PART 3 8.—(1) Subject to these Regulations, an annual contribution must be credited to the member’s account of each member as soon as practicable after 15 November every year in respect of the member’s qualifying service in the year.| (2) Subject to these Regulations, the annual contribution in respect of a member’s qualifying service in any year from 1 January 2015 is the amount that is specified in the second column of the First Schedule in relation to the member’s length of service on 1 January of that year. |
(3) Subject to these Regulations, the annual contribution in respect of an old scheme transition member’s qualifying service in any year from 1 January 2016 is to be computed in accordance with the formula:| (a) | A is the amount applicable to a Category B member of the old scheme, specified in the second column of the First Schedule, relating to the old scheme transition member’s length of service on 1 January of that year; | | (b) | B is the number of days of qualifying service in respect of the old scheme transition member’s service as a Category B member of the old scheme in that year; | | (c) | C is the amount applicable to a Category C member, specified in the second column of the First Schedule, relating to the old scheme transition member’s length of service on 1 January of that year; | | (d) | D is the number of days of qualifying service in respect of the old scheme transition member’s service as a Category C member in that year; and | | (e) | E is the number of days between 1 January and 15 November (both dates inclusive) in that year. |
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| (4) In paragraph (3), “old scheme transition member” means a member who ceases to be a Category B member of the old scheme and who becomes a Category C member, on or after 16 November 2015. |
(5) Contributions in respect of qualifying service in a year comprising —| (a) | any period of part-time qualifying service; or | | (b) | any period of leave on half pay, |
| must be reduced on the basis of the proportion that period of part-time qualifying service or leave (as the case may be) bears to full-time qualifying service in that same year. |
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(6) Contributions must still be credited in respect of the qualifying service of a member who, during any year, ceases to be a member in any of the circumstances referred to in regulation 10(1), except that the contribution in respect of the member must —| (a) | be reduced on the basis of the proportion the period of the member’s qualifying service in that year prior to his or her cessation of membership, bears to full-time qualifying service in that same year; and | | (b) | be credited to the member’s account concerned immediately before the closure of his or her member’s account. |
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| Awards based on length of service |
9.—(1) Subject to the Act and these Regulations, a member may be granted an award out of the contributions standing to the member’s credit in the member’s account if the member’s length of service on 1 January 2023, or on 1 January of any subsequent year, is as specified in the Second Schedule.| (2) An award to a member under paragraph (1) or regulation 16 is inclusive of any contributions payable or recoverable (if any) under section 7 of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953. |
(3) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, an award to a member in any year from 1 January 2023 under paragraph (1) must not exceed the amount that is to be computed in accordance with the formula where —| (a) | A is the percentage specified in the second column of the Second Schedule opposite the length of service of that member on 1 January of the year the award is granted; and | | (b) | B is the amount of contributions standing to the credit of the member in the member’s account on the date immediately before the award is granted. |
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| (4) Subject to these Regulations, an award under this regulation or regulation 16 must be paid to the member concerned as soon as practicable but before the end of the year in which the award is granted, except that where, on the payment date, the member is on non-qualifying leave without pay or on leave with pay, the award must be paid to that member in December of the year he or she resumes teaching duties. |
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| Awards on cessation of membership |
10.—(1) Subject to the Act and these Regulations, the balance of all contributions, or any part of the contributions, standing to the credit of a member in his or her account may be awarded to the member where he or she ceases to be a member of the CONNECT Plan on one of the following grounds, and no other:| (a) | the member retires or is required to retire from the Education Service or from employment as an aided school teacher (as the case may be) other than in either of the following circumstances:| (i) | the member is required to retire in the public interest following disciplinary proceedings; | | (ii) | the member is required to retire in the public interest due to the member’s poor performance; |
| | (b) | the member’s teaching service in the Education Service or as an aided school teacher (as the case may be) is terminated for a reason other than the following:| (i) | the member’s poor performance; | | (ii) | the member is on probation and the member’s teaching service is terminated at or before the end of the period of probation; |
| | (c) | the member dies in service; | | (d) | the member, being a public officer, is transferred to another Scheme of Service in the Singapore Civil Service; | | (e) | the member, being a public officer, is transferred by any written law to the employ of any public authority established by written law or any corporation; | | (f) | the member is promoted to the Superscale grade in the Education Service or, in the case of an aided school teacher, to a grade equivalent thereto; | | (g) | the member, being an aided school teacher, ceases to be an aided school teacher on account of the aided school by which he or she is employed becoming an independent school; | | (h) | the member resigns from the Education Service or from employment as an aided school teacher (as the case may be) for the purpose of being employed as a teacher in an independent school; | | (i) | the member resigns from the Education Service or from employment as an aided school teacher (as the case may be) for the purpose of —| (i) | taking up employment with the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board; or | | (ii) | taking up employment with the Nanyang Technological University but only if the member is deployed to work with the National Institute of Education; |
| | (j) | the member resigns from the Education Service or from employment as an aided school teacher (as the case may be) after having completed at least 11 years of service, for the purpose of taking up specified employment, and the member —| (i) | completes at least 6 months of continuous specified employment; and | | (ii) | after completing 6 months of continuous specified employment, the member, within a period of 3 months, or any longer period that the Award Administrator may allow in any particular case, applies for payment of the award. |
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(2) Subject to these Regulations —| (a) | an award made under any of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) to (i) must be paid to the member concerned as soon as practicable after the member’s account is closed; or | | (b) | an award made under any of the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1)(j) must be paid to the member concerned as soon as practicable after the member’s application for payment of the award is granted. |
