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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by Hon. P. G. Pendal)
Superannuation and Family Benefits
Amendment Bill 1999
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Superannuation and Family
Benefits Amendment Act 1999.
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2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day it receives the Royal
Assent.
5 3. Principal Act
In this Act the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938*
is referred to as the principal Act.
[* Reprinted as at 9 August 1989.
For subsequent amendments see 1998 Index to Legislation of
10 Western Australia, Table 1, pages 243, 244 and 245.]
4. Schedule 6 amended
(1) Part I of Schedule 6 of the principal Act is amended by --
(a) deleting "widow" wherever occurring and substituting
the following --
15 " widow or widower ";
(b) deleting "husband" wherever occurring and substituting
the following --
" husband or wife ";
(c) deleting "he" wherever occurring and substituting the
20 following --
" he or she ";
(d) deleting "she" wherever occurring and substituting the
following --
" she or he ";
25 (e) deleting "his" wherever occurring and substituting the
following --
" his or her "; and
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(f) deleting "her" wherever occurring and substituting the
following --
" her or him ".
(2) Items 4 and 5 in Part I of Schedule 6 of the principal Act are
5 repealed.
5. Transitional
(1) This Act applies to a person who becomes a widower on or after
the day on which this Act comes into operation.
(2) Where a person becomes a widower immediately before the
10 commencement of this Act, Schedule 6 of the principal Act
applies as if this Act had not been passed.
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