Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Regulations

Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Regulations

Statutory Rules 1949 No. 99 as amended

made under the

Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948

This compilation was prepared on 21 July 2004
taking into account amendments up to SR 1975 No. 186

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Citation [see Note 1] 

 2 Interpretation 

 3 Payment of retiring allowances and annuities 

 5 Elections and options and their revocation 

 5A Evidence as to certain matters 

 6 Evidence as to pensioners 

 7 Notice of meeting 

 8 Government employment of officer 

Notes   

1 Citation [see Note 1]

  These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Regulations.

2 Interpretation

  In these Regulations:

the Act means the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948.

3 Payment of retiring allowances and annuities

 (1) Retiring allowances and annuities shall be paid fortnightly on the Thursday of each fortnight on which pensions payable under the Superannuation Act 1922 are paid.

 (2) The amount of a retiring allowance or an annuity for a period of less than a fortnight shall bear the same proportion to the amount of a fortnight’s instalment as the number of days in that period bears to fourteen.

5 Elections and options and their revocation

 (1) An election by a person under subsection (5) of section 18 of the Act shall be made not later than three months after the date on which the person becomes entitled to the retiring allowance referred to in that subsection.

 (2) An election under subsection 18 (5), 22Q (1), 22R (2) or (6), or 32 (1), or under paragraph 32 (4) (a) or (b), of the Act shall be made, an option under subsection 19 (2) or 22K (2) of the Act shall be exercised and a revocation under subsection 22R (10) or section 24C of the Act shall be made, by notice in writing signed by the person making the election, exercising the option or making the revocation, as the case may be, and:

 (a) delivered to a person authorized by the Trust to receive the notice; or

 (b) sent by post to the Trust, care of the Secretary to the Department of the Treasury, Canberra.

5A Evidence as to certain matters

 (1) Every member shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Trust of:

 (a) the date of birth of the member;

 (b) the marital status of the member;

 (c) if the member is or becomes married — the marriage of the member and the date of birth of the spouse of the member; and

 (d) any change occurring in the marital status of the member.

 (2) Before authorizing payment of benefit under the Act to the widow or widower of a person, the Trust may, where it has not been provided during the lifetime of the person with evidence sufficient to establish the date of birth of the widow or widower and the marriage of the widow or widower to the person, require the widow or widower to furnish the Trust with that evidence.

6 Evidence as to pensioners

  As and when required by the Trust:

 (a) a person to whom, or in respect of whom, retiring allowance or annuity payments are being made shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Trust that the person is alive; and

 (b) a person in receipt of a widow’s or widower’s annuity shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Trust that the person has not remarried.

7 Notice of meeting

  Notice of any meeting of the Trust shall be given personally or by post to all the trustees.

8 Government employment of officer

  A local governing body shall not be deemed to be an authority of a State for the purposes of section 21 of the Act.

Notes to the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Regulations

Note 1

The Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Regulations (in force under the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1949 No. 99 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Table of Amendments