Civil Defence (Composition of Service Offences) Regulations 2023

No. S 456

Civil Defence Act 1986

Civil Defence
(Composition of Service Offences)
Regulations 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 115(1) of the Civil Defence Act 1986, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations are the Civil Defence (Composition of Service Offences) Regulations 2023 and come into operation on 1 July 2023.

Compoundable service offences

2.—(1)  An offence under section 35(1) of the Act in relation to a failure by an NSman to comply with any of the following may be compounded by any member or public officer authorised by the Commissioner to compound service offences in accordance with section 85A of the Act:

(a) an IPPT Order;

(b) an order to undergo a medical screening for the purpose of certifying the NSman’s physical fitness to take the IPPT.

(2)  In this regulation —

“IPPT” means the Individual Physical Proficiency Test;

“IPPT Order” means —

(a) paragraph 8 of the Notice Requiring Persons to Report for Individual Physical Proficiency Test and Fitness Improvement Training Programme (G.N. No. 638/2021); and

(b) any other lawful order requiring an NSman to take or complete an IPPT or other fitness programme in lieu of the IPPT;

“NSman” means a person who is liable for operationally ready national service within the meaning of section 2 of the Enlistment Act 1970 and is enlisted in the Singapore Civil Defence Force.

Made on 27 June 2023.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 131/1/012; AG/LEGIS/SL/42/2020/2 Vol. 1]