Singapore legislation
Clause 21
Clause 21
Deposit with Commissioner
(1)
The Commissioner may direct an employer or the employer’s insurer to deposit with the Commissioner any compensation in respect of an employee’s work injury that is payable under this Act, in such manner and within such time as the Commissioner may specify.
(2)
The Commissioner may make payment from any amount deposited with the Commissioner that is payable to an employee in all or any of the following ways:
to the employee directly or, if the employee is below 18 years of age, to the public trustee;
where the employee has died, in one or both of the following ways:
pay the funeral expenses of the employee, not exceeding the amount prescribed in regulations made under section 82, to the person by whom those expenses are incurred;
pay the remainder of the compensation or interest (in whole or in part) to the executor or administrator of the employee’s estate, if the Commissioner has been informed that an executor or administrator has been appointed; (c)where the employee lacks capacity in relation to the employee’s property and affairs —
to a donee of a lasting power of attorney (if any) granted by the employee under the Mental Capacity Act on whom the employee has conferred authority to receive such payment; or
to a deputy (if any) who is appointed or deemed to be appointed for the employee under the Mental Capacity Act and is conferred power to receive such payment;
to one or more of the employee’s relatives (if found) and in such proportion, as the Commissioner thinks fit, where the Commissioner is satisfied that any of the following circumstances exist:
payment cannot be made by the employer’s insurer in accordance with section 18(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) or by the employer under section 19(1)(a);
the employee has died and the Commissioner has not been informed that an executor or administrator of the employee’s estate has been appointed;
the employee lacks capacity in relation to the employee’s property and affairs and no donee or deputy can be appointed to receive such payment for the employee;
pay into the Workers’ Fund —
an amount not exceeding the amount of any ex gratia payment made under section 70 in respect of the employee entitled to the compensation or interest so deposited; and
any remaining amount that cannot be paid under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), if the Commissioner is satisfied, after such inquiry as the Commissioner considers necessary, that there is no reasonable likelihood that any relative of the employee can be found.
(3)
Where any payment is made to any relative of the employee under subsection (2)(d), or under a direction made under section 20, the Commissioner may direct that relative to invest, apply or otherwise deal with the amount paid for the benefit of that employee in such manner and for such period as the Commissioner may specify.
(4)
This section does not limit section 69.