City of Perth Scheme for Superannuation (Amendments Authorisation) Act 1958 (WA)

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Superannuation (Amendments Authorisation).

CITY OF PERTH SCHEME FOR

SUPERANNUATION (AMEND-

MENTS AUTHORISATION).

7° Elizabeth II., No. XLVI.

No. 46 of 1958.

AN ACT to authorise certain amendments of a scheme for superannuation established by the City of Perth under the City of Perth Superannuation Fund Act, 1934.

[Assented to 12th December, 1958.]

WHEREAS the City of Perth did on the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and

Preamble.

thirty-seven, by virtue and in pursuance of section eight of the City of Perth Superannuation Fund Act, 1934, adopt a scheme for the establishment of a superannuation fund for the purpose of providing superannuation benefits for salaried officers and wages employees of the Council; and whereas the said Scheme has been amended from time to time by divers Acts; and whereas it is desired that further amendments be made to the said Scheme: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the

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Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows-

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the City of Perth Scheme for Superannuation (Amendments Authorisation) Act, 1958.

Definition. 2.

In this Act "the Scheme for Superannuation" means the Scheme for Superannuation adopted by the City of Perth under the City of Perth Superannuation Fund Act, 1934, as amended by the City of Perth Scheme for Superannuation (Amendments Authorisation) Act, 1941, the City of Perth Scheme for Superannuation (Amendments Authorisation) Act, 1946, the City of Perth Scheme for Superannuation (Amendments Authorisation) Act, 1947, the City of Perth Scheme for Super- annuation (Amendments Authorisation) Act, 1949, the City of Perth Scheme for Superannuation (Amendments Authorisation) Act, 1954, and the City of Perth Scheme for Superannuation (Amendments Authorisation) Act, 1956 (hereinafter called "the principal Act").

Scheme

amended. 3. The Scheme for Superannuation may be

amended in the following manner

(1) By deleting the word "six" in line six of

subparagraph (c) of paragraph 5 and

inserting in lieu thereof the word "eight".

(2) By inserting after paragraph 6 and between the heading "Title to Superannuation Allowances" and paragraph 7 a subheading "Contributors other than Female Officers".

(3) By inserting after the word "Contributor" in line one of subparagraph (2) of paragraph 7 the words "who has contri- buted for widow's benefit".

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(4) By inserting after paragraph 7 the following

subheading and paragraph

Female Officers.

7A. (1) Every female officer who

(a)	shall have completed ten years' total service and shall have become incapable of discharging the duties of her office or employment with efficiency by reason of permanent ill-health or infirmity of mind or body; or
(b)	having made an annual contri- bution to the Superannuation Fund of not less than eight pounds per centum of her annual salary shall have attained the age of fifty-five years; or
(c)	having made an annual contri-bution to the Superannuation

Fund of not less than six pounds per centum of her annual salary shall have attained the age of sixty years; or

(d) having made an annual contri- bution to the Superannuation Fund of not less than four pounds ten shillings per centum of her annual salary shall have attained the age of sixty-five years

shall be entitled, on resignation or otherwise ceasing to hold her office or employment, to receive during life a superannuation allowance according to the scale provided by paragraph 8 (1) hereof.

(2) Every such superannuation allow- ance shall be paid out of the Super- annuation Fund.

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(3) Where a contributor has attained the age of seventy years she shall cease to hold her office or employment:

Provided that the Council, or the person duly authorised by the Council to engage another officer in the place of any such contributor may extend the period of service or employment of such contributor for one year, or any less period, and so from time to time, as it or he may deem expedient:

Provided also that no contribution shall be made by the Council or by any such contributor to the Superannuation Fund in respect of any such extended period and any such extended period shall be disregarded in calculating any super- annuation allowance out of the Superannuation Fund.

(5) By inserting after paragraph 7A inserted by this Act the following new subheading and paragraph

Widow's Benefit.

7B. Any officer who has not contri- buted for widow's benefit may be permitted to increase his contributions to include widow's benefit on payment of all arrears of contributions that would be payable had he elected to include widow's benefit on first becoming a contributor.

(6) By adding the following paragraph after

paragraph 8B-

8C. In the year 1964 and every tenth year thereafter the board shall report to the Council what, in the opinion of the board, would be the effect on the Superannuation Fund of permitting wages employees who have not at the time of the report taken up the maximum.

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number of units of pension to take up an additional unit or additional units of pension and if, in the opinion of the Council, such report does not indicate that the taking up of further units of pension by such wages employees would be to the detriment of the Superannua- tion Fund the Council may in its absolute discretion permit such wages employees or any of them to take up an additional unit or additional units at the rate of contribution applicable to the then age of each respective applicant and subject to proof of a state and standard of health of such applicant which is satisfactory to the Council.

(7) By deleting paragraph 9 and inserting the 9. The Council or any person duly authorised in that behalf by the Council, may request following paragraph in lieu thereof-

(a)	any female officer who shall have made annual contributions to the Superannuation Fund of the maximum amount permitted from time to time by paragraph (5) (c) and who shall have attained any age between fifty- five and sixty years;
(b)	any female officer who shall have made annual contributions to the Superannuation Fund of not less than six pounds per centum of her annual salary and who shall have attained any age between sixty and sixty-five years;
(c)	any other officer or wages employee who shall have attained any age between sixty- five and seventy years,

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to resign and upon such request being made such officer or wages employee shall resign.

Validation. 4.

Notwithstanding that any officer may not have contributed the full amount required by the by-laws made pursuant to the principal Act he shall not be liable to contribute the difference in amount between the contributions made by him and the contributions required by the by-laws unless he shall elect to increase his future contributions to include widow's benefit. Provided that the widow of any officer who has not contributed the full amount required by the by-laws shall not be entitled to any superannuation allowance.

When 5.

The scheme for superannuation as amended brought into operation if and when the provisions of sections five to eight inclusive of the City of Perth Superannuation Fund Act, 1934, shall have been. complied with as if such amended scheme were a proposition for a scheme within the meaning of section five of the said Act.

scheme

shall be

brought into	in the manner authorised by this Act shall only be
operation.