Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Plan) Regulations

Home Affairs Uniformed Services Superannuation Act

(Chapter 126B, Section 3)

Rg 2

G.N. No. S 486/2001

REVISED EDITION 2004

(29th February 2004)

[1st October 2001]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Plan) Regulations.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Award Appeal Authority” means the Minister, or any person appointed by the Minister under section 21(3) of the Act;

“Central Provident Fund” or “CPF” means the Central Provident Fund established under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36);

“child” includes —

(a)	a posthumous child;
(b)	a step-child or an illegitimate child born before the date of the injury and wholly or mainly dependent upon the deceased officer for support; and
(c)	an adopted child, adopted in accordance with any statutory provision before the date of injury, and dependent as aforesaid;

[Deleted by S 627/2013 wef 01/10/2013]

“CPF Top-Up Account” means the CPF Top-Up Account maintained by the Board in respect of a member who is a senior police officer in accordance with the Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Fund) Regulations (Rg 1);

“discharge from the Police Force” means a discharge under section 20 of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235), regulation 71 of the Police Regulations (Cap. 235, Rg 1) or any other provision of that Act;

[S 413/2004 wef 12/07/2004]

“emoluments”, in relation to a member, means the member’s monthly basic salary plus the monthly variable component;

“former INVEST Plan member” means a member who is transferred from the service ––

(a)	to be appointed a public officer in a pensionable scheme of service designated by the President under section 3(4)(a) of the Pensions Act (Cap. 225) or any other scheme of service; or
(b)	under any written law to the employment of any statutory body under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs or such other statutory body as the Minister may determine; [S 269/2008 wef 01/06/2008]

“former junior police officer” means a member who is promoted from being a junior police officer to being a senior police officer on or after 1st October 2001;

“gross salary”, in relation to a member, means the basic salary, monthly variable component, non-pensionable component and non-pensionable variable payments only of the member’s total monthly salary;

“INVEST contribution cessation date” means —

(a)	in relation to a member who is a junior officer, the date which immediately precedes the 50th anniversary of the date of his birth; or
(b)	in relation to a member who is a senior officer, the date which immediately precedes the 55th anniversary of the date of his birth; [S 627/2013 wef 01/10/2013]

“junior officer” means —

(a)	a civil defence officer who is of or below the rank of Senior Warrant Officer Class 1;
(b)	an intelligence officer;
(c)	a narcotics officer who is below the rank of Inspector;
(d)	a junior police officer; or
(e)	a prison officer who is below the rank of Rehabilitation Officer;

“previous pensionable service”, in relation to a member, means service in the public service in respect of which a pension, gratuity or other allowance would have been payable to the member under the Pensions Act (Cap. 225) had he not converted to be a member;

“reckonable service” has the meaning assigned to it in Part III;

“Retention Account”, in relation to a member who is a junior officer or a junior officer who is appointed a senior officer after 1st October 2001, means the Retention Account in the Fund maintained by the Board in respect of that member in accordance with the Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Fund) Regulations (Rg 1);

“Retirement Account”, in relation to a member, means the Retirement Account in the Fund maintained by the Board in respect of that member in accordance with the Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Fund) Regulations;

“retirement age”, in relation to a member, means the retirement age of that member determined in accordance with regulation 10;

[S 627/2013 wef 01/10/2013]

“senior officer” means —

(a)	a civil defence officer who is of or above the rank of Lieutenant;
(b)	a narcotics officer of or above the rank of Inspector;
(c)	a senior police officer; or
(d)	a prison officer of or above the rank of Rehabilitation Officer.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, any reference to the gross salary of any member shall be the monthly gross salary last drawn by the member at the material time.

[G.N. Nos. S 486/2001; S 53/2003]

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