Superannuation Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1926. No. 188.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE SUPERANNUATION ACT 1922–1924.

WHEREAS by section 82 of the Superannuation Act 1922–1924, the Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Superannuation Fund Management Board, constituted by the said Act, make Regulations for carrying out or giving effect to the Act:

Now, therefore, the Superannuation Fund Management Board recommends to the Governor-General that the following Regulations be made, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this tenth day of December, 1926.

F. J. Ross, President,	Superannuation Fund Management Board.
M. J. D. Page, Member,
Chas. H. Wickens, Member,

Approved in Executive Council this seventeenth day of December, 1926.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

THOS. W. CRAWFORD,

for Treasurer.

Superannuation Regulations.

Short title.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Superannuation Regulations.

Interpretation.

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“The Act” means the Superannuation Act 1922–1924.

Commencement of contributions.

3. Where under the Act—

(a) an employee is required to contribute to the fund from the date of the commencement of his employment; or

(b) contributions are payable as from the first day of a month, deductions from salary for the purposes of those contributions shall be first made on the first salary pay day occurring during the employment or on the first salary pay day in the month as the case may be.

Time for election under section 13.

4. The time within which an employee may elect under sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Act to contribute for additional units or half units, shall be twelve months from the commencement of these Regulations, or twelve months from the commencement of his employment, whichever is the later.

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5. The time within which a contributor to whom paragraph (a) of sub-section (4) of section 13 of the Act applies may increase the amount of his contribution, in accordance with that paragraph, shall be twelve months from the date upon which payment of salary at the increased rate is actually made:

Provided that where classification under section 27 of the Commonwealth Public Service Act of a section of the Commonwealth Service is gazetted subsequent to the 20th May, 1926, and the salary of a contributor in any such section has not been raised by the classification to a higher salary group, the time within which such contributor may elect in respect of the increase that raised his salary to his present salary group, shall be extended to three months from the commencement of these Regulations, or three months from the publication in the Gazette of such classification, whichever period terminates last.

Contributions where salary reduced.

6. Where the salary of a contributor is reduced from one salary group to another salary group, the number of units for which he is compelled to contribute shall be reduced, on and from the first pay day after the reduction, to the number appropriate to the salary group to which his salary has been reduced.

Time for election under sub-section 4 of section 52.

7. The time within which an employee having rights under any other Act or State Act may elect under section 52 of the Act to come under the Act for the purposes of the “difference” as defined under sub-section (4) of that section, shall be three months from the date of the employee’s entry into the Service.

Time for election under sub-section (5) of section 52.

8. The time within which an employee who has rights under any other Act or State Act, and who has elected under section 52 of the Act to come under the Act for the purposes of the “difference” may elect under sub-section (5) of that section, shall be three months from the date of the first payment of salary at the increased rate.

Election under section 53.

9. The time within which an employee may elect under section 53 of the Act, to come under the Act for the limited purposes specified in sub-section (1) of that section, shall be three months from the date of the employee’s entry into the Service.

Contributions under section 53.

10. The contributions which shall be paid by an employee in respect of a pension under paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) of section 53 of the Act shall be in accordance with the table of contributions set out in Schedule I. to these Regulations.

Contributions by air officers.

11. The contributions which shall be paid by an Air Officer who is a contributor under Part IVa. of the Act in respect of a pension under section 60j of the Act, shall be in accordance with the table of contributions set out in Schedule II. to these Regulations.

Deduction of contributions.

12. (1.) The contributions deducted from the salaries of contributors shall be separately shown in the salary register and the pay sheets of the respective Departments in which the contributors are employed.

(2.) Where a contribution includes a fraction of a penny amounting to a halfpenny or more, the next higher penny shall be deducted.

13. (1.) Deductions made for the purposes of the Act and these Regulations shall be paid each fortnight to the Collector or Receiver of Public Moneys, to whom the collections of the Department are usually paid, for credit to the Fund.

(2.) The total of each fortnightly payment of contributions shall be balanced or reconciled with the total pension deductions shown in the Salary Registers for the relative fortnight.

Payment of pensions.

14. (1.) Pensions granted in pursuance of the Act shall be paid by the Sub-Treasury in the State in which the pensioner resides.

(2.) Pensions shall be paid fortnightly on the Friday of each fortnight which alternates with the Friday on which Public Service salaries are paid.

15. A Pensions Register, in card form, shall be kept in each Sub-Treasury, and in the event of a pensioner removing to another State, the pensioner’s card shall be transferred to the Sub-Treasury in that State.

16. (1.) Pensioners shall not be required to submit accounts for payment, but claims shall be prepared in the Sub-Treasury each fortnight.

(2.) Pensions shall be paid by means of non-negotiable cheques made payable to Order.

17. One day’s pension shall be one-fourteenth of the fortnightly pension.

Payment of Commonwealth’s contribution.

