Clause 4

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “collective agreement” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Labour appointed under section 3(1) of the Employment Act (Cap. 91);”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “contract of service” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “eligible employee” means an employee who satisfies the re-employment eligibility criteria set out in section 7(1);”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “employer” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “employment assistance payment” means such sum of money which is payable by an employer to an eligible employee under section 7C(1);”;

by deleting the definition of “prescribed retirement age” in subsection (1) and substituting the following definitions:“ “prescribed minimum retirement age” means such other minimum retirement age as may be prescribed by the Minister under section 4(1);“re-employment”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the employment of an employee by the same employer on or after the date the employee attains the specified age;“salary” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Employment Act (Cap. 91);“specified age” means —

in relation to any person or class of persons as may be prescribed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, such age as may be prescribed by the Minister in the Gazette in relation to such person or class of persons; and

in relation to any other person —

the prescribed minimum retirement age; or

where the retirement age stipulated in an employment contract is higher than the prescribed minimum retirement age, the retirement age so stipulated;“tripartite guidelines” means the guidelines relating to re-employment issued by the Minister under section 11B.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) In this Act, a person shall be regarded as attaining or having attained N years of age (where N is a positive integer) or other higher age on or after the Nth or other anniversary, as the case may be, of the date of his birth.”.