Public Service (Special and Senior Personnel Boards) Order 2010 · As enacted
2. Definitions
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Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Subregulation 1
In this Order —[Deleted by S 110/2023 wef 01/03/2023]
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 (Energy, Trade and Industry) Service;
Economist Service;
“Judiciary” means the Supreme Court, the Family Justice Courts and the State Courts;
“Ministry” includes every Division and department of a Ministry;
“officer” means a public officer;
“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.