Section 19

As from 1st December 1999, every person employed immediately before that date by the TAS and the NCB shall be transferred to the service of the Authority on terms no less favourable than those enjoyed by them immediately prior to their transfer.

Until such time as terms and conditions of service are drawn up by the Authority, the scheme and terms and conditions of service in the TAS and the NCB shall continue to apply to every person transferred to the service of the Authority under subsection (1) as if he were still in the service of the TAS or the NCB, as the case may be.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Pensions Act (Cap. 225), no person who is transferred to the service of the Authority under this section shall be entitled to claim any benefits under that Act on the ground that he has been retired from the public service on account of abolition or reorganisation of office in consequence of the incorporation of the Authority.

The Authority shall continue to be liable to pay to former officers or employees of the Government, the former TAS, TAS or the Authority, as the case may be, who have retired on or before 1st December 1999 such pension benefits payable under the Pensions Act as they are entitled to and the Government shall be liable to pay to the Authority such portion of any such pension benefits payable to such former officer or employee as the same bears to the proportion which the aggregate amount of his pensionable emoluments during his service with the Government bears to the aggregate amount of his pensionable emoluments during his service under the Government, the former TAS, TAS or the Authority, as the case may be.

In this section, “former TAS” means the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore established under the repealed Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act 1974 (Act 1 of 1974).