Singapore legislation
Section 30
Section 30
Compensation Board
(1)
For the purpose of determining disputes as to any entitlement to, or the quantum of, compensation payable under this Act for the requisition or acquisition of any property or services or for work or services performed or carried on the direction or order of the competent authority, there must be constituted one or more Compensation Boards consisting of a Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner of a Compensation Board and 2 other members selected by the Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner from the panel of members constituted in accordance with this section.
(2)
The Commissioner and an Assistant Commissioner of a Compensation Board must be appointed by the Minister but a person is not eligible for appointment unless he or she possesses the qualifications required for a District Judge under section 9(3) of the State Courts Act 1970 or is a District Judge appointed under section 9(1) of that Act.
(3)
The Minister may appoint such number of Assistant Commissioners as he or she thinks fit.
(4)
The Commissioner or an Assistant Commissioner holds office for a period of 2 years from the date of his or her appointment and is eligible for re‑appointment.
(5)
For the purpose of enabling a Compensation Board to be constituted, there must be a panel of members which is appointed by the Minister.
(6)
The panel consists of such number of persons as the Minister may think fit and the name of every person appointed to the panel must be published in the Gazette.
(7)
A person is not eligible to be appointed or to remain a Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner or a member of the panel if he or she —
is an undischarged bankrupt;
has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding 6 months and has not received a free pardon; or
has a mental disorder and is incapable of managing himself or herself or his or her affairs.
(8)
A person appointed to the panel is, except where his or her appointment is revoked by the Minister under subsection (10), a member of the panel, unless he or she resigns during the period of the appointment, for a period of 2 years, but is eligible for re‑appointment.
(9)
Where a person ceases to be a member of the panel, the Minister must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, take steps to fill the vacancy, but the existence of any vacancy in the panel does not invalidate the acts of a Compensation Board.
(10)
The Minister may at any time revoke the appointment of a member of the panel.
(11)
There must be paid to the members of the Compensation Board such salaries, fees and allowances as the Minister may determine.