National Retirement Scheme Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part 2
14. Voluntary contributions by member or employer
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding anything in this Act but subject to such conditions as the Board may impose —
Board
“Board” means the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board established by section 3 of the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board Act;
any member or employer may at any time contribute voluntarily to the Scheme in such manner and at such rate as the Board may direct;
member
“member” means any person who has contributed to the member account to whose credit any amount is standing in the account and includes — (a) a self-employed person who has contributed voluntarily under section 15; (b) a self-employed person who has transferred his member account to the retirement account under section 17; and (c) any person who is or was a member in a SCP account;
the Board shall credit every contribution received under paragraph (a) into member account in such manner as the Minister may direct; and
member account
“member account” means an account maintained under section 16(3);
the Minister may give different directions in respect of different classes of members.
Terms defined in s 2
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board established by section 3 of the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board Act;
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 the Government as the Minister may, with the consent of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by order published in the Gazette, declare 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 the Government in good faith;
member
Defined · s 2“member” means any person who has contributed to the member account to whose credit any amount is standing in the account and includes — (a) a self-employed person who has contributed voluntarily under section 15; (b) a self-employed person who has transferred his member account to the retirement account under section 17; and (c) any person who is or was a member in a SCP account;
member account
Defined · s 2“member account” means an account maintained under section 16(3);
Scheme
Defined · s 2“Scheme” means the National Retirement Scheme established and maintained under section 8;
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