Singapore legislation
Regulation 27
of Home Affairs Uniformed Services (INVEST Plan) Regulations
Regulation 27
Allowance for injured members, other than police officer
Subregulation 1
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, where a member who is not a police officer —
has been permanently injured in the actual discharge of his duty, without his own fault, by some injury specifically attributable to the nature of his duty;
has been permanently injured in special circumstances which, in the opinion of an award officer, justify exceptional treatment; or
contracts a disease to which he is specifically exposed by the nature of his duty, not being a disease wholly or mainly due to or seriously aggravated by his own serious and culpable negligence or misconduct,and his retirement, on the recommendation of a medical board or of a medical practitioner approved by the award officer, is thereby necessitated or materially accelerated, he may be granted in respect of such injury or disease —
all moneys, whether vested or not, standing to the credit of the member in his Retirement Account and Retention Account, if applicable, at the date of his retirement; and
in addition to any awards granted under sub-paragraph (i), an annual allowance at the following rates of the proportion of his emoluments at the date of his injury or contraction of the disease:
where his capacity to contribute to his support is slightly impaired — five-sixtieths (5/60ths);
where his capacity to contribute to his support is impaired — ten-sixtieths (10/60ths);
where his capacity to contribute to his support is materially impaired — fifteen-sixtieths (15/60ths);
where his capacity to contribute to his support is totally destroyed — twenty-sixtieths (20/60ths).
Subregulation 2
The amount of the annual allowance under paragraph (1) shall be reduced to such an extent as an award officer shall think reasonable in the following cases:
where the member so injured or suffering from ill-health or disease has continued to serve for not less than one year after such injury, or after contracting such ill-health or disease in respect of which he retires; or
where such injury, ill-health or disease is not the sole cause of retirement, but the retirement is caused partly by age or infirmity not due to such injury, ill-health or disease.
Subregulation 3
Where it appears that the member so injured would, but for this paragraph, in respect of the same injury, be both entitled to compensation under any written law relating to work injury compensation for the time being in force in Singapore and be eligible to receive an allowance under this regulation, he shall be required to elect whether he will receive compensation under the written law or an award under this regulation; and where the member elects to receive compensation under the said written law he shall receive no allowance under this regulation.
Subregulation 4
Where the member so injured, having elected to receive an allowance under this regulation and having been granted such allowance, subsequently institutes proceedings under the written law for compensation in respect of the same injury on account of which such allowance was granted, such allowance may be cancelled at any time.
Subregulation 5
If a member proceeding by a route approved by the Minister to or from Singapore at the commencement or termination of his service therein or of a period of leave therefrom, is permanently injured as the result of damage to the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in which he is travelling or of any act of violence directed against himself or against such vessel, aircraft or vehicle, and the Minister is satisfied that such damage or act is attributable to circumstances arising out of a war in which Singapore may be engaged, such member shall be deemed, for the purposes of this regulation, to have been injured in the circumstances described in paragraph (1).
Subregulation 6
Where a member is permanently injured as a result of an accident occurring to any aircraft in which he is being carried in pursuance of official instructions, he shall be deemed for the purposes of this regulation to have been injured in the actual discharge of his duty and by some injury specifically attributable to the nature of his duty.
Subregulation 7
Where an allowance may be granted in accordance with paragraph (1) to any person to whom paragraph (6) may apply, the following rates of the proportion of his emoluments shall be substituted for that appearing in paragraph (1)(ii)(A) to (D):
where his capacity to contribute to his support is slightly impaired — seven and a half-sixtieths (7 1/2/60ths);
where his capacity to contribute to his support is impaired — fifteen-sixtieths (15/60ths);
where his capacity to contribute to his support is materially impaired — twenty-two and a half-sixtieths (22 1/2/60ths);
where his capacity to contribute to his support is totally destroyed — thirty-sixtieths (30/60ths).
Subregulation 8
A member shall be deemed to be carried in an aircraft in pursuance of official instructions where —
he is under a duty to be carried in such aircraft either as a member of the crew or as a passenger; (b)he has received instructions to be carried in such aircraft from the Minister or the head of his department; and
he is entitled to travel by such aircraft in accordance with any general circular issued by authority from the office of the Minister.
Subregulation 9
Where a member other than a police officer sustains a partial disablement or total disablement from an injury, which in the opinion of an award officer, justifies exceptional treatment, regulation 28 shall apply in lieu of this regulation as if such member were a police officer.
Subregulation 10
This regulation shall not apply in the case of a member employed or selected for employment by the Government on or after 30th April 1955 who, in consequence of injury, is entitled to compensation under the Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354) as in force before 1 September 2020 or the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019.