Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
former employee means a person who immediately
prior to his becoming an employee within the meaning of this Act, was a
contributor to a similar fund for standard benefits which were not liable to
be reduced for ill-health or other reason;
former employment means employment by the
Commonwealth or any other State;
similar fund means a fund or account established
under the law applying to the former employment and providing for
superannuation or other like benefits for persons employed in the former
employment similar to the purposes of the Fund established pursuant to this
Act.
(2) Notwithstanding
the provisions of section 35 but subject to section 60(9), a former
employee —
(a) who
has received or is entitled to receive payment of an amount which is in
satisfaction of contributions made by him to a similar fund and which is in
lieu of pension or like benefits;
(b) who
is appointed as an employee within the meaning of this Act;
(c) who,
within 3 months of that appointment, elects to contribute under the
provisions of this Act to the Fund,
may, within that
period, credit that amount, or cause that amount to be credited, to the Fund,
and thereupon —
(d) that
amount shall be applied in the redemption forthwith of all further
contributions which would otherwise be payable fortnightly in respect of the
number of whole units for which that amount is, in the opinion of an Actuary,
sufficient, and any surplus therefrom shall be refunded;
(e) the
former employee shall be entitled to pension and benefits pursuant to the
provisions of this Act as if he had become a contributor to the Fund on the
date of his initial contribution to the similar fund.
[Section 32A inserted by No. 15 of 1973
s.5; amended by No. 134 of 1976 s.7; No. 49 of 1996 s.64.]