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]

[Deleted by S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

“discharge from the Police Force” means a discharge under section 14 of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235) or any other provision of that Act;

[S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

“eligible junior officer” means a junior officer who —

(a)	is a member on 31 December 2018; or
(b)	is on contract service on 31 December 2018, and becomes a member on or after 1 January 2019 immediately following that contract service; [S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

“eligible senior officer” means a senior officer who is, on 31 December 2018, a member and whose amount standing to his credit in his Retention Account has not fully vested in him;

[S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

“eligible transferred junior officer” means a junior officer who —

(a)	transferred from the service to another scheme of service in the public service before 1 January 2019; and
(b)	rejoins the service on transfer without break from the public service on or after 1 January 2019; [S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

“eligible transferred senior officer” means a senior officer who —

(a)	transferred from the service to another scheme of service in the public service before 1 January 2019 where the amount standing to his credit in his Retention Account has not fully vested in him; and
(b)	rejoins the service on transfer without break from the public service on or after 1 January 2019; [S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

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

“former INVEST Plan member” means an individual who —

(a)

before 1 January 2019, transfers from the service —

(i)	to another scheme of service in the public service; or
(ii)	to the employment of any statutory body approved by the Minister before the transfer, by virtue of any written law; or

(b)

on or after 1 January 2019, transfers from the service —

(i)	to the Administrative Service; or
(ii)	to the employment of any statutory body approved by the Minister before the transfer, by virtue of any written law; [S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

[Deleted by S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

“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”, in relation to a member, means the date immediately before the 56th anniversary of the date of the member’s birth;

[S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

[S 442/2021 wef 01/07/2021]

“junior officer” means —

(a)	a civil defence officer who is below the rank of Lieutenant; [S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]
(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 an eligible junior officer, eligible senior officer, eligible transferred junior officer or eligible transferred senior officer, 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);

[S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019]

“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.

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