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37.
—(1) This regulation applies to a serviceman who is a member of the Premium Plan and who exercises an option to be transferred to the military domain experts service.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), all contributions to the serviceman’s CPF Top-Up Account and CARE Account under regulation 12(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Singapore Armed Forces (Premium Plan) Regulations (Rg 22) shall cease with effect from the date of his transfer to the military domain experts service.
(3) Where the serviceman is transferred to the military domain experts service on 1st April 2010, the Board shall cause to be credited to his CARE Account any CARE Initial Quantum which he would have been granted on or after 1st April 2010 but for the transfer.
(4) The Board may, during any financial year, cause to be credited, to the serviceman’s accounts in the SAVER-Premium Fund, a dividend out of the net income (as defined in regulation 12(5) of the Singapore Armed Forces (Premium Plan) Regulations (Rg 22)) and net unrealised profits of the SAVER-Premium Fund for that financial year.
(5) Where the serviceman retires or is required to retire from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1), resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces or dies in regular service, such portion of the money standing to his credit in his CARE Account as is prescribed in the Fifth Schedule in relation to his age at the date of his retirement, resignation or death, as the case may be, shall vest in him and may be awarded in respect of him.
(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (5) —
(a)
where the serviceman retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on the ground specified in regulation 11(1)(b) or (d), the sum vested in the serviceman under paragraph (5) may be reduced to the extent determined by the Armed Forces Council; and
(b)
where the serviceman retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on the ground specified in regulation 11(1)(c), (e), (g) or (h), the sum vested in the serviceman under paragraph (5) may be increased to the extent and paid in such manner as determined by the Armed Forces Council.
(7) Notwithstanding paragraph (5), where the serviceman retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f) or (g) —
(a)
no sum in his CARE Account shall vest in him unless he has completed not less than 15 complete years of reckonable service; and
(b)
no sum in his CPF Top-Up Account shall vest unless he has completed not less than 6 complete years of reckonable service.
(8) The Board may, on the application of the serviceman or any other person eligible under regulation 38, authorise the payment to the applicant of the sum vested in the serviceman in accordance with paragraphs (5), (6) and (7)(a).
(9) The sums vested in the serviceman shall not be withdrawn unless he —
(a)
retires or is required to retire from the Singapore Armed Forces on any of the grounds specified in regulation 11(1);
(b)
resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces; or
(c)
dies in regular service.
(10) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), where the serviceman —
(a)
is discharged on any ground specified in regulation 17 or 18 of the Enlistment Regulations (Cap. 93, Rg 1);
(b)
is discharged with ignominy;
(c)
is dismissed as a result of the sentence of a subordinate military court or the Military Court of Appeal or a sentence substituted by the Armed Forces Council; or
(d)
is on probation, and has his service with the Singapore Armed Forces terminated at or before the end of the period of probation,
the Armed Forces Council may forfeit all or any of the sums vested in the serviceman under that paragraph if the serviceman had, on the date of his discharge or dismissal, or of the termination of his service, retired from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1).
(11) Where the serviceman —
(a)
retires or is required to retire from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1);
(b)
resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces;
(c)
dies in regular service; or
(d)
is discharged or dismissed, or has his service with the Singapore Armed Forces terminated, in any circumstances specified in paragraph (10),
his CARE Account shall be closed with effect from the date of his retirement, resignation, death, discharge or dismissal or of the termination of his service, as the case may be.
(12) The Board shall credit to the Forfeiture Account of the SAVER-Premium Fund any balance of the moneys in the serviceman’s closed CARE Account after the sum allowed to be withdrawn under this regulation has been paid.
(13) Subject to paragraphs (7)(b) and (15), the Board shall transfer the money standing to the credit of the serviceman in his CPF Top-Up Account to the Central Provident Fund Board, to the credit of his account in the Central Provident Fund, and his CPF Top-Up Account shall be closed, when any of the following occurs:
(a)
he retires or is required to retire from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1);
(b)
he resigns from the Singapore Armed Forces;
(c)
he dies in regular service;
(d)
he is discharged or dismissed, or has his service with the Singapore Armed Forces terminated, in any circumstances specified in paragraph (10); or
(e)
if there is no money standing to his credit in his CARE Account, when the later of the following occurs:
(i)
he is transferred to the military domain experts service;
(ii)
he has completed 6 years of reckonable service.
(14) Where the total amount standing to the credit of the serviceman in his account in the Central Provident Fund after the transfer of the money under paragraph (13) is less than the minimum sum referred to in section 15(6)(a) of the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36), the deficiency in his account in the Central Provident Fund shall be met out of the vested sum in his CARE Account in the SAVER-Premium Fund.
(15) Where the serviceman retires from the Singapore Armed Forces on any ground specified in regulation 11(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f) or (g), and he has completed less than 6 complete years of reckonable service —
(a)
his CPF Top-Up Account shall be closed with effect from the date of his retirement; and
(b)
the Board shall credit to the Forfeiture Account of the SAVER-Premium Fund any balance of the moneys in the serviceman’s closed CPF Top-Up Account.
(16) Where the serviceman is enlisted for regular service before 1st April 2010 and is transferred to the military domain experts service without having completed 10 years of reckonable service, he may, after completing 10 years of reckonable service, be granted such part of the START benefit referred to in regulation 13(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces (Premium Plan) Regulations (Rg 22) under such conditions as the Armed Forces Council may, by General Order, impose.
(17) Where the serviceman was in the pensionable service in the Government immediately prior to his conversion to the Premium Plan on 31st March 2000, and the serviceman has completed such period of reckonable service with the Singapore Armed Forces as the Armed Forces Council may determine, the serviceman may be granted post-retirement benefits based on the medical schemes prior to his retirement on such terms and conditions as the Armed Forces Council may, by General Order, decide —
(a)
where the serviceman is transferred to the military domain experts service on 1st April 2010, if he —
(i)
is a soldier of or below the rank of Master Sergeant immediately before the transfer, and retires on or after attaining 35 years of age; or
(ii)
is a Warrant Officer immediately before the transfer, and retires on or after attaining 40 years of age; or
(b)
where the serviceman is transferred to the military domain experts service after 1st April 2010, if, immediately before the transfer, he —
(i)
has attained the age of 35 years and is a soldier of or below the rank of Master Sergeant; or
(ii)
has attained the age of 40 years and is a Warrant Officer.