Regulation 5

subject to paragraph (2), to make ex gratia payments to —

any injured worker;

any person to whom money deposited with the Commissioner may be paid in accordance with section 21(2)(a) to (d) of the Act; or

any person to whom money deposited with the Commissioner may be paid in accordance with section 21(2)(a) to (d), as modified by section 34B, of the Act;

to finance rehabilitation schemes for injured workers;

to finance projects for the promotion of industrial safety and health among workers in Singapore;

to finance projects for the advancement of workers’ welfare in Singapore approved by the Minister;

for any other purposes relating to the safety, health or medical care of workers or financial assistance to injured workers approved by the Minister.

to alleviate financial difficulties faced by an injured worker or, if the injured worker has died, the injured worker’s relatives —

pending the determination of the injured worker’s claim for work injury compensation under the Act; or

where the injured worker’s claim for work injury compensation under the Act has failed;

where an employer or a platform operator has failed to pay work injury compensation to an employee or a platform worker (as the case may be) under the Act;

to defray medical expenses incurred by or on behalf of the employee on or after 1 July 2013 in respect of an occupational disease specified in the Schedule contracted by the employee — if the employee’s claim for work injury compensation under the Act has failed by reason only that the employee had contracted the occupational disease after the expiry of the relevant limitation period;

to defray medical expenses incurred by or on behalf of the platform worker on or after 1 January 2025 in respect of an occupational disease specified in the Schedule contracted by the platform worker — if the platform worker’s claim for work injury compensation under the Act has failed by reason only that the platform worker had contracted the occupational disease after the expiry of the relevant limitation period.

where section 10(1)(b) or 34G(1)(b) of the Act applies, the limitation period for that occupational disease specified in the third column of the Second Schedule to the Act; or

where section 4(1)(b) of the repealed Act applies, the limitation period for that occupational disease specified in the third column of the Second Schedule to the repealed Act.