Clause 19

Despite section 13(2), where —

the Appeals Panel makes a decision (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of the Pioneer Generation Fund (Amendment) Act 2019) —

under section 13 refusing to determine that a citizen of Singapore is a Pioneer; or

under section 14 affirming its earlier refusal to determine that a citizen of Singapore is a Pioneer; and

no application or further application under section 14(1) for reconsideration of that decision is received by the Appeals Panel,the Appeals Panel may, on its own accord, decide whether that citizen may be determined a Merdeka Generation Senior if he or she is a citizen of Singapore referred to in section 12A(2).(2) To avoid doubt, the Appeals Panel may make a decision under subsection (1) without any verification application being made to the Panel under section 13 to determine whether or not the citizen referred to in subsection (1) is a Merdeka Generation Senior.(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Appeals Panel must have regard to, and give such weight as the Panel considers appropriate to, all of the matters mentioned in section 13(1).(4) The Appeals Panel must give to the citizen referred to in subsection (1) notice of its decision under this section.(5) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Appeals Panel under this section of refusing to determine that a citizen referred to in subsection (1) is a Merdeka Generation Senior may, at any time but no later than the closing date specified under section 13(5) for verification applications mentioned in section 13(4)(b), apply in writing to that Panel to reconsider that decision; and section 14(2), (3) and (4) applies with the necessary modifications in relation to that application for reconsideration.”.