Parliamentary Superannuation Act Amendment Act 1960 (WA)

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PARLIAMENTARY

SUPERANNUATION.

9° Elizabeth II., No. LXXVII.

No. 77 of 1960.

AN ACT to amend the Parliamentary Superannua-

tion Act, 1948-1958.

[Assented to 12th December, 1960.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative

Assembly of Western Australia, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the

same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Parliamen-	Short title
and citation.

tary Superannuation Act Amendment Act, 1960.

(2) In this Act the Parliamentary Superannua-	Reprinted
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tion Act, 1948-1958, is referred to as the principal

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Act.

for reprint

18th March,

1957, and

amended by

Acts Nos. 59

of 1957 and

51 of 1958.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Superannuation Act, 1948-1960.

Commence-

ment. 2. This Act shall come into operation on the first

day of January, one thousand nine hundred and

sixty-one.

S. 10

amended. 3. Section ten of the principal Act is amended

(a)	by adding after the word, "annum" being the last word in subsection (1), the passage, "until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and sixty, and thereafter every member shall contribute to the Fund at the rate of two hundred and eight pounds per annum";
(b)	by substituting for the word, "from" in line six of subsection (3), the passage, "until the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and sixty, and thereafter an amount of sixteen thousand six hundred and forty pounds per annum, from";
(c)	by adding after subsection (3) the following subsection:

(3a) In addition to the moneys required to be paid by him into the Fund pursuant to the provisions of sub- section (3) of this section, the Treasurer shall, whenever the moneys in the Fund are insufficient to provide for the benefits which are a charge upon the Fund, pay into the Fund from time to time the amount or amounts required to render the Fund sufficient to provide for those benefits, from the Consolidated Revenue Fund which is hereby permanently appropriated for that purpose accord- ingly. ;

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(d) by adding after paragraph (b) of sub- section (4) the following paragraph:

(c) Where a person who became a member on or after the coming into operation of the Parliamentary Super- annuation Act Amendment Act, 1955, but before the coming into operation of the Parliamentary Superannuation Act Amendment Act, 1960, has not exercised the right conferred upon him under the provisions of paragraph (b) of this sub- section, he may within three months after the coming into operation of the last- mentioned Act pay into the Fund an amount equivalent to the amount of contribution which he would have had to pay in respect of a period specified by him had he been a member during that period, together with interest on that amount at the rate of four pounds ten shillings per centum per annum calcu- lated from the date of expiration of a period of three months after the date of his election to the date of his paying into the Fund the amount specified in this paragraph, but the provisions of this paragraph apply only if the period specified by him does not exceed the period between the first day of January of the year in which he was elected a member and the date of his election. ;

(e)	by substituting for the paragraph designa- tion, "(c)" in line one of paragraph (c) of subsection (4), the paragraph designa- tion, "(d)";
(f)	by inserting after the passage, "paragraph (b)" in line three of paragraph (c) of subsection (4), the passage, "or paragraph (c)"; and
(g)	by inserting after the passage, "section eleven A" in line six of paragraph (c) of subsection (4), the passage, ", section eleven B or section eleven D,".

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amended. 4. Section eleven B of the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by substituting for the word, "ceases" in line one of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), the word, "ceased"; and
(b)	by inserting after the word, "fifty-eight" in line three of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), the passage, ", but before the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one."

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and 118 5. The principal Act is amended by adding after

added.	section eleven B the following sections:-
Increase of

benefits to	11C. Notwithstanding any of the provisions
widow

effected by	of subsections (5) and (5a) of section eleven,
Parliamen-
tary Super-	and of subsection (2) of section eleven B, of
annuation
Act	this Act, where the widow of a member or
Amendment	pensioner was on the thirty-first day of
Act, 1960.
December, one thousand nine hundred and sixty, receiving a benefit under the provisions of this Act, such widow shall on and from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one, in lieu of the benefit so being received, be paid during her life so long as she does not remarry a benefit of three- quarters of the rate to which the member would have been entitled but for his death, or, as the case may be, to which the pensioner was entitled immediately upon his ceasing to be a member.
Provided nevertheless that in the event of such widow remarrying on or after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one, she shall be paid on and from the date of that marriage, in lieu of the benefit which she was receiving under this section, the benefit to which on and from the date of that marriage she would, if this section had not been enacted, be entitled under the provisions of section eleven, or, as the case may be, section eleven B, of this Act and in accordance with those provisions.

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11D. (1) (a) Where a person ceases to be a ,3::Atsatter

member after the thirty-first day of December, cf:ance-

one thousand nine hundred and sixty, the rarren- Trustees shall, subject to subsection (2) of this e.nnualtroerrj section, pay to him from the Fund, in addition Amendment to the benefit, if any, payable under subsection Ac"960

(1) of section eleven of this Act, such pension or other amount as is payable in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(b) If the person has paid contributions for a period which, together with any period during which deductions had been made from his allowance pursuant to the provisions of the repealed Act, is in the aggregate not less than a period specified in column one of the Table appended to this paragraph, a pension at the weekly rate specified in column two of that Table opposite to that period so specified is payable to that person during his life.

TABLE.

Column 1. Column 2.

Period of Con- Weekly Pension

bution.	for Life. d.
16 years	20 0 0
15 years	17 10 0
14 years	16 15 0
13 years	16 0 0
12 years	15 5 0
11 years	14 10 0
10 years	13 15 0
9 years	13 0 0
8 years	12 5 0
7 years	11 10 0

(c) If the periods referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection for which the person has paid contributions and during which deductions had been made are in the aggregate less than seven years, the Trustees shall pay to that person the amount of his contributions made by him pursuant to the provisions of this Act together with interest on that amount at the rate determined by the Trustees.

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(2) The benefit payable to the widow of a member or pensioner who dies after the thirty- first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and sixty, shall be paid during her life so long as she does not remarry at three- quarters of the rate to which the member or pensioner, as the case may be, would have been entitled but for his death.

(3) The provisions of subsection (3) of section eleven B of this Act shall apply to a widow who is in receipt of benefits pursuant to the provisions of this section.

Increases

effected by	11E. The increases effected by the Parlia-
Parliamen-

tary Super-	mentary Superannuation Act Amendment Act,
annuation
Act	1960, in the rates of benefits payable under this
Act, 1960.
Amendment	Act to widows, commence to apply in respect of the payment of benefits which fall due on and after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one.