Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Withdrawal of Contributions
19. Release of employer’s share of contributions
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Board may, after receiving a notification in writing from any employer of a pensionable employee stating that the pensionable employee has died in service or is about to retire on the ground of attaining the retirement age applicable to the pensionable employee or on any other ground and requesting for the return of the equivalent of the employer’s share of contributions remitted to the Trust in respect of the pensionable employee by the Government or from all such employers of the pensionable employee, pay to the Consolidated Fund such amount and thereupon the amount standing to the credit of the pensionable employee in the Trust shall be the reduced amount as from the time.
Board
“Board” means the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board established under section 3 of the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board Act;
Withdrawal by pensionable employees [S 9/2024]
Terms defined in s 2
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board established under section 3 of the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board Act;
employee
Defined · s 2“employee” means any person being a citizen or permanent resident of Brunei Darussalam, who is employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship or other agreement to work for an employer: Provided that the Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by an order signified in the Gazette, declare any person or class of person not to be an employee for the purposes of this Act; Employee Trust 8
employer
Defined · s 2“employer” means the person with whom an employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, and includes — (a) any person, company, association or body of persons, whether or not statutory or incorporated by whom an employee is employed; (b) the owners of any vessel on which an employee is employed; (c) any manager, agent or person responsible for the payment of wages to an employee on behalf of an employer; (d) any foreign mission in Brunei Darussalam; (e) the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees of such Government as may from time to time be declared by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by notification published in the Gazette, to be employees for the purposes of this Act: Provided that no such officer or employee employed by or on behalf of the Government shall be personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him as an officer or employee of such Government in good faith;
Fund
Defined · s 2“Fund” means the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Fund established under section 11 of the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board Act;
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