Regulation 1
Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Public Service (Special and Senior Personnel Boards) Order 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2011.
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Public Service (Special and Senior Personnel Boards) Order 2010 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation CONS-S824-2010 1963, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1963.
Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Public Service (Special and Senior Personnel Boards) Order 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2011.
Definitions
In this Order —[Deleted by S 110/2023 wef 01/03/2023](2) For the purposes of this Order, an officer who is employed on secondment in a post in a Ministry or an Organ of State shall not be regarded as an officer holding a post in that Ministry or Organ of State.
“Division I officer” means a public officer in Division I but excludes the following:
an officer in the Singapore Judicial Service;
an officer in the Singapore Legal Service;
an officer in the Singapore Armed Forces;
a member of the personal staff of the President;
the Clerk of Parliament;
“Division II, III or IV officer” means a public officer in Division II, III or IV but excludes the following:
a member of the Singapore Armed Forces;
a member of the personal staff of the President;
a police officer below the rank of Inspector;
“General Services” means those Services other than the —
Accounting Profession Service;
Administrative Service and the Administrative (Foreign Service Branch) Service;
Education Service;
Customs Specialist Service;
Immigration & Checkpoints Executive Service;
Immigration & Checkpoints Senior Service (including the Immigration & Checkpoints Specialist Service within Division I);
Information Service;
Information (2002) Service;
Police (Senior) Service;
Statistician (Trade and Industry) Service;
Economist Service;
“Judiciary” means the Supreme Court, the Family Justice Courts and the State Courts;
“Personnel Board” means the Special Personnel Board or a Senior Personnel Board established by this Order;
“promotion” means the substantive upgrading from one grade to a higher grade within the Scheme of Service of the officer concerned;
“security agency” means —
the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau; (b)the Internal Security Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs; or (c)the Security and Intelligence Division of the Ministry of Defence;
“Service” means any group of officers recruited or appointed under and in accordance with the provisions of any Scheme of Service;
“Staff of Parliament” means any officer in any of the following services and holding a post in Parliament: (a)the Parliamentary Service; (b)the Sergeant at Arms Service; or (c)the Simultaneous Interpreter Service;
“timescale officer” means a Division I officer holding an appointment below Superscale grade in his Scheme of Service;
“transfer” means a transfer, whether or not involving an increase in salary, of a public officer —
from one Service to another Service; or (b)in any of the General Services from one post in a Ministry or an Organ of State to a post in another Ministry or Organ of State.
Establishment of Personnel Boards
There are hereby established Personnel Boards in respect of each of the classes of public officers specified in the second column of the First or Second Schedule, as the case may be.
Members of Personnel Boards
Each Personnel Board shall comprise the members specified in the third column of the First or Second Schedule (as the case may be) in relation thereto, being persons appointed by the President under Article 110D(5) of the Constitution.
Functions of Personnel Boards in relation to Division I officers
The Special Personnel Board shall have the jurisdiction and power to —
appoint all officers in any class specified in the second column of the First Schedule in relation to that Board, except the Administrative Service; (b)confirm or emplace on the permanent or pensionable establishment all officers in any such class; (c)promote all officers in any such class to a grade not higher than Superscale E1 or grade 8, as the case may be, including considering and recommending to the Public Service Commission an officer in that class for promotion to Superscale D or grade 7, as the case may be, and beyond; (d)transfer officers into any such class, except the Administrative Service and any Staff of Parliament; (e)transfer —
an officer in any such class into any class of officers in the Singapore Judicial Service; or
an officer in the Singapore Judicial Service into any such class,with the prior agreement of the Judicial Service Commission or of any personnel board established under Article 111I of the Constitution with the power to transfer the officer into or from the Singapore Judicial Service; and
transfer —
an officer in any such class into any class of officers in the Singapore Legal Service; or
an officer in the Singapore Legal Service into any such class,with the prior agreement of the Legal Service Commission or of any personnel board established under Article 111Q of the Constitution with the power to transfer the officer into or from the Singapore Legal Service.
