Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1971 Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Regulation 1993 (1993-236) [GG No 65 of 25.6.1993] (NSW)

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PARLIAMENTARY CONTRIBUTORY SUPERANNUATION

ACT 1971—REGULATION

(Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Regulation 1993)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 65 of 25 June 1993]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1971, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

KERRY CHIKAROVSKI, M.P.,

Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment,

and Minister for the Status of Women

Citation

1. This Regulation may be cited as the Parliamentary Contributory

Superannuation Regulation 1993.

Commencement

2. This Regulation commences on I September 1993

Definitions

3. In this Regulation:

“the Act” means the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act

1971;

“the Fund” means the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation

Fund;

“the trustees” means the Trustees of the Fund.

Meetings of trustees

4. (1) Meetings of the trustees are to be held on such dates, and at such

times and places, as the chairman may appoint.

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(2) The procedure for calling a meeting is for the chairman to notify

the other trustees as to the date, time and place of the meeting.

(3) The chairman is to ensure that a written record is kept of each

meeting of the trustees.

(4) The functions conferred on the chairman by this clause are, in the

absence of the chairman, to be exercised by the vice-chairman.

Signing etc. of cheques

5. Any cheque drawn on the Fund:

(a) must be signed by at least 2 persons authorised by the Treasurer for that purpose; and

(b) must be drawn to order and crossed “not negotiable”.

Applications for pensions and other benefits

6. An application for a pension or other benefit under the Act must be

made in writing addressed to the trustees.

Proof of age and marriage

7. The trustees:

(a)	may require a member or former member to furnish documentary evidence of his or her age and, if the person is married, of his or her marriage; and
(b)	may require the widow or widower of a member or former member to furnish documentary evidence of his or her marriage to the member or former member.

Pensioner to inform trustees of changes of address

8. Any person who is receiving a pension under the Act must inform

the trustees of any change in the person’s address.

Trustees may require information concerning entitlement to pension

9. The trustees may require a person to furnish specified particulars as

to the person’s entitlement to receive a pension under the Act.

Trustees may require pensioner to sign declaration

10. The trustees may from time to time require a person who is
receiving a pension under the Act to furnish a signed declaration, in a

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form approved by the trustees, to the effect that during the period in

respect of which the pension has been paid:

(a)	the person has not become a Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of any other State or Territory; and
(b)	in the case of a person who is receiving a pension as the widow or widower of a member or former member:

• the person has not become entitled to payment of any other pension because of having been a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of any other State or Territory; and

• the person has not become entitled to payment of any other pension as the widow or widower of a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of any other State or Territory.

Trustees to be notified if entitlement to pension ceases

11. A person who ceases to be entitled to receive a pension under the Act must at once notify the trustees of that fact and of the date on which the person ceased to be so entitled.

Records

12. The trustees must cause records to be kept in respect of each member and person who is receiving or is entitled to receive a pension or other benefit under the Act showing all amounts paid into or from the Fund in respect of the member or person.

NOTE

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.    Citation

2.     Commencement

1. Definitions

4.     Meetings of trustees

5.     Signing etc. of cheques

6. Applications for pensions and other benefits
7. Proof of age and marriage

8.    Pensioner to inform trustees of changes of address

9.     Trustees may require information concerning entitlement to pension

10.    Trustees may require pensioner to sign declaration

11.    Trustees to be notified if entitlement to pension ceases

12.     Records

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Regulation is to repeal and remake, without any substantive changes, the provisions of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Regulations 1972. The new Regulation (which comprises machinery matters only) contains provisions with respect to the following matters:

(a) meetings of trustees (clause 4);

(b) the signing of cheques (clause 5);

(c) the manner in which applications for pensions and other benefits must be made (clause 6);

(d) proof of age and marriage (clause 7);
(e) the notification by a pensioner of changes of address (clause 8);
(f) the furnishing of information regarding pension entitlements (clause 9);

(g) the signing of declarations as to certain matters (clause 10);

(h) the notification by a person of circumstances in which the person’s pension entitlement has ceased (clause 11);

(i) the keeping of records (clause 12).

This Regulation is made in connection with the staged repeal of subordinate

legislation under the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.