Singapore legislation
Regulation 20
of Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Plan) Regulations
Regulation 20
Persons authorised to withdraw
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), the persons mentioned in paragraph (1A) are entitled to apply to withdraw the sums standing to the credit of a member in the Fund which are payable under these Regulations in respect of the member, where the member —
retires from the service on any ground specified in regulation 11;
resigns from the service; or
transfers from the service on or after 1 January 2019 under regulation 19 to another scheme of service in the public service except the Administrative Service.
Subregulation 1A
The persons entitled under paragraph (1) to apply to withdraw the sums standing to the credit of a member are —
the member; or
where the member lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2008 —
a deputy appointed or deemed to be appointed for the member by the court under that Act with power in relation to the member for the purposes of these Regulations; or
a donee under a lasting power of attorney registered under that Act with power in relation to the member for the purposes of these Regulations.
Subregulation 2
After the death of a member or former INVEST Plan member, the personal representative of the member or former INVEST Plan member, as the case may be, shall be entitled to apply to withdraw the amount of moneys standing to the credit of the member or (as the case may be) former INVEST Plan member in the Fund which are payable under these Regulations in respect of that member or former INVEST Plan member.