New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY CONTRIBUTORY SUPERANNUATION ACT 1971 - SECT 19A

19A Variation of certain annual pensions

(1) In this section:
"former member" means a person who:

(a) last served as a member of the Legislative Council, and

(b) ceased to be such a member on or before 6 November 1978.

"prescribed time" means:

(a) 1 January 1980, and

(b) any time after 1 January 1980 at which the salary payable to a member of the Legislative Assembly (other than a Minister of the Crown or a recognised office holder within the meaning of the Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal Act 1975 and other than a recognised office holder within the meaning of the Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1989 ) is varied.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in section 19 or 23, where:

(a) a former member is entitled to an annual pension under section 19, or

(b) the spouse or de facto partner of a former member is entitled to an annual pension under section 23,

the amount of the annual pension payable from the Fund to that former member or to that spouse or de facto partner, as the case may be, immediately before a prescribed time is varied at and from that prescribed time in the same manner and by the same percentage as the variation at that prescribed time of the salary payable to a member of the Legislative Assembly other than a Minister of the Crown or a recognised office holder within the meaning of the Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal Act 1975 and other than a recognised office holder within the meaning of the Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1989 .

(3) The amount of the annual pension payable from the Fund to a person to whom subsection (2) applies may be varied only in accordance with that subsection.