Parliamentary Superannuation Act Amendment Act 1964 (WA)

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PARLIAMENTARY

SUPERANNUATION.

13' Elizabeth II., No. CV.

No. 105 of 1964.

AN ACT to amend the Parliamentary

Superannuation Act, 1948-1930.

[Assented to 23rd December, 1964.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, 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:—

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

tary Superannuation Act Amendment Act, 1964.

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Reprinted	(2) In this Act the Parliamentary Superannua-
Acts

approved	tion Act, 1948-1960, is referred to as the principal
for reprint
3rd August,	Act.
1962.

The principal Act as amended by this Act may

be cited as the Parliamentary Superannuation Act,

1948-1964.

(3)

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2.    This Act shall come into operation on the first goetree-

day of January, nineteen hundred and sixty-five.

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

(a) by repealing and re-enacting subsection (1) as follows

(1) Every member shall contribute to the Fund at the rate of two hundred and eight pounds per annum until the thirty- first day of December, nineteen hundred and sixty-four and thereafter at the rate of three hundred and twelve pounds per annum. ;

(b) by repealing and re-enacting subsection (3) as follows

(3) The Treasurer shall pay into the Fund an amount of sixteen thousand six hundred and forty pounds per annum until the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and sixty-four and thereafter an amount of twenty-four thousand nine hundred and sixty pounds per annum, from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby permanently appropriated accordingly. ;

(c) by adding after paragraph (c) of subsection (4), the following paragraphs

(ca) A person who is a member on the date of the coming into operation of the Parliamentary Superannuation Act Amendment Act, 1964, may within three months after that date, pay into the Fund an amount equivalent to the amount of contribution that he would have had to pay in respect of a period specified by him, had he been a member during that period, but the provisions of this paragraph apply if, and only if, the period so specified dues 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 as a member.

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(cb) In addition to the amount referred to in paragraph (ca) of this subsection, the person so referred to shall pay into the Fund interest on that amount at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum calculated from the date of the expiration of a period of three months after the date of his election as a member to the date of the payment of the amount into the Fund. ;

(d)	by adding after the passage, "paragraph (c)", in line four of paragraph (d) of subsection (4), the passage, "or paragraph (ca)"; and
(e)	by substituting for the passage, "or section eleven D" in line seven of paragraph (d) of subsection (4), the passage, ", section eleven D or section eleven F".

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amended. 4. Subsection (5c) of section eleven of the principal Act is repealed and re-enacted as follows

(5c) (a) A person who ceased to be a member prior to the coming into operation of the Parliamentary Superannuation Act Amendment Act, 1960 and who immediately prior to the date of the coming into operation of the Parliamen- tary Superannuation Act Amendment Act, 1964 was receiving a pension in accordance with the provisions of this Act, is entitled on and from that date to receive from the Fund, in addition to the pension, a supplementary payment at the rate of twenty-six pounds per annum.

(b) The widow of a person who ceased to be a member prior to the coming into operation of the Parliamentary Superannuation Act Amend- ment Act, 1960 and who as the widow of that person was, immediately prior to the date of the coming into operation of the Parliamentary

Superannuation Act Amendment Act, 1964,

1964.]	Parliamentary Superannuation. [No. 105. receiving a pension in accordance with the provisions of this Act is entitled on and from that date to receive from the Fund, in addition to the pension, a supplementary payment at the rate of nineteen pounds ten shillings per annum.
(c) The amount necessary to make the supplementary payments to persons entitled thereto is payable to the Fund out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund which to the extent necessary to make those payments is permanently appropriated.

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5. Section eleven E of the principal Act is amended.

amended by

(a)	adding after the section number "11E." the subsection designation "(1)"; and
(b)	adding a subsection as follows

(2) The increases effected by the Ilfereetrdegy

Parliamentary Superannuation A c t Pry's tpe:.:

Amendment Act, 1964, in the rates of *ration

benefits payable under this Act to =emir

widows, commence to apply in respect of

the payment of benefits that fall due on

and after the first day of January,

nineteen hundred and sixty-five. .

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6. The principal Act is amended by adding after added.

section eleven E a section as follows-

Increased

11F. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, and notwithstanding the foregoing	pensions of
ex-members.
provisions of this Act, where immediately prior to the commencing day a person is entitled under a provision of this Act, to a pension at a rate therein specified for a period of ten years and thereafter at a reduced rate so specified for a further period of ten years, that person is entitled under and subject to this Act, on and from the commencing day, to a pension in respect of the balance of the term during which

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he is so entitled to a pension, at the rate applicable to him for the first period of ten years plus ten shillings per week.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall operate with effect on and from the first day of January, nineteen hundred and sixty-four, with respect to any person who immediately prior to the commencing day was in receipt of a pension at the reduced rate of pension applicable to him in respect of the second period of ten years during the remainder of the period in respect of which he is entitled to a pension under this Act, except that the increase of ten shillings per week in the rate of pension referred to in subsection (1) of this section, applies in the case of the person only on and from the commencing day.

On and from the commencing day every other person who is entitled to a pension under this Act, except a person who is a dependant, is entitled to an increase of ten shillings per week in the rate of pension to which he was entitled under this Act immediately prior to the commencing day.

(3)

Increased

pensions of	(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any widow of a deceased member who immediately prior to the commencing day is in receipt of a pension under this Act, is entitled on and from the commencing day to an increase of seven shillings and sixpence per week in the rate of that pension.
Widows.

In this section, "commencing day" means the date on which the Parliamentary Super- annuation Act Amendment Act, 1964, comes into operation. .

(5)

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added. 7. The principal Act is amended by adding a

section as follows-

Benefits

Payable after	11G. (1) Where a person ceases to be a
coming into

operation of	member after the thirty-first day of December,
Parliamen-
tary Super-	nineteen hundred and sixty-four, the Trustees
annuation
Act	shall subject to subsection (2) of this section,

Amendment

Act, 1964.

1964.] Parliamentary Superannuation. [No. 105. pay to him from the Fund, in addition to the benefit, if any, payable under subsection (1) of section eleven of this Act, such pension or other amount as is payable in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.

(2)

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 1 of the Table appended to this subsection, a pension at the weekly rate specified in column 2 of the Table opposite to that period so specified, is payable to that person during his life.

TABLE.

Column 1. Column 2.

Period of Weekly Pension

Contribution.

for Life.

a d.

16 years	30 15 0
15 years	27 0 0
14 years	25 17 6
13 years	24 15 0
12 years	23 12 6
11 years	22 10 0
10 years	21 7 6
9 years	20 5 0
8 years	19 2 6
7 years	18 0 0

(3) If the periods referred to in subsection (2) of this section 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 this Act, together with interest on that amount at the rate determined by the Trustees.

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(4) The benefit payable to the widow of a member or pensioner who dies after the thirty- first day of December, nineteen hundred and sixty-four 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.

The provisions of subsection (3) of section

eleven B of this Act apply to a widow who is in

receipt of benefits pursuant to this section. .

(5)