Each Senior Personnel Board shall have the jurisdiction and power to —
appoint officers in the class specified in the second column of the First Schedule in relation to that Senior Personnel Board (referred to in this sub-paragraph as the relevant class); (b)confirm or emplace on the permanent or pensionable establishment officers in the relevant class; (c)promote officers in the relevant class, including considering and recommending to the Special Personnel Board an officer in the relevant class for promotion to Superscale grade; (d)transfer officers in the relevant class (but excluding any Staff of Parliament), except that the transfer of an officer from a Service or post under the jurisdiction of a Senior Personnel Board to a Service or post under the jurisdiction of another Senior Personnel Board shall be made by the latter Senior Personnel Board; (e)transfer —
an officer in the relevant class into any class of officers in the Singapore Judicial Service; or
an officer in the Singapore Judicial Service into the relevant class,with the prior agreement of the Judicial Service Commission or of any personnel board established under Article 111I of the Constitution with the power to transfer the officer into or from the Singapore Judicial Service; and
transfer —
an officer in the relevant class into any class of officers in the Singapore Legal Service; or
an officer in the Singapore Legal Service into the relevant class,with the prior agreement of the Legal Service Commission or of any personnel board established under Article 111Q of the Constitution with the power to transfer the officer into or from the Singapore Legal Service.
Dismissal of Division II to IV officers by Senior Personnel Boards
Subject to sub‑paragraph (2), each Senior Personnel Board shall have the jurisdiction and power to dismiss officers specified in the class in the second column of the Second Schedule in relation to that Senior Personnel Board.
Sub‑paragraph (1) does not confer on the Senior Personnel Boards any jurisdiction or power to dismiss any public officer for misconduct or neglect of duty for which any —
investigation under regulation 3 of the Public Service (Disciplinary Proceedings) Regulations (Rg 1); or
proceedings under regulation 4 of those Regulations,have been commenced against the public officer.
Revocation
The Public Service (Special and Senior Personnel Boards) Order (O 2) is revoked.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5
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First column
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Second column
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Third column
Personnel Board
Class of Public Officers
Composition
1. Special Personnel
Board.
Division I officers, wherever
posted, holding appointments
between Superscale grades H
to E1 or grades 8 to 9, as the
case may be, (both grades
inclusive), except those
holding posts in the
Auditor‑General’s Office.
Timescale officers in the
Administrative Service and
the Administrative (Foreign
Service Branch) Service,
wherever posted.
Chairman
Mr Chan Heng Kee
Members
Ms Tan Gee Keow
Dr Beh Swan Gin
Mr Aubeck Kam
Mr Joseph Leong Weng Keong
Mr Lai Chung Han
2. Senior Personnel
Board A.
Timescale officers in any of
the General Services holding
posts in the Public Service
Division, the National
Research Foundation, the
Strategy Group, the
Communications Group or the
Public Sector Science and
Chairman
Mr Aubeck Kam
Members
Mr Albert Chua
Mr Luke Goh
Dr Beh Swan Gin
Ms Tan Gee Keow
Mr Augustin Lee
Mr Chng Kai Fong
Mr Lau Peet Meng
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Technology Policy and Plans
Office.
Timescale officers in any of
the General Services holding
posts in the Ministry of Digital
Development and Information
(including the Cyber Security
Agency and the Smart Nation
Group), the Ministry of
Finance, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, the Ministry
of Trade and Industry or the
Ministry of Transport.
Timescale officers in any of
the following Services,
wherever posted:
the Accounting
Profession Service;
the Information
Service;
the Information (2002)
Service;
Mr Lai Chung Han
Ms Ngiam Siew Ying
Mr Chan Heng Kee
Ms Foo Chi Hsia
Mr Wong Kang Jet
Mr Ng Chad-Son
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the Statistician (Trade
and Industry) Service;
or
the Economist Service.
3. Senior Personnel
Board B.
Timescale officers in any of
the Services (other than those
in the Administrative Service)
holding posts in any security
agency.
Timescale officers in any of
the General Services holding
posts in the Prime Minister’s
Office (excluding the Public
Service Division, the National
Research Foundation, the
Communications Group, the
Strategy Group, the Cyber
Security Agency and the
Smart Nation Group), the
Cabinet Office, the Istana or
Parliament.
Timescale officers who are
Staff of Parliament.
Chairman
Ms Tan Gee Keow
Members
Mr Chan Heng Kee
Mr Joseph Leong Weng Keong
Mr Wong Hong Kuan
Mr Tan Chye Hee
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4. Senior Personnel
Board C.
Timescale officers in any of
the General Services holding
posts in the Ministry of
Culture, Community and
Youth, the Ministry of Health,
the Ministry of Manpower, the
Ministry of National
Development, the Ministry of
Social and Family
Development or the Ministry
of Sustainability and the
Environment.
