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PERTH, WEDNESDAY, 30 JUNE 2010 No. 124 SPECIAL

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© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

STATE SUPERANNUATION ACT 2000

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STATE SUPERANNUATION

AMENDMENT REGULATIONS

(No. 2) 2010

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State Superannuation Act 2000

State Superannuation Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 2010

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the State Superannuation Amendment
Regulations (No. 2) 2010.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the State Superannuation
Regulations 2001.

4.             Regulation 59 amended

In regulation 59(a):

(a) delete “regulation 70C” and insert:

regulation 75

(b) delete “salary continuation insurance” and insert:

for a supplementary salary continuance benefit

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5.             Regulation 67 amended

In regulation 67(1)(db) delete “Division 5A” and insert:

regulation 75

6.             Regulation 68 amended

In regulation 68(2)(a) delete “insurance taken out or provided
by the Board in respect of the Member; and” and insert:

benefits provided in respect of the Member
under regulations 70, 71 and 72; and

7.             Part 3 Divisions 4B and 5A deleted

Delete Part 3 Divisions 4B and 5A.

8.             Part 3 Division 5 replaced

Delete Part 3 Division 5 and insert:

Division 5 — Benefits

Subdivision 1 — Preliminary

69G. Terms used
In this Division —
covered risk benefits Member means a West State
Super Member —
(a)

before the coming into operation of the State

on whose death or disability immediately (No. 2) 2010 any benefit (other than payment of

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the balance of the Member’s West State
account or the Member’s protected amount)

would have been payable; or

(b) who has since the coming into operation of the State Superannuation Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2010 become a covered risk benefits

Member under regulation 69H, 69I or 69K,

and who in either case has not subsequently ceased to
be a covered risk benefits Member under
regulation 69J or 69M;

eligible risk benefits Member means a member who

is —

(a)

terms on which the Board provides a
supplementary risk benefit under

a West State Super Member who under the supplementary risk benefit; or

(b)

an eligible statutory WSS Member who is under 60 years of age;

opt-in notice means a notice given under

regulation 69K.

Subdivision 2 — Covered risk benefits Members

69H. Automatically becoming a covered risk benefits
Member
Subject to regulation 69I(1), every person who is or
becomes an eligible risk benefits Member on or after
the coming into operation of the State Superannuation
Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2010 is a covered risk
benefits Member.
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69I. Initial option to become a covered risk benefits
Member
(1) The Board may determine that any person, or any
member of a specified class of persons, who becomes
an eligible risk benefits Member after the coming into
operation of the State Superannuation Amendment
Regulations (No. 2) 2010 is not a covered risk benefits
Member unless, within such time of becoming an
eligible risk benefits Member as the Board may
specify, that person opts to become a covered risk
benefits Member.
(2) An option under subregulation (1) is to be exercised by
notice in writing to the Board, received by the Board
before the expiry of the specified time.

(3)

When a notice under subregulation (2) is received by the Board before the expiry of the specified time, the person exercising the option becomes a covered risk benefits Member.

69J. Ceasing to be a covered risk benefits Member
(1) A covered risk benefits Member may opt at any time to
cease to be a covered risk benefits Member.
(2) An option under subregulation (1) is to be exercised by
notice in writing, received by the Board.
(3) When a notice under subregulation (2) is received by
the Board, the Member exercising the option ceases to
be a covered risk benefits Member.
(4) The Board may determine that a covered risk benefits
Member who, as a result of options exercised by the
Member under regulation 70B(3), is not eligible for
any supplementary risk benefit ceases to be a covered
risk benefits Member.
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69K. Subsequent option to become a covered risk benefits
Member
(1) An eligible risk benefits Member who is not a covered
risk benefits Member and who is not entitled to become
a covered risk benefits Member under regulation 69H
may at any time opt to become a covered risk benefits
Member, subject to the provisions of this regulation
and of regulation 69L.
(2) An option under subregulation (1) is to be exercised by
notice in writing —
(a) received by the Board; and
(b) accepted by the Board under regulation 69L.
69L. Considering and accepting opt-in notice
(1) On receiving an opt-in notice, the Board may require
the Member giving the notice to do all or any of the
following —
(a) undergo one or more medical examinations and provide the resulting medical reports to the Board;
(b) provide to the Board —

(i)      any other medical reports; and

(ii)      information about the Member’s health and medical history; and

(iii)      any other information the Board considers relevant.

(2) If the Board imposes a requirement under
subregulation (1) the Member —

(a)

must comply with the requirement within the time specified by the Board; and

(b)

is responsible for payment of any costs involved in complying with the requirement.

