Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY SUPERANNUATION ACT 1970 - SECT 29

29 .         State contributions for MPs who are not participants in the scheme

        (1)         In this section —

        complying superannuation fund has the meaning it has in the SG(A) Act;

        individual superannuation guarantee shortfall has the meaning it has in the SG(A) Act;

        non-participant means a member in respect of whom contributions have never been made to the scheme or a member who has made an election under section 10(2);

        SG(A) Act means the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

        (2)         The State shall make contributions towards superannuation for every person who is a non-participant.

        (3)         The State’s contributions in respect of a non-participant —

            (a)         shall be made in accordance with a determination made from time to time by the Tribunal but in any event shall not be less than the minimum amount that the State must contribute in respect of the non-participant in order to avoid incurring an individual superannuation guarantee shortfall in respect of the non-participant;

            (b)         shall be paid at such time or times as the Minister determines but in any event in such a manner that the State does not incur an individual superannuation guarantee shortfall in respect of the non-participant; and

            (c)         shall be paid to a complying superannuation fund in accordance with the Minister’s determination under subsection (4).

        (4)         The Minister, by a written instrument, shall from time to time determine to which complying superannuation fund or funds the State’s contributions shall be paid.

        (5)         The State’s contributions shall be charged to the Consolidated Account which is appropriated accordingly.

        [Section 29 inserted by No. 37 of 2000 s. 18; amended by No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]