Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Award officers and appeal authority
(1)
The Minister —
may appoint one or more public officers as award officers to assess, award or pay pensions, gratuities, allowances and other like benefits under the INVEST Plan; and
may give such directions as he thinks fit to any such award officer in the discharge of his duties.
(2)
The INVEST Plan shall be administered by award officers appointed under subsection (1) subject to the direction and control of the Minister and, except as otherwise provided by any regulations made under Part II in relation to the INVEST Plan, no award of benefits under the INVEST Plan shall be subject to appeal to any court.
(3)
The Minister, or any person appointed by him for this purpose, may, on appeal, review any award of benefits by any award officer, and for this purpose may vary any award made by an award officer, whether by increasing or decreasing such award, and the decision of the Minister or such person so appointed shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to appeal to any court.
(4)
Every appeal against any award of benefits under the INVEST Plan shall be brought within 12 months of the date the appellant is notified of the decision of an award officer, or such longer period as the Minister or person appointed under subsection (3) may allow in any particular case.