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(3) The Board may decline to accept an opt-in notice if
under the terms of insurance provided under
regulation 70A an application for cover for the
Member under that insurance may be refused.
(4) The Board may decline to accept an opt-in notice or
accept it subject to a health condition if —

(a)

after considering the notice and any further medical information provided by the Member, the Board is of the opinion that the Member is suffering from a physical or mental condition that is likely to prevent him or her from satisfactorily performing his or her duties until he or she turns 60 years of age; or

(b)

the Member fails to comply with a requirement under subregulation (1).

(5) When an opt-in notice is accepted by the Board, the
person giving the notice becomes a covered risk
benefits Member.
69M. Altering or cancelling acceptance of opt-in notice
(1) If, in reliance on a statement made in medical
information provided by a Member, the Board has
accepted an opt-in notice without imposing a health
condition and the Board subsequently becomes aware
that —
(a) the Member knew the statement was untrue; or

(b)

the statement was misleading because it omitted material information of which the Member had knowledge,

the Board may —

(c) impose a health condition on the Member; or

(d)

cancel its acceptance of the notice, in which event the Member ceases to be a covered risk

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benefits Member with retrospective effect to

the time when the notice was accepted.

(2)

The Board may take action under subregulation (1)(c) or (d) even if the Member has ceased to be a worker or has died.

(3) If a covered risk benefits Member who is subject to a
health condition satisfies the Board that his or her
health has improved since the condition was imposed,
the Board may remove or vary the condition.

Subdivision 3 — Provision of supplementary risk benefits

70A. Board may provide supplementary risk benefits

The Board may provide all or any of the following kinds of supplementary risk benefits for all covered risk benefits Members who are West State Super

Members, or for such classes of those Members, as the
Board considers appropriate —

(a) supplementary death benefits;
(b) supplementary incapacity benefits;

(c) supplementary salary continuance benefits.

70B. Terms of supplementary risk benefits
(1) The Board must decide the terms of any supplementary
risk benefits provided for covered risk benefits
Members under regulation 70A.
(2) The Board may decide on different terms for different
classes of covered risk benefits Members.
(3) The terms of supplementary risk benefits may include
terms in relation to all or any of the following —

(a)

eligibility for a benefit, and options in relation to eligibility;

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(b)

levels or amounts of benefits, and options in relation to levels and amounts;

(c)

requirements for changing the level or amount of benefits;

(d)

form of benefits (whether lump sum, periodic payment or otherwise);

(e)

information and documents to be given to and by the Board;

(f)

amounts to be debited to Members’ accounts in respect of benefits for which they are eligible;

(g) claims procedures and evidentiary

requirements;

(h) cessation, termination or cancellation of entitlement to benefits;

(i)      procedural and administrative matters relating to the provision of benefits.

(4)

The terms of supplementary risk benefits must include a term to the effect that no entitlement to benefit arises in respect of any event occurring on or after the

separation time (within the meaning given in
section 75B of the Act).

Subdivision 4 — Benefits

70.           Death benefits for covered risk benefits Members

(1) If a covered risk benefits Member who —
(a) is an eligible statutory WSS Member; and
(b) is under 60 years of age,
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dies while still a worker, subject to subregulations (3) and (4) the Board is to pay a basic death benefit of an amount equal to B in the formula —

R G F
B = A + × ×
⎢⎣ ⎥⎦
2 100 12

where —

A is the greater of —

(i)      the balance of the Member’s west state account; and

(ii) the Member’s protected amount;

R is —
(i)

Member for all of the 2 years prior to
the Member’s death — the total of the

if the Member has been a statutory WSS 2 years; or

(ii)      otherwise, the amount of remuneration the Board considers the Member would have received for those 2 years if the

circumstances existing immediately
before the Member died had existed for
all of those 2 years;
G is the number that would have been the
Employer’s charge percentage for the quarter
during which the Member died;
F is the number of complete months from the day
the Member died to the day when the Member
would have turned 60 years of age.

(2)

If a covered risk benefits Member for whom a supplementary death benefit is provided under regulation 70A dies, subject to subregulation (3) and to

the terms on which the supplementary death benefit is
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provided the Board is to pay the supplementary death

benefit.

(3) If a covered risk benefits Member is subject to a health
condition no basic death benefit or supplementary
death benefit is payable unless the Board is satisfied
that the Member’s death was not due to, and did not
arise from, the physical or mental defect or condition
that was the reason for the imposition of the health
condition.
(4) If a covered risk benefits Member is, as a result of
options exercised by the Member under
regulation 70B(3), not eligible for a supplementary
death benefit, no basic death benefit is payable.

