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PART II
GENERAL PROVISIONS
3.
—(1) These Regulations shall be administered by Awards Officers appointed under paragraph (2) or such other body or person as the Armed Forces Council may appoint.
(2) The Armed Forces Council may appoint one or more Awards Officers to assess, award or review awards and allowances granted or to be granted under these Regulations, and may give such directions as it thinks fit to any such Awards Officer in the discharge of his duties.
(3) The Armed Forces Council may, for the purposes of these Regulations, appoint one or more medical boards, either generally or for particular cases, each comprising not less than 2 medical practitioners, one of whom shall be a medical officer of the Singapore Armed Forces.
(4) An award granted or made to or in respect of any member under Parts IV and V may, notwithstanding the provisions of these Regulations, be administered by an Awards Officer for the benefit of any person, subject to the directions of the Armed Forces Council, if —
(a)
the person has not attained the age of 21 years;
(b)
the person is, in the opinion of the Armed Forces Council, incapable of managing his own affairs by reason of mental infirmity; or
(c)
in any other case, the Armed Forces Council considers that is in the interests of the person that the award should be so administered.
(5) An award which is being administered under this regulation may, as to the whole or such part thereof and at such times as the Armed Forces Council thinks fit, be —
(a)
applied for the benefit of the person to or in respect of whom it has been granted or made; or
(b)
paid to any person whom the Armed Forces Council considers a fit and appropriate person so to apply the same, and any moneys so paid shall be regarded as applied for the benefit of the person to or in respect of whom it has been granted or made.
4.
—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the Armed Forces Council may appoint an Awards Appeal Tribunal which shall consist of not less than 3 members.
(2) The Tribunal shall have power to vary any award made under these Regulations (other than an award to which regulation 5 relates), whether by increasing or decreasing that award, and the decision of the Tribunal thereon shall be final and conclusive.
(3) The Tribunal shall have power —
(a)
to call for any document relating to the appellant’s service from an Officer-in-charge of Records;
(b)
to order the appellant to undergo a medical examination by a medical officer to be appointed by the Tribunal in any particular case; and
(c)
to certify to an Officer-in-charge of Records any reasonable travelling and other expenses which may have been incurred by any person in appearing before the Tribunal or before any medical officer appointed to make a medical examination of that person under this regulation.
(4) Every appellant shall have the right to appear before the Tribunal in person, or by a representative, but the Tribunal may hear and determine any appeal in the absence of the appellant.
(5) Every appeal under this regulation shall be brought within 12 months of the date on which the decision of an Awards Officer is notified to the appellant, but the Tribunal may allow an appeal to be brought after the expiration of the period limited by this regulation if it considers that there was a reasonable excuse for the delay.
5.
—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the Armed Forces Council may appoint a Compensation Board which shall consist of not less than 4 members.
(2) The Compensation Board shall have power to make an award or vary any award made by an Awards Officer in respect of the death or disablement of a member, whether by increasing or decreasing that award, and the decision of the Compensation Board thereon shall be final and conclusive.
(3) The Compensation Board shall have power —
(a)
to call for any document relating to the appellant’s service from an Officer-in-charge of Records;
(b)
to order the appellant to undergo a medical examination by a medical officer to be appointed by the Compensation Board in any particular case; and
(c)
to certify to an Officer-in-charge of Records any reasonable travelling and other expenses which may have been incurred by any person in appearing before the Compensation Board or before any medical officer appointed to make a medical examination of that person under this regulation.
(4) Every appellant shall have the right to appear before the Compensation Board in person, or by a representative, but the Compensation Board may hear and determine any appeal in the absence of the appellant.
(5) Every appeal under this regulation shall be brought within 12 months of the date on which the decision of an Awards Officer is notified to the appellant, but the Compensation Board may allow an appeal to be brought after the expiration of the period limited by the regulation if it considers that there was a reasonable excuse for the delay.
6.
—(1) Where a member fails for a continuous period of not less than 12 months to draw any award under these Regulations, the award may be cancelled and any payment of any arrears may be withheld.
(2) The Armed Forces Council may, in any particular case, restore the award and pay the arrears either in whole or in part.
7. Except in so far as the Armed Forces Council may otherwise direct with respect to any particular case or class of cases, payment of any award under these Regulations shall not be made in respect of any period preceding the date of the application or appeal as a result of which the claim to the award or to the continuance or resumption of the payment of the award, as the case may be, is accepted.