Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to this
section, on the death of a member or on the death of a former member who at
the time of his death was in receipt of pension under this Act, there is
payable to any child of the member or former member for so long as the
child —
(a) is
less than 16 years of age; or
(b) is
more than 16 but less than 25 years of age and is undergoing a full-time
course of education at a school, college, institute or university,
an annual
allowance —
(c)
while the deceased member or former member is survived by a spouse or de facto
partner — of 3% of the basic salary for the time being
payable to a member;
(d)
while the deceased member or former member is not survived by a spouse or de
facto partner — of 6% of the basic salary for the time
being payable to a member.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a child of a former member
who, after the coming into operation of the Acts Amendment (Parliamentary
Superannuation) Act 1986 1 , converted all of his annual pension
entitlement to a lump sum payment under section 16.
(3) Payment of
allowance under this section in respect of any child shall be made on
behalf of the child to such person or persons as the Board determines, and the
Board is under no obligation or duty to inquire into or see to the proper
application of any payments so made.
[Section 23 amended by No. 94 of 1975
s. 12; No. 58 of 1986 s. 12; No. 37 of 2000 s. 14;
No. 3 of 2002 s. 91(1).]