Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 187, 1992 - SECT 65

65. Section 37 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Costs - Board being assisted by panel of persons

"37.(1) If, under the Rules, the Board engages a panel of persons to assist it
to reach a decision:

   (a)  whether or not to approve invalidity retirement for a member who has
        not reached the age of 60; or

   (b)  in relation to the payment of preserved benefits; or

   (c)  in relation to the payment of an invalidity retirement benefit on the
        ground that a person was totally and permanently incapacitated on his
        or her last day as a member; any cost specified in subsection (2) is
        payable from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated
        accordingly.

"(2) Each of the following costs is specified for the purposes of subsection
(1):

   (a)  any cost incurred in relation to the panel of persons;

   (b)  the cost of any medical examination that the person is required to
        undergo under the Rules to provide the panel with the medical evidence
        that it requires for the purpose of assisting the Board.

"(3) Where the Board decides not to approve invalidity retirement for a
member, the cost of any rehabilitation program recommended for the member
under the Rules and undertaken by the member is payable from the Consolidated
Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.".