Singapore legislation
Regulation 30
Regulation 30
Compensation for loss of earnings from light duties for former members
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies to a former member (N) who —
sustains, on or after 1 September 2020, any injury received in and which is attributable to service;
after sustaining the injury mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) —
retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on any of the grounds specified in regulation 12;
resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces; or
is discharged or dismissed in any of the circumstances specified in regulation 16; and
on or after N’s service end date, is on light duties due to the injury and suffers —
a loss of earnings under his contract of service; or
a loss of income derived from his contract for services, trade, business, profession or vocation.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (6) and regulation 40(1), N is eligible, within a period of one year starting on N’s service end date, for payment at the rate specified by the Armed Forces Council by General Order for each day of light duties.
Subregulation 3
The total payment under paragraph (2) to which N is eligible must not exceed $40,000.
Subregulation 4
N must apply for the payment mentioned in paragraph (2) no later than one year after the service end date or any later date that the Armed Forces Council may allow in any particular case.
Subregulation 5
Where N is eligible for any payment under paragraph (2), that payment must not be deducted from any of the following awards or compensation to which N becomes eligible:
an award or compensation in respect of total disability under regulation 25(2)(a), (3)(c) or (4)(c), 34, 34A or 35, or regulation 25(1)(a) or (2)(a) or (b)(i) or 35 as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be;
an award in respect of partial disability under regulation 36(2), (3) or (5), or regulation 36 or 36A as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be.
Subregulation 6
If N has, before 1 January 2023, received any payment from the Government in respect of light duties in the circumstances specified in paragraph (1), the amount of the payment mentioned in paragraph (2) is to be reduced by the amount of the firstmentioned payment.
Subregulation 7
For the purposes of this regulation —
N’s light duties must be granted by —
a medical officer of the Singapore Armed Forces; or
a medical professional of an approved medical institution specified in the Fifth Schedule;
N’s entitlement to periodical payments for light duties does not apply during any period when N is absent without leave; and
N is not taken to be on light duties on any day when N takes a rest day or paid leave under the Employment Act 1968 or the Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001.
Subregulation 8
In this regulation —
Definition
“medical professional” means —
a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997 and includes any person exempted from registration under that Act; or
a registered dentist under the Dental Registration Act 1999;
Definition
“service end date” means the date on which N retires, resigns or is discharged or dismissed, as the case may be.