18. Immediately after each pension pay day, the proportion of pensions and refunds of contributions payable by the Commonwealth shall be paid to the Fund by the Sub-Treasury in each State.

Payments to others than principals.

19. Where in the opinion of the Board payment of pension or other benefit under the Act should be made to a person other than the pensioner or beneficiary, and payment to such person is not provided for under, and is not inconsistent with the provisions of, the Act, the Board may authorize payment to such person accordingly.

Fee to medical officer for report under section 77.

20. The fee payable to a medical officer appointed under section 77 of the Act for the purpose of reporting upon a case in which a question of invalidity or physical or mental incapacity arises, shall be £2 2s.

False information.

21. Any employee or pensioner who in any information required or given in connexion with any matter or thing, under the Act or these Regulations, makes any statement or declaration which is false, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Ten pounds.

Cancellation of pensions.

22. If in the opinion of the Board—

(a) the health of any pensioner to whom a pension under section 30 or 37 is being paid, has become so restored as to enable him to perform his duties; or

(b) the degree of invalidity or incapacity in relation to civil employment, of any pensioner to whom a pension is being paid under section 60n, 60o, or 60r, is less than 10 per cent.,

and suitable employment under the Commonwealth cannot be offered to him, but who is engaged in other employment at a remuneration not less than two-thirds of his salary at the time of his retirement, the Board may cancel the pension and thereupon it shall cease to be payable.

23. The Superannuation Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1923, No. 167 as amended by 1924, No. 195, and 1925, No. 84) are repealed as from the commencement of these Regulations.

THE SCHEDULES.

SCHEDULE I.

Section 53.—Fortnightly Contributions for Limited Pensions.

Age next Birthday.	Widow’s Pension (Two Units).		Widow’s Pension (Two Units) and Children’s Pension (Half Unit each Child).		Age next Birthday.	Widow’s Pension (Two Units).		Widow’s Pension (Two Units) and Children’s Pension (Half Unit each Child).
s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
16.................	1	7	1	10	41...................	4	4	5	0
17.................	1	8	1	11	42...................	4	6	5	1
18.................	1	9	2	1	43...................	4	8	5	3
19.................	1	10	2	1	44...................	4	10	5	5
20.................	1	11	2	3	45...................	5	1	5	7
21.................	2	0	2	4	46...................	5	4	5	10
22.................	2	2	2	7	47...................	5	7	6	1
23.................	2	3	2	8	48...................	5	10	6	4
24.................	2	5	2	10	49...................	6	1	6	7
25.................	2	6	2	11	50...................	6	5	6	11
26.................	2	7	3	0	51...................	6	10	7	3
27.................	2	8	3	2	52...................	7	3	7	8
28.................	2	9	3	3	53...................	7	9	8	1
29.................	2	9	3	3	54...................	8	3	8	7
30.................	2	10	3	5	55...................	8	11	9	3
31.................	3	0	3	6	56...................	9	9	10	1
32.................	3	2	3	9	57...................	10	9	11	1
33.................	3	3	3	10	58...................	12	0	12	4
34.................	3	4	3	11	59...................	13	8	13	11
35.................	3	6	4	1	60...................	15	11	16	3
36.................	3	7	4	2	61...................	19	4	19	8
37.................	3	9	4	5	62...................	25	0	25	4
38.................	3	10	4	5	63...................	36	2	36	7
39.................	4	0	4	7	64...................	69	7	70	4
40.................	4	2	4	9	65...................	71	0	71	9

SCHEDULE II

Section 60h (2).—Rates of Contribution to be Paid Fortnightly by Air Officers.

Age next Birthday. (1.)	First £52 Pension to Contributor upon Invalidity. (2.)		Subsequent £52 Pension to Contributor. (3.)		Special Contribution to Cover Aviation Risk. (4.)
s.	d.	s.	d	5s. per fortnight additional in respect of each unit of £26 contributed for in the case of an officer who, as part of his duty, is liable to be engaged in flying operations.
20.................................	0	10	0		8
21.................................	0	11	0		8
22.................................	1	0	0		9
23.................................	1	1	0		9
24.................................	1	2	0		10
25.................................	1	3	0		11
26.................................	1	4	0		11
27.................................	1	4	1		0
28.................................	1	5	1		0
29.................................	1	5	1		0
30.................................	1	6	1		0
31.................................	1	6	1		0
32.................................	1	7	1		1
33.................................	1	7	1		1
34.................................	1	8	1		1
35.................................	1	8	1		1
36.................................	1	9	1		1
37.................................	1	10	1		2
38.................................	1	10	1		2
39.................................	1	10	1		2
40.................................	1	11	1		2
41.................................	1	11	1		2
42.................................	1	11	1		2
43.................................	2	0	1		3
44.................................	2	0	1		3
45.................................	2	0	1		3

 

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