71.           Incapacity benefits for covered risk benefits Members

(1) In this regulation —

permanent incapacity has the meaning given in the

SIS Regulations regulation 6.01(2).

(2) Subject to regulation 81 and subregulations (5), (7) and
(8), if a covered risk benefits Member who —
(a) is an eligible statutory WSS Member; and
(b) is under 60 years of age,

ceases to be a worker because of permanent incapacity,
the Board is to pay the Member a basic incapacity
benefit equal to the basic death benefit that would have
been payable under regulation 70 if the Member had

died on the day the Member ceased to be a worker.

(3) Subject to subregulations (5), (7) and (8), if a covered
risk benefits Member who —
(a) is an eligible statutory WSS Member; and
(b) is under 60 years of age,
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ceases to be a worker because of partial and permanent
disablement the Board is to pay the Member a basic
incapacity benefit of an amount equal to B in the

formula —

R G F
B = A + ⎢⎣ ⎜⎝
E ⎟⎠ × × ⎥⎦
2 100 12

where —

A is the greater of —

(i)      the balance of the Member’s west state account; and

(ii) the Member’s protected amount;

R is —
(i)

if the Member has been a statutory WSS the Member ceasing to be a worker — the total of the Member’s remuneration for those 2 years; or

(ii)      otherwise, the amount of remuneration the Board considers the Member would have received for those 2 years if the

circumstances existing immediately
before the Member ceased to be a
worker had existed for all of those
2 years;
E is the annual amount of the remuneration that
the Board considers the Member has the
capacity to earn after becoming disabled,
having regard to subregulation (4);
G is the number that would have been the
Employer’s charge percentage for the quarter
during which the Member ceased to be a
worker;
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F is the number of complete months from the day
the Member ceased to be a worker to the day
when the Member will turn 60 years of age.

(4)

For the purpose of determining the value of E in the formula in subregulation (3) the Board is to take into account the possibility of work in either the public

sector or the private sector.

(5)

If a covered risk benefits Member entitled to a basic incapacity benefit under subregulation (2) or (3) has received, or is entitled to receive, another benefit from

any of the superannuation schemes established or
continued under the Act in respect of the same
incapacity, the Board may reduce the basic incapacity
benefit to the extent it considers appropriate (but not to
an amount less than the amount of A in the formula in
regulation 70).
(6) If a covered risk benefits Member for whom a
supplementary incapacity benefit is provided under
regulation 70A suffers incapacity, subject to
subregulation (7) and to the terms on which the
supplementary incapacity benefit is provided the Board
is to pay the supplementary incapacity benefit.

(7)

If a covered risk benefits Member is subject to a health condition no basic incapacity benefit or supplementary incapacity benefit is payable unless the Board is

satisfied that the Member’s incapacity was not due to, and did not arise from, the physical or mental defect or condition that was the reason for the imposition of the health condition.

(8) If a covered risk benefits Member is, as a result of
options exercised by the Member under
regulation 70B(3), not eligible for a supplementary
incapacity benefit, no basic incapacity benefit is
payable.
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72.           Supplementary salary continuance benefits for covered risk benefits Members

(1) In this regulation —

SIS amount means the amount that, if the West State Super Scheme were a regulated superannuation fund, the Board could pay to the Member without

contravening the cashing restriction set out in the
SIS Regulations Schedule 1 item 109 column 3;
temporarily incapacitated means that the Member is
suffering temporary incapacity within the meaning
given in the SIS Regulations regulation 6.01.
(2) If a covered risk benefits Member for whom a
supplementary salary continuance benefit is provided
under regulation 70A(c) is temporarily incapacitated,
subject to subregulation (3) and to the terms on which
the supplementary salary continuance benefit is
provided the Board is to pay the Member the
supplementary salary continuance benefit or, if less, the
SIS amount.

(3)

If a covered risk benefits Member is subject to a health condition no supplementary salary continuance benefit is payable unless the Board is satisfied that the

Member’s incapacity was not due to, and did not arise from, the physical or mental defect or condition that was the reason for the imposition of the health condition.

73A. Treasurer may increase basic risk benefits for
covered risk benefits Members

(1)

The Treasurer may, by giving notice to the Board, increase the amount of a basic death benefit under regulation 70 or a basic incapacity benefit under

regulation 71 to, or in respect of, a covered risk
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benefits Member or a class of covered risk benefits

Members.

(2) The Treasurer may revoke a notice given under subregulation (1) by giving notice to the Board.

