New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE REGULATION (SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1906 - SECT 5AC

5AC Other contributions by members of NSW Police Force

(1) A member of the NSW Police Force, or an employee of the Police Association of New South Wales, who is not required by this Act to contribute to the Fund under this Act merely because the person is on authorised leave without pay as such a member or employee, is entitled to remain a contributor to the Fund even though the member or employee is not contributing to the Fund.

(2) This section applies to a member or employee only if:

(a) the leave is for the purposes of raising children of whom the member or employee is a parent, or for whom he or she has assumed the responsibility of a parent, and

(b) he or she has been on that leave for less than 7 years consecutively, and

(c) he or she has a statutory or contractual right to resume employment at the end of the leave.

(3) Any period during which this section applies to a member or employee is not taken to be a period of service for the purposes of this Act.

(4) In this section:
"authorised leave" means:

(a) leave approved by the Commissioner of Police or the Police Association, as the case requires, or

(b) leave authorised by an agreement certified, or an award made, by a tribunal or body having the authority to do so under a law of the State or the Commonwealth.