New South Wales Consolidated Acts

UNCLAIMED MONEY ACT 1995 - SECT 13E

13E Payment of unclaimed benefits where money later claimed

(1) If:

(a) any unclaimed superannuation benefits have been paid to the Chief Commissioner under this Part, and

(b) the Chief Commissioner is satisfied on application made by a person in a form approved by the Chief Commissioner that, if this Part and the Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth had not been enacted, the person would have been paid that unclaimed superannuation benefit by the public sector superannuation provider by whom it was paid to the Chief Commissioner,

the Chief Commissioner must pay that unclaimed superannuation benefit to that person.

(2) The approved form of application may include a request that the applicant provide his or her tax file number to the Chief Commissioner.

(3) A person is not obliged to comply with the request to provide his or her tax file number, and non-compliance with the request does not prevent the person from being paid an unclaimed superannuation benefit.