73.           Death benefit — other West State Super Members

(1) This regulation applies if any of the following events
occur —

(a)

a statutory WSS Member dies while still a worker and no benefit is payable under regulation 70;

(b)

a voluntary WSS Member dies while still a worker;

(c)

a partner WSS Member dies while there is still an amount in the Member’s west state account.

(2) If this regulation applies the Board is to pay a benefit in
respect of the Member of an amount equal to the
greater of —

(a)

the balance of the Member’s west state account; and

(b) the Member’s protected amount.

74.           General benefit

(1) This regulation applies if any of the following events
occur and no other benefit is payable under this Part —
(a) a statutory WSS Member or voluntary WSS Member —

(i)      ceases to be a worker; or

(ii)      withdraws from the West State Super Scheme under regulation 52B(2);

(b)

an eligible statutory WSS Member otherwise ceases to be an eligible statutory WSS Member;

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(c) a partner WSS Member —

(i)      satisfies the criteria for payment of a benefit under regulation 76; or

(ii)      withdraws from the West State Super Scheme under regulation 52B(1);

(d)

a West State Super Member reaches 65 years of age.

(2) If this regulation applies the Member is entitled to a
benefit of an amount equal to the greater of —

(a)

the balance of the Member’s west state account; and

(b) the Member’s protected amount.

(3)

If the Member satisfies the criteria for payment of a benefit under regulation 76, the Board is to pay the benefit to the Member when requested by the Member

to do so.
(4) If the Member does not satisfy the criteria for payment
of a benefit under regulation 76, the benefit is
preserved until those criteria are satisfied.
(5) If a Member is entitled to a benefit under this
regulation and regulation 75A, the benefit under
regulation 75A is to be paid first.

Subdivision 5 — External Insurance

75.           Insurance policies

The Board may enter into one or more policies of
insurance, including policies of group life assurance, to
provide for any of the benefits that may become
payable under regulations 70, 71 and 72.
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9.             Regulation 103 amended

Delete regulation 103(2)(a) and “and” after it and insert:

(a) the costs of insurance provided in respect of the Member under regulations 111 and 112; and

10.           Part 3A Division 6 heading replaced

Delete the heading to Part 3A Division 6 and insert:

Division 6 — Benefits

11.           Part 3A Division 6 Subdivisions 1 and 2 inserted

At the beginning of Part 3A Division 6 insert:

Subdivision 1 — Preliminary

111A. Terms used
In this Division —
covered GESB Super Member means a GESB Super
Member —
(a)

before the coming into operation of the State
Superannuation Amendment Regulations

on whose death or disability immediately the balance of the Member’s GESB Super account) would have been payable; or

(b) who has since the coming into operation of the State Superannuation Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2010 become a covered GESB Super

Member under regulation 111B, 111C or 111E,

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and who in either case has not subsequently ceased to
be a covered GESB Super Member under
regulation 111D or 111G;

health condition means a condition imposed on a covered GESB Super Member that any insurance provided to or in respect of the Member under

regulation 112 will be limited to the extent determined

by the Board;

opt-in notice means a notice given under

regulation 111E.

Subdivision 2 — Covered GESB Super Members

111B. Automatically becoming a covered GESB Super
Member
Subject to regulation 111C(1), every person who
becomes a GESB Super Member on or after the
coming into operation of the State Superannuation
Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2010 is a covered
GESB Super Member.
111C. Initial option to become a covered GESB Super
Member
(1) The Board may determine that any person, or any
member of a specified class of persons, who becomes a
GESB Super Member on or after the coming into
operation of the State Superannuation Amendment
Regulations (No. 2) 2010 is not a covered GESB Super
Member unless, within such time of becoming a GESB
Super Member as the Board may specify, that person
opts to become a covered GESB Super Member.
(2) An option under subregulation (1) is to be exercised by
notice in writing to the Board, received by the Board
before the expiry of the specified time.
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(3)

When a notice under subregulation (2) is received by the Board before the expiry of the specified time, the person exercising the option becomes a covered GESB

Super Member.
111D. Ceasing to be a covered GESB Super Member
(1) A covered GESB Super Member may opt at any time
to cease to be a covered GESB Super Member.
(2) An option under subregulation (1) is to be exercised by
notice in writing, received by the Board.
(3) When a notice under subregulation (2) is received by
the Board, the Member exercising the option ceases to
be a covered GESB Super member.
(4) The Board may determine that a covered GESB Super
Member who, as a result of options exercised by the
Member under regulation 113(4), is not eligible for any
insurance provided under regulation 111 or 112 ceases
to be a covered GESB Super Member.
111E. Subsequent option to become a covered GESB
Super Member
(1) A GESB Super Member who is not a covered GESB
Super Member and who is not entitled to become a
covered GESB Super Member under regulation 111B
may at any time opt to become a covered GESB Super
Member, subject to the provisions of this regulation
and of regulation 111F.
(2) An option under subregulation (1) is to be exercised by
notice in writing —
(a) received by the Board; and
(b) accepted by the Board under regulation 111F.
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111F. Considering and accepting opt-in notice
(1) On receiving an opt-in notice, the Board may require
the Member giving the notice to do all or any of the
following —
(a) undergo one or more medical examinations and provide the resulting medical reports to the Board;
(b) provide to the Board —

(i)      any other medical reports; and

(ii)      information about the Member’s health and medical history; and

(iii)      any other information the Board considers relevant.