[Deleted by S 438/2024 wef
01/06/2024]
Chairman
Mr Joseph Leong Weng Keong
Members
Mr Aubeck Kam
Mr Ng How Yue
Mr Stanley Loh Ka Leung
Ms Teoh Zsin Woon
Mr Melvyn Ong Su Kiat
Ms Lai Wei Lin
Mr Loh Ngai Seng
Mr Kenneth Er Boon Hwee
Ms Ngiam Siew Ying
5. Senior Personnel
Board D.
Timescale officers in any of
the General Services holding
posts in the Ministry of
Defence (excluding any
security agency), the Ministry
of Home Affairs (excluding
any security agency) or the
Ministry of Law.
Timescale officers in any of
the General Services holding
Chairman
Dr Beh Swan Gin
Members
Ms Juthika Ramanathan
Ms Daphne Hong
Mr Luke Goh
Mr Tan Chye Hee
Mr Joseph Leong Weng Keong
Mr Wong Kang Jet
Mr Ng Chad-Son
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posts in the Attorney-
General’s Chambers, the
Supreme Court, the State
Courts, the Small Claims
Tribunal (including their
respective Registries) or the
Disciplinary Tribunal
Secretariat.
Timescale officers in any of
the following Services,
wherever posted except those
holding posts in a security
agency:
the Customs Specialist
Service;
the
Immigration
&
Checkpoints Executive
Service;
the
Immigration
&
Checkpoints
Senior
Service;
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the
Immigration
&
Checkpoints Specialist
Service; or
the
Police
(Senior)
Service.
6. Senior Personnel
Board E.
Timescale officers in the
Education Service, wherever
posted.
Timescale officers in any of
the General Services holding
posts in the Ministry of
Education.
Chairman
Ms Tan Gee Keow
Members
Mr Loh Ngai Seng
Ms Lim Wan Yong
Mdm Liew Wei Li
Ms Lai Wei Lin
Mr Kenneth Er Boon Hwee
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[S 191/2026 wef 03/05/2026]
[S 191/2026 wef 01/04/2026]
[S 755/2025 wef 01/12/2025]
[S 666/2025 wef 10/10/2025]
[S 582/2025 wef 10/09/2025]
[S 219/2025 wef 01/05/2025]
[S 271/2025 wef 11/04/2025]
[S 219/2025 wef 01/04/2025]
[S 14/2025 wef 13/01/2025]
[S 686/2024 wef 01/10/2024]
[S 686/2024 wef 01/09/2024]
[S 538/2024 wef 15/07/2024]
[S 541/2024 wef 08/07/2024]
[S 538/2024 wef 01/07/2024]
[S 438/2024 wef 01/06/2024]
[S 891/2023 wef 01/01/2024]
[S 645/2023 wef 16/10/2023]
[S 645/2023 wef 01/10/2023]
[S 295/2023 wef 01/06/2023]
[S 242/2023 wef 01/05/2023]
[S 135/2023 wef 03/04/2023]
.
[S 110/2023 wef 01/03/2023]
[S 865/2022 wef 01/11/2022]
[S 507/2022 wef 01/07/2022]
[S 246/2022 wef 01/04/2022]
[S 245/2022 wef 01/04/2022]
[S 800/2021 wef 01/01/2022]
[S 800/2021 wef 01/11/2021]
[S 304/2021 wef 22/04/2021]
[S 39/2021 wef 20/01/2021]
[S 1012/2020 wef 21/12/2020]
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[S 1012/2020 wef 27/07/2020]
[S 539/2020 wef 01/07/2020]
[S 830/2019 wef 01/03/2019]
[S 830/2019 wef 04/12/2019]
[S 689/2019 wef 24/09/2019]
[S 391/2019 wef 20/05/2019]
[S 476/2018 wef 01/08/2018]
[S 343/2018 wef 01/07/2018]
[S 343/2018 wef 01/06/2018]
[S 6/2018 wef 01/02/2018]
[S 6/2018 wef 04/01/2018]
[S 479/2017 wef 01/09/2017]
[S 323/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
[S 205/2017 wef 01/05/2017]
[S 13/2017 wef 14/01/2017]
[S 7/2017 wef 01/01/2017]
[S 381/2016 wef 01/08/2016]
[S 180/2016 wef 01/05/2016]
[S 91/2016 wef 01/03/2016]
[S 806/2015 wef 01/01/2016]
[S 487/2015 wef 12/08/2015]
[S 409/2015 wef 01/07/2015]
[S 308/2015 wef 25/05/2015]
[S 780/2014 wef 01/12/2014]
[S 754/2014 wef 17/11/2014]
[S 674/2014 wef 01/10/2014]
[S 540/2014 wef 15/08/2014]
[S 451/2014 wef 01/07/2014]
[S 320/2014 wef 01/05/2014]
[S 285/2014 wef 14/04/2014]
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[S 158/2014 wef 07/03/2014]
[S 41/2014 wef 01/02/2014]
[S 3/2014 wef 02/01/2014]
[S 675/2013 wef 01/11/2013]
[S 675/2013 wef 01/10/2013]
