New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY CONTRIBUTORY SUPERANNUATION ACT 1971 - SECT 19D

19D Payment of deferred pension in cases of hardship

(1) The trustees may, on the written application of a former member, pay the former member the former member’s deferred pension on the ground of the former member’s financial hardship.

(2) In determining whether a pension is payable to a former member under this section, the trustees must have regard to the following matters:

(a) the financial circumstances of the former member and his or her capacity to meet reasonable and immediate financial commitments,

(b) any other matters the trustees think relevant and appropriate.