(2) If the Board imposes a requirement under
subregulation (1) the Member —

(a)

must comply with the requirement within the time specified by the Board; and

(b)

is responsible for payment of any costs involved in complying with the requirement.

(3) The Board may decline to accept an opt-in notice if
under the terms of insurance provided under
regulation 111 or 112 an application for cover for the
Member under that insurance may be refused.
(4) The Board may decline to accept an opt-in notice or
accept it subject to a health condition if —

(a)

after considering the notice and any further medical information provided by the Member, the Board is of the opinion that the Member is suffering from a physical or mental condition that is likely to prevent him or her from satisfactorily performing his or her duties until he or she turns 60 years of age; or

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(b)

the Member fails to comply with a requirement under subregulation (1).

(5) When an opt-in notice is accepted by the Board, the
person giving the notice becomes a covered GESB
Super Member.
111G. Altering or cancelling acceptance of opt-in notice
(1) If, in reliance on a statement made in medical
information provided by a Member, the Board has
accepted an opt-in notice without imposing a health
condition and the Board subsequently becomes aware
that —
(a) the Member knew the statement was untrue; or

(b)

the statement was misleading because it omitted material information of which the Member had knowledge,

the Board may —

(c) impose a health condition on the Member; or

(d)

cancel its acceptance of the notice, in which event the Member ceases to be a covered GESB Super Member with retrospective effect to the time when the notice was accepted.

(2)

The Board may take action under subregulation (1)(c) or (d) even if the Member has ceased to be a worker or has died.

(3) If a covered GESB Super Member who is subject to a
health condition satisfies the Board that his or her
health has improved since the condition was imposed,
the Board may remove or vary the condition.
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12.           Part 3A Division 6 Subdivision 3 heading inserted

Before regulation 111 insert:

Subdivision 3 — Insurance

13.           Regulation 111 amended

In regulation 111(1) (first occurrence), (2) and (3) before
“GESB Super Member” insert:

covered

14.           Regulation 112 amended

In regulation 112 before “GESB Super Members” insert:

covered

15.           Regulation 113 amended

(1) In regulation 113(2) before “Members.” insert:
covered GESB Super
(2) In regulation 113(4) before “Member” insert:
covered GESB Super
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16.           Part 3A Division 7 heading replaced

Delete the heading to Part 3A Division 7 and insert:

Subdivision 4 — Benefits

17.           Regulation 116 replaced

Delete regulation 116 and insert:

116.         Insured benefits for covered GESB Super Members

(1) In this regulation —
SIS amount means the amount that, if the GESB Super
Scheme were a regulated superannuation fund, the
Board could pay to the Member without contravening
the cashing restriction set out in the SIS Regulations
Schedule 1 item 109 column 3;
temporarily incapacitated means that the Member is
suffering temporary incapacity within the meaning
given in the SIS Regulations regulation 6.01.

(2)

If a covered GESB Super Member for whom life insurance is provided under regulation 111 dies, subject to the terms on which the life insurance is

provided the Board is to pay the proceeds of the life
insurance.
(3) If a covered GESB Super Member for whom total and
permanent disability insurance is provided under
regulation 112(a) ceases to be a worker by reason of
incapacity, subject to subregulation (5) and to the terms
on which the insurance is provided the Member is
entitled to the proceeds of the total and permanent
disability insurance.
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(4) If a covered GESB Super Member for whom salary
continuance insurance is provided under
regulation 112(b) is temporarily incapacitated,
subject to subregulation (5) and to the terms on which
the salary continuance insurance is provided the Board
is to pay the Member the proceeds of the salary
continuance insurance or, if less, the SIS amount.
(5) If a covered GESB Super Member is subject to a health
condition no insurance proceeds are payable under
subregulation (3) or (4) unless the Board is satisfied
that the insured event was not due to, and did not arise
from, the physical or mental defect or condition that
was the reason for the imposition of the health
condition.

By Command of the Governor,

PETER CONRAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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