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11. Despite regulations 8 and 9 but subject to regulations 12 and 13, all contributions or the balance of all contributions (as the case may be), standing to the credit of any member in his or her member’s account must be forfeited and transferred to the Forfeiture Account if the member —| (a) | resigns from the Education Service, other than for the purpose of —| (i) | being employed as an aided school teacher without break in service; | | (ii) | being employed as a teacher in an independent school; | | (iii) | taking up employment with the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board; | | (iv) | taking up employment with the Nanyang Technological University where the member is deployed to work with the National Institute of Education; or | | (v) | taking up specified employment where an award has been made to the member under regulation 10; |
| | (b) | resigns from employment as an aided school teacher, other than for the purpose of —| (i) | being appointed to the Education Service without break in service; | | (ii) | being employed as a teacher in an independent school; | | (iii) | taking up employment with the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board; | | (iv) | taking up employment with the Nanyang Technological University where the member is deployed to work with the National Institute of Education; or | | (v) | taking up specified employment where an award has been made to the member under regulation 10; |
| | (c) | is dismissed from the Education Service following disciplinary proceedings or from employment as an aided school teacher, or has vacated his or her office; | | (d) | is terminated from the teaching service in the Education Service or as an aided school teacher (as the case may be) for poor performance; | | (e) | is required to retire in the public interest from the Education Service following disciplinary proceedings or due to the member’s poor performance; | | (f) | is on probation and his or her teaching service is terminated at or before the end of the period of probation; | | (g) | has ceased to be a member of the CONNECT Plan on one of the grounds mentioned in regulation 10(1) but has not been awarded any contributions under that regulation; or | | (h) | has received part of the contributions standing to the credit of the member in his or her account under regulation 10(1). |
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| Withholding etc., of contributions and awards |
12. Despite regulations 8 and 9 but without prejudice to section 8 of the Act, the Minister may direct that any award or contribution which, if not for this regulation, is payable or to be credited to the member’s account of any member be withheld or reduced if, on the date of payment of the award or contribution, as the case may be —| (a) | disciplinary proceedings are pending against the member; | | (b) | the member has been retired in the public interest following any disciplinary proceedings; | | (c) | a stoppage or deferment of increment, a fine or reprimand, or a combination of such penalties has been imposed on the member following disciplinary proceedings; | | (d) | a written warning has been issued to the member following disciplinary proceedings; | | (e) | proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, are pending against the member in respect of an offence for which the member may be sentenced to death or penal servitude or any term of imprisonment; or | | (f) | the member has been adjudicated a bankrupt. |
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| Restoration of contributions and awards |
13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any contribution or award in respect of a member which has been withheld or reduced under section 8 of the Act or regulation 12 on the ground of —| (a) | disciplinary proceedings being pending against the member; or | | (b) | proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, being pending against the member in respect of an offence for which the member may be sentenced to death or penal servitude or any term of imprisonment, |
| must be restored with retrospective effect without interest if the member is not punished following the disciplinary proceedings, or (as the case may be) is not convicted of the offence by that court. |
(2) Where a member is punished with any of the following after disciplinary proceedings against the member:| (a) | reduced in rank; | | (b) | stoppage or deferment of increment, a fine or reprimand, or a combination of such penalties; | | (c) | written warning, |
| a part (but not the whole) of any contribution or award in respect of a member which has been withheld or reduced under section 8 of the Act or regulation 12 may be restored with retrospective effect without interest, being a part determined by the Minister as he or she thinks fit. |
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(3) Any contribution or award which has (in whole or in part) been withheld from or reduced under section 8 of the Act or regulation 12 or paragraph (2) on the ground of the member —| (a) | being convicted and sentenced to death or penal servitude or any term of imprisonment, by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, for any crime or offence; or | | (b) | being dismissed, reduced in rank or retired in the public interest following any disciplinary proceedings, |
| must be restored with retrospective effect without interest if, within 6 months after the contribution or award is withheld or reduced, the conviction is overturned on appeal or the member receives a free pardon after conviction, or (as the case may be) such disciplinary punishment is quashed by a court of competent jurisdiction. |
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| (4) Any contribution or award which has been withheld or reduced under regulation 12 on the ground of the member being adjudicated a bankrupt must be restored with retrospective effect without interest if no disciplinary proceedings are instituted against the member within a period of 6 months after the contribution or award was withheld or reduced, as the case may be. |
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14.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), every award must be paid to the member concerned in the following manner:| (a) | by crediting the award to the member’s bank account in accordance with the written instructions of that member; or | | (b) | in any other manner that the Minister thinks fit in any particular case or class of cases. |
| (2) Where a deputy is appointed or deemed to be appointed for the member by the court under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to the member for the purposes of these Regulations, or a donee under a lasting power of attorney registered under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 with power in relation to the member for the purposes of these Regulations, an Award Administrator may, on the application of the deputy or donee to withdraw the award, pay the award to the deputy or donee, as the case may be. |
| (3) Where a member dies in service or dies before the award is made, an Award Administrator may, on the application of the personal representative of the deceased member to withdraw the award, pay the award to the personal representative. |
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15.—(1) Where the account of any member has been closed under regulation 7, and no person authorised under regulation 14(2) or (3) has applied to withdraw the award within 12 months after the date of the closure, the moneys in the account must be accounted for as unclaimed moneys and must be transferred to the Forfeiture Account.| (2) Where any amount has been transferred to the Forfeiture Account under paragraph (1), the Minister must, upon the application of any person eligible to the whole amount or any part thereof, authorise withdrawal by that person of the amount due to the applicant as if it had not been transferred out of the member’s account or (as the case may be) the former member’s account. |
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