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Award for loss of earnings from light duty for operationally ready national servicemen, volunteers and volunteer ex-NSmen

Police (Special Constabulary) Regulations

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—(1) This regulation applies to an operationally ready national serviceman, volunteer or volunteer ex-NSman who —(a)sustains, on or after 1 September 2020, an injury received in and which is attributable to service; and(b)because of the injury, is on light duty on or after his or her service end date and suffers —(i)a loss of earnings under a contract of service; or (ii)a loss of income from the contract for services or a trade, business, profession or vocation.(2) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (6), the person mentioned in paragraph (1) is eligible, within a period of one year starting on the person’s service end date, for an award payable at a rate determined by the Approving Authority for each day of light duty.(3) The award under paragraph (2) must not exceed $33,000.(4) The person mentioned in paragraph (1) must apply for the award mentioned in paragraph (2) no later than one year after the person’s service end date or any later date that the Approving Authority may allow in any particular case.(5) Where a person mentioned in paragraph (1) is eligible for any award under paragraph (2), that award must not be deducted from any other award or gratuity granted to the person under this Part.(6) If a person mentioned in paragraph (1) has, before 1 January 2023, received any award from the Government in respect of light duty in the circumstances specified in paragraph (1), the award mentioned in paragraph (2) is to be reduced by the amount of the firstmentioned award.(7) For the purpose of this regulation —(a)the light duty must be granted to the person mentioned in paragraph (1) by —(i)a medical officer of the Singapore Civil Defence Force or the Police Force; or(ii)a medical professional of an approved medical institution specified in the Second Schedule;(b)the entitlement of a person mentioned in paragraph (1) to an award under paragraph (2) does not apply during any period when the person is absent when required to be present for work under the person’s contract for services or trade, business, profession or vocation; and(c)the person mentioned in paragraph (1) is not taken to be on light duty 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.

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