Singapore legislation
Regulation 54
Regulation 54
Compensation for loss of earnings from light duties for former members, operationally ready national servicemen and volunteers
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies to —
a former member (other than an operationally ready national serviceman and a volunteer) who satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (2); and
an operationally ready national serviceman and a volunteer, each of whom satisfies the conditions specified in paragraph (3).
Subregulation 2
The conditions in paragraph (1)(a) are that the former member —
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 22;
resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces; or
is —
discharged on any of the grounds specified in regulation 17 or 18 of the Enlistment Regulations;
discharged with ignominy; or
dismissed as a result of the sentence of a subordinate military court or Military Court of Appeal or a sentence substituted by the Armed Forces Council; and
on or after his service end date, is on light duties due to the injury and suffers —
a loss of earnings under his contract of service; or (ii)a loss of income derived from his contract for services, trade, business, profession or vocation.
Subregulation 3
The conditions in paragraph (1)(b) are that the operationally ready national serviceman or volunteer —
sustains, on or after 1 September 2020, any injury received in and which is attributable to service; and
as a result of sustaining the injury mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a), on or after his service end date, is on light duties due to the injury and suffers —
a loss of earnings under his contract of service; or (ii)a loss of income derived from his contract for services, trade, business, profession or vocation.
Subregulation 4
Subject to paragraphs (5), (6) and (8), the person mentioned in paragraph (1) is eligible, within a period of one year starting on the person’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 5
The total payment under paragraph (4) to which the person mentioned in paragraph (1) is eligible must not exceed $40,000.
Subregulation 6
The person mentioned in paragraph (1) must apply for the payment mentioned in paragraph (4) no later than one year after the person’s service end date or any later date that the Armed Forces Council may allow in any particular case.
Subregulation 7
Where a person mentioned in paragraph (1) is eligible for any payment under paragraph (4), that payment must not be deducted from any of the following awards or compensation to which the person becomes eligible:
an award or compensation in respect of total disability under regulation 40(1), 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 or 49, or regulation 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 or 49 as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be; (b)an award or compensation in respect of partial disability under regulation 50 or regulation 50 as in force before 1 January 2023, as the case may be.
Subregulation 8
If a person mentioned in paragraph (1) has, before 1 January 2023, received any payment from the Government in respect of light duties in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) or (3), the amount of the payment mentioned in paragraph (4) is to be reduced by the amount of the firstmentioned payment.
Subregulation 9
For the purposes of this regulation —
the light duties must be granted to the person mentioned in paragraph (1) by —
a medical officer of the Singapore Armed Forces; or
a medical professional of an approved medical institution specified in the Second Schedule;
the entitlement of the person mentioned in paragraph (1) for periodical payments for light duties does not apply during any period when the person is absent without leave; and
the person mentioned in paragraph (1) is not taken to be on light duties on any day when the person takes a rest day or paid leave under the Employment Act 1968 or the Child Development Co‑Savings Act 2001.
Subregulation 10
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 —
in the case of a former member, the date on which the former member in the case of a former member, the date on which the former member retires, resigns or is discharged or dismissed, as the case may be; (b)in the case of an operationally ready national serviceman — the date immediately after the last date of the period that the operationally ready national serviceman was liable to perform national service during which he sustained the injury mentioned in paragraph (3)(a); or (c)in the case of a volunteer — the date immediately after the last date of the period that the volunteer was liable to perform voluntary service during which he sustained the injury mentioned in paragraph (3)(a).