Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Plan) Regulations
Regulation 2
Definitions
Subregulation 1
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —[Deleted by S 627/2013 wef 01/10/2013][Deleted by S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019][Deleted by S 906/2018 wef 01/01/2019](2) For the purposes of these Regulations, any reference to the gross salary of any member shall be the monthly gross salary last drawn by the member at the material time.
Definition
“Award Appeal Authority” means the Minister, or any person appointed by the Minister under section 23(3) of the Act;
Definition
“Central Provident Fund” or “CPF” means the Central Provident Fund established under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;
Definition
“child” includes —
a posthumous child;
a step-child or an illegitimate child born before the date of the injury and wholly or mainly dependent upon the deceased officer for support; and
an adopted child, adopted in accordance with any statutory provision before the date of injury, and dependent as aforesaid;
Definition
“discharge from the Police Force” means a discharge under section 14 of the Police Force Act 2004 or any other provision of that Act;
Definition
“eligible junior officer” means a junior officer who —
is a member on 31 December 2018; or
is on contract service on 31 December 2018, and becomes a member on or after 1 January 2019 immediately following that contract service;
Definition
“eligible senior officer” means a senior officer who is, on 31 December 2018, a member and whose amount standing to his credit in his Retention Account has not fully vested in him;
Definition
“eligible transferred junior officer” means a junior officer who —
transferred from the service to another scheme of service in the public service before 1 January 2019; and
rejoins the service on transfer without break from the public service on or after 1 January 2019;
Definition
“eligible transferred senior officer” means a senior officer who —
transferred from the service to another scheme of service in the public service before 1 January 2019 where the amount standing to his credit in his Retention Account has not fully vested in him; and
rejoins the service on transfer without break from the public service on or after 1 January 2019;
Definition
“emoluments”, in relation to a member, means the member’s monthly basic salary plus the monthly variable component;
Definition
“former INVEST Plan member” means an individual who —
before 1 January 2019, transfers from the service —
to another scheme of service in the public service; or
to the employment of any statutory body approved by the Minister before the transfer, by virtue of any written law; or
on or after 1 January 2019, transfers from the service —
to the Administrative Service; or
to the employment of any statutory body approved by the Minister before the transfer, by virtue of any written law;
Definition
“gross salary”, in relation to a member, means the basic salary, monthly variable component, non-pensionable component and non-pensionable variable payments only of the member’s total monthly salary;
Definition
“INVEST contribution cessation date”, in relation to a member, means the date immediately before the 57th anniversary of the date of the member’s birth;
Definition
“junior officer” means —
a civil defence officer who is below the rank of Lieutenant;
an intelligence officer;
a narcotics officer who is below the rank of Inspector;
a junior police officer; or
a prison officer who is below the rank of Rehabilitation Officer;
Definition
“previous pensionable service”, in relation to a member, means service in the public service in respect of which a pension, gratuity or other allowance would have been payable to the member under the Pensions Act 1956 had he not converted to be a member;
Definition
“reckonable service” has the meaning assigned to it in Part III;
Definition
“Retention Account”, in relation to a member who is an eligible junior officer, eligible senior officer, eligible transferred junior officer or eligible transferred senior officer, means the Retention Account in the Fund maintained by the Board in respect of that member in accordance with the Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Fund) Regulations (Rg 1);
Definition
“Retirement Account”, in relation to a member, means the Retirement Account in the Fund maintained by the Board in respect of that member in accordance with the Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Fund) Regulations;
Definition
“retirement age”, in relation to a member, means the retirement age of that member determined in accordance with regulation 10;
Definition
“senior officer” means —
a civil defence officer who is of or above the rank of Lieutenant;
a narcotics officer of or above the rank of Inspector;
a senior police officer; or
a prison officer of or above the rank of Rehabilitation Officer.