Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1991 No. 130, 1991 - SECT 39

39. (1) Section 113 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "Pensions" and substituting "Subject to
subsection (1A), pensions";

   (b)  by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1A) Partial invalidity pensions are to be paid in fortnightly instalments on
contribution days.";

   (c)  by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(5) The Commissioner may enter into an arrangement with a person's employer
in relation to the payment of an instalment of partial invalidity pension to
the person on a contribution day.".

(2) Despite the amendments made by this section, where, on the commencement of
this section, a person is entitled to a partial invalidity pension, the
following rules apply:

   (a)  if that commencement is after a contribution day but on or before the
        next pension pay day, the person is entitled on that next pension pay
        day to the full amount of a fortnightly instalment and on the
        following contribution day to an amount equal to 6/14ths of a
        fortnightly instalment; or

   (b)  if that commencement is after a pension pay day but on or before the
        next contribution day, the person is entitled on that next
        contribution day to an amount equal to 6/14ths of a fortnightly
        instalment.