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MILITARY SUPERANNUATION AND BENEFITS ACT 1991 - SECT 14

Preserved benefits

             (1)  Where:

                     (a)  a preserved benefit, or part of a preserved benefit, applicable to a person who has ceased to be a member becomes payable; and

                     (b)  the preserved benefit, or the part of the preserved benefit, consists only of an amount of member benefit;

then:

                     (c)  if the preserved benefit consists only of an amount of member benefit that is totally funded--the preserved benefit, or the part of the preserved benefit, is payable to, or in respect of, the person by the Board; or

                     (d)  if paragraph (c) does not apply:

                              (i)  an amount equal to:

                                        (A)  if the total amount of preserved benefit is payable--the part of the member benefit that is totally funded; or

                                        (B)  if a part of a preserved benefit is payable--a corresponding part of the part of the member benefit that is totally funded;

                                   is payable by the Board to the Commonwealth; and

                             (ii)  the preserved benefit, or the part of the preserved benefit, is payable to, or in respect of, the person by the Commonwealth.

             (2)  Where:

                     (a)  a preserved benefit applicable to a person who has ceased to be a member becomes payable; and

                     (b)  the preserved benefit includes both an amount of member benefit and an amount of employer benefit;

then:

                     (c)  an amount equal to the sum of:

                              (i)  the part of the member benefit included in the preserved benefit that is totally funded; and

                             (ii)  so much of the funded employer benefit in relation to the person as is included in the preserved benefit;

                            is payable by the Board to the Commonwealth; and

                     (d)  the preserved benefit is payable to, or in respect of, the person by the Commonwealth.



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