18.
—(1) Subject to subsection (3), the provisions of this Act shall apply —
(a)
to all officers appointed to the public service in Singapore; and
(b)
to all officers who have been transferred from Singapore to any other public service before the commencement of this Act:
Provided that nothing in this Act or in any regulations made thereunder shall diminish the amount of pension, gratuity (other than a gratuity under section 16) or other allowance for which an officer in the public service in Singapore at the commencement of this Act would have been eligible had this Act not been enacted or adversely affect the conditions which would have been applicable to such pension, gratuity or other allowance.
(2) In the application of this Act to officers who were officers on the Malayan Establishment within the meaning of section 2 of the Malayan Establishment Pensions Ordinance 1948 immediately before 1st July 1954 the following provisions shall have effect:
(a)
where any such officer was in the public service in Singapore immediately before 1st July 1954 all rights accrued to such officer in respect of pensions, gratuities or other allowances under the Malayan Establishment Pensions Ordinance 1948 or the Minutes made thereunder shall continue to subsist under this Act as if service in respect of which such rights accrued had been public service in Singapore; and
(b)
nothing in this Act or in any regulations made thereunder shall diminish the amount of pension, gratuity or allowance for which any such officer as is referred to in paragraph (a) would have been eligible under the Malayan Establishment Pensions Ordinance 1948 or the Minutes made thereunder had such Ordinance not been repealed and had such officer continued to serve on the Malayan Establishment or shall adversely affect conditions that would have been applicable to such pension, gratuity or other allowances under such Ordinance or Minutes.
[M 12/48]
(3) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act shall not apply —
(a)
to all officers appointed on or after 1st April 1986 to the public service in Singapore except officers who are appointed to such schemes of service as may be designated by the President; and
(b)
to all officers appointed on or after 1st December 1972 to any office in the public service in Singapore being an office designated as falling within Division III or IV, except officers who are so appointed to the Police (Junior) and the Narcotics schemes of service.
[26/86]