Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SUPERANNUATION ACT 1922 - SECT 43A

             (1)  Where one or more non‑contributory units of pension are applicable in relation to a contributor at the time of his retirement, the contributor is, subject to this Act, upon retirement, entitled to receive, in addition to a pension under section 43:

                     (a)  if he retires on or after attaining the age of sixty‑five years--a pension according to the number of non‑contributory units of pension that were applicable in relation to him at the time of his retirement; or

                     (b)  if he retires before attaining that age--a pension equal to five‑sevenths of the pension that he would, upon retirement, have been entitled to receive in respect of the non‑contributory units of pension that were applicable in relation to him at the time of his retirement if he had been a contributor for those units from the respective dates as from which those units became applicable in relation to him as non‑contributory units and he had contributed at the appropriate rates based on a retiring age of sixty‑five years.

             (2)  This section does not apply to a contributor who retires on or after 1 July 1976.