Prevention of Corruption (Occupational Superannuation Scheme) Regulations 2003

No. S 51

Prevention of Corruption Act
(Chapter 241)

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 4A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Prime Minister hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention of Corruption (Occupational Superannuation Scheme) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 30th January 2003.

Definitions

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

“2001 Scheme” means the Occupational Superannuation Scheme established for CPIB officers appointed on or after 1 November 2001 but before 1 September 2023 in accordance with these Regulations;

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“2023 Scheme” means the Occupational Superannuation Scheme established for CPIB officers appointed on or after 1 September 2023 in accordance with these Regulations;

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“Award Appeal Authority” means the Minister or any other person appointed by the Minister under regulation 3(1)(b) to hear and determine any appeal in respect of any award of benefits made by any award officer;

“award officer” means an award officer appointed by the Minister under regulation 3(1)(a);

“Board” means the Board of Trustees appointed under section 19 of the Home Affairs Uniformed Services Superannuation Act 2001;

[S 607/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

[Deleted by S 792/2021 wef 01/11/2021]

“Central Provident Fund” or “CPF” means the Central Provident Fund established under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;

[S 607/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

“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.

“CPIB officer” means a junior officer or a senior officer;

“compulsory retirement age”, in relation to a member of the 2001 Scheme or 2023 Scheme, means the compulsory retirement age of that member determined in accordance with regulation 10;

[S 792/2021 wef 01/11/2021]

[S 607/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“eligible junior officer” means a junior officer who is a member of the 2001 Scheme on 30 April 2019;

[S 403/2019 wef 01/05/2019]

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“eligible senior officer” means a senior officer who is, on 30 April 2019, a member of the 2001 Scheme and whose amount standing to his credit in his Retention Account has not fully vested in him;

[S 403/2019 wef 01/05/2019]

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“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 May 2019; and
(b)	rejoins the service on transfer without break from the public service on or after 1 May 2019; [S 403/2019 wef 01/05/2019]

“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 May 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 May 2019; [S 403/2019 wef 01/05/2019]

“emoluments” in relation to a member of the 2001 Scheme or 2023 Scheme, means the member’s monthly basic salary plus the monthly variable component;

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

[Deleted by S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“former member of the 2001 Scheme” means an individual who —

(a)	before 1 May 2019, transfers from the service to another scheme of service in the public service; or
(b)	on or after 1 May 2019, transfers from the service to the Administrative Service,

and who, immediately before the transfer, is a member of the 2001 Scheme;

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“gross salary”, in relation to a member of the 2001 Scheme, means the basic salary, monthly variable component, non-pensionable component and non-pensionable variable payments only of the member’s total monthly salary;

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“junior officer” means an officer appointed under the Corrupt Practices Investigation Service (Junior) Scheme of Service;

[Deleted by S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“member of the 2001 Scheme” means —

(a)

any CPIB officer appointed on or after 1 November 2001 who has not exercised the option to convert to the 2023 Scheme in accordance with regulation 38; or

(b)

any CPIB officer appointed before 1 November 2001 who —

(i)	exercised the option to convert to the 2001 Scheme under regulation 33; but
(ii)	has not exercised the option to convert to the 2023 Scheme in accordance with regulation 38; [S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“member of the 2023 Scheme” means —

(a)	any CPIB officer appointed on or after 1 September 2023;
(b)	any CPIB officer appointed on or after 1 November 2001 but before 1 September 2023 and who has exercised the option to convert to the 2023 Scheme in accordance with regulation 38; or
(c)	any CPIB officer appointed before 1 November 2001 who has exercised the option to convert to the 2023 Scheme under regulation 38, regardless of whether the CPIB officer had exercised the option to convert to the 2001 Scheme under regulation 33 or not; [S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“previous pensionable service”, in relation to a member of the 2001 Scheme or 2023 Scheme, 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 1956 had he not converted to be such member;

[S 607/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“Provisional Account” means the Provisional Account of the INVEST Fund maintained by the Board in accordance with the Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Fund) Regulations (Rg 1);

[S 792/2021 wef 01/11/2021]

[S 607/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

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

“Retention Account”, in relation to a member of the 2001 Scheme who is an eligible junior officer, eligible senior officer, eligible transferred junior officer or eligible transferred senior officer, means the Retention Account in the INVEST Fund maintained by the Board in respect of that member in accordance with the Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Fund) Regulations;

[S 403/2019 wef 01/05/2019]

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“Retirement Account”, in relation to a member of the 2001 Scheme, means the Retirement Account in the INVEST Fund maintained by the Board in respect of that member in accordance with the Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Fund) Regulations;

[S 403/2019 wef 01/05/2019]

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

“senior officer” means an officer appointed under the Corrupt Practices Investigation Service (Senior) Scheme of Service.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, any reference to the gross salary of any member of the 2001 Scheme shall be the monthly gross salary last drawn by the member at the material time.

[S 607/2023 wef 01/09/2023]

(3) In these Regulations, a reference to the Work Injury Compensation Act is a reference to —

(a)	in relation to an injury received before 1 September 2020 — the Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354) as in force before that date; and
(b)	in relation to an injury received on or after 1 September 2020 — the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019. [S 792/2021 wef 01/11/2021] [S 607/2023 wef 31/12/2021]

Made this 25th day of January 2003.

EDDIE TEO CHAN SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Prime Minister’s Office,
Singapore.

[CPIB/2.3.2 V4; AG/LEG/SL/241/1998/1 Vol. 1]

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