Account; or
(iii)where the member was in the pensionable service in the Government immediately prior to his conversion to the Premium Plan on 31st March 2000 —
(A)all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top-Up Account; or
(B)a sum equal to the member’s accrued pension payable to the member under the Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations (Rg 9) had he remained on the pensionable service,
whichever is the greater.”; and
(c)by deleting the words “paragraph (1)(b)” wherever they appear in paragraphs (2) and (3) and substituting in each case the words “paragraph (1)(b) and (c)”.

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).