[S 533/2013 wef 01/09/2013]
[S 408/2013 wef 01/07/2013]
[S 408/2013 wef 01/06/2013]
[S 139/2013 wef 15/03/2013]
[S 551/2012 wef 01/11/2012]
[S 500/2012 wef 01/10/2012]
[S 296/2012 wef 01/07/2012]
[S 136/2012 wef 01/04/2012]
[S 618/2011 wef 01/11/2011]
[S 554/2011 wef 02/10/2011]
[S 554/2011 wef 01/10/2011]
[S 197/2011 wef 02/04/2011]
[S 197/2011 wef 01/04/2011]
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SECOND SCHEDULE
Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5A(1)
First column
Second column
Third column
Senior Personnel
Board
Class of Public Officers
Composition
1. Senior Personnel
Board A
Division II, III and IV
officers in any of the General
Services holding posts in the
Public Service Division, the
National Research
Foundation, the Strategy
Group, the Communications
Group or the Public Sector
Science and Technology
Policy and Plans Office.
As specified in the
third column of
item 2 in the First
Schedule.
Division II, III and IV
officers in any of the General
Services holding posts in the
Ministry of Digital
Development and
Information (including the
Cyber Security Agency and
the Smart Nation Group), the
Ministry of Finance, the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
the Ministry of Trade and
Industry or the Ministry of
Transport.
2. Senior Personnel
Board B
Division II, III and IV
officers holding posts in the
Internal Security
Department of the Ministry
of Home Affairs.
As specified in the
third column of
item 3 of the First
Schedule.
Division II, III and IV
officers holding posts in the
Security and Intelligence
Division of the Ministry of
Defence.
Division II, III and IV
officers holding posts in the
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Corrupt Practices
Investigation Bureau.
Division II, III and IV
officers in any of the General
Services holding posts in the
Prime Minister’s Office
(excluding the Corrupt
Practices Investigation
Bureau, the Public Service
Division, the National
Research Foundation, the
Communications Group, the
Strategy Group, the Cyber
Security Agency and the
Smart Nation Group), the
Cabinet Office, the Istana or
Parliament.
3. Senior Personnel
Board C
Division II, III and IV
officers in any of the General
Services holding posts in the
Ministry of Culture,
Community and Youth, the
Ministry of Health, the
Ministry of Manpower, the
Ministry of National
Development, the Ministry
of Social and Family
Development or the Ministry
of Sustainability and the
Environment.
As specified in the
third column of
item 4 of the First
Schedule.
4. Senior Personnel
Board D
Division II, III and IV
officers in any of the General
Services holding posts in the
Ministry of Defence
(excluding the Security and
Intelligence Division), the
Ministry of Home Affairs
(excluding the Internal
Security Department) or the
Ministry of Law.
As specified in the
third column of
item 5 of the First
Schedule.
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Division II, III and IV
officers in any of the General
Services holding posts in the
Attorney‑General’s
Chambers or the Judiciary.
5. Senior Personnel
Board E
Division II, III and IV
officers in the Education
Service, wherever posted.
As specified in the
third column of
item 6 of the First
Schedule.
Division II, III and IV
officers in any of the General
Services holding posts in the
Ministry of Education.
[S 541/2024 wef 08/07/2024]
[S 438/2024 wef 01/06/2024]
[S 110/2023 wef 01/03/2023]
Made this 22nd day of December 2010.
By Command,
TAN KEE YONG
Secretary to the Cabinet,
Singapore.
[PMO(PSD) H6/4-02 Vol. 22; AG/LLRD/SL/CONS/2010/5 Vol. 1]
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