PART I | 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Service Incentive Payment (CONNECT Plan) Regulations. |
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; |
| [Deleted by S 779/2015 wef 01/10/2015] |
“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 referred to in paragraph (a); [S 779/2015 wef 01/10/2015] |
|
| [Deleted by S 779/2015 wef 01/10/2015] |
“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 referred to in paragraph (a); [S 779/2015 wef 01/10/2015] |
|
| “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; [S 779/2015 wef 01/10/2015] |
| “contribution”, in relation to any member, means a sum payable by the Government in respect of the member in accordance with regulations 8 or 16; [S 442/2008 wef 01/01/2008] |
| “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 (R 1); |
| “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 1st 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 [S 779/2015 wef 01/10/2015] | | (b) | is employed as an aided school teacher (whether before, on or after 1st 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), [S 442/2008 wef 01/01/2008] [S 779/2015 wef 01/10/2015] |
| 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 the grade of General Education Officer 1 (Untrained), General Education Officer 2 (Untrained) or their equivalent); or [S 442/2008 wef 01/01/2008] [S 779/2015 wef 01/10/2015] | | (b) | an aided school teacher (whether employed before, on or after 1st January 2002) on remuneration terms equivalent to those of a public officer referred to in paragraph (a); [S 442/2008 wef 01/01/2008] |
|
| “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 (R 1); |
| “non-qualifying leave without pay” means any leave without pay that is not qualifying leave without pay; [S 860/2020 wef 17/08/2008] |
| “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; [S 860/2020 wef 17/08/2008] |
| “qualifying service” has the meanings assigned in 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 [S 779/2015 wef 01/10/2015] | | (b) | an aided school teacher on remuneration terms equivalent to those of a public officer referred to in paragraph (a); [S 442/2008 wef 01/01/2008] [S 539/2018 wef 04/09/2018] |
|
“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; |
[S 861/2020 wef 01/01/2021] |
| “written warning” means a warning issued under direction 5(2) of the Public Service Commission (Delegation of Disciplinary Functions) Directions (Const., Dir 1). [S 539/2018 wef 04/09/2018] |
| (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. |
|
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 such directions as he thinks fit to the Award Administrators in the discharge of their duties. |
|
|
