Singapore legislation
Regulation 26
Regulation 26
Award for injury received in and which is attributable to service
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies to a member who sustains, on or after 1 January 2023, any injury received in and which is attributable to service and is disabled from that injury.
Subregulation 2
Subject to regulation 41, a member mentioned in paragraph (1) is eligible for —
where the Armed Forces Council determines that the degree of his disability amounts to permanent total disability — an award of the amount specified by the Armed Forces Council by General Order; and
where as a result of the disability, he has retired on any of the grounds specified in regulation 11 or resigned from the Singapore Armed Forces — the award specified in paragraph (3).
Subregulation 3
The award in paragraph (2)(b) is —
in the case where the member enlisted for regular service before 1 April 2010 and has completed at least 10 years of reckonable service on the date of his retirement or resignation, the greater of the following:
all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top‑Up Account at the date of his retirement or resignation from the Singapore Armed Forces;
12 months of the compensation salary of the member at the date of his retirement or resignation from the Singapore Armed Forces;
in the case where the member enlisted for regular service before 1 April 2010 and has not completed 10 years of reckonable service on the date of his retirement or resignation, the greater of the following:
the total of the following:
the proportion of the member’s Premium salary determined by the Armed Forces Council for each complete month of service;
all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CPF Top‑Up Account at the date of his retirement or resignation from the Singapore Armed Forces;
12 months of the compensation salary of the member at the date of his retirement or release from service; and
in the case where the member enlisted for regular service on or after 1 April 2010, the greater of the following:
the total of the following:
the proportion of the member’s Premium salary determined by the Armed Forces Council;
all moneys standing to the credit of the member in his CARE Account and CPF Top‑Up Account (if any) at the date of his retirement or resignation from the Singapore Armed Forces;
12 months of the compensation salary of the member at the date of his retirement or release from service.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of an award under paragraph (2)(a) (which may be paid provisionally or on any other basis), the degree of the member’s disability must be assessed on an interim basis unless the member’s condition permits a final determination of the extent (if any) of the disability.
Subregulation 5
Where an award is made to a member under paragraph (2)(b), regulations 18(1), (1A), (1B), (1C), (2), (3), (3A), (4) and (5) and 18F(1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) do not apply to that member.