Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where a
contributor is entitled to an amount of pension according to the number of
units of pension held by him on retirement, he is entitled, in addition to the
amount to which he is entitled under section 58, to an additional amount
of pension in accordance with the scale set forth in the Fifth Schedule,
namely —
(a) with
respect to the number of units of pension for which he has contributed at any
time before 1 July 1964 up to the time he became entitled to pension
in respect thereof the amount shown opposite the number of those units in the
second column of Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule;
(b) with
respect to the number of units of pension held by him at the time he becomes
or became entitled to pension in respect thereof, the amount, if any, shown
opposite the number of those units in the second column of Part 2 of the Fifth
Schedule.
(2) The amount of
increase of pension payable under subsection (1)(a) shall be charged to
the Fund.
(3) The State shall
credit to the Fund the amount of increase of pension payable under
subsection (1)(b).
(4) The Consolidated
Fund is hereby permanently appropriated to the extent necessary to give effect
to subsection (3).
(5) The provisions of
this section apply —
(a) in
respect of the first fortnightly payment of pension made in the month of
January 1967, and in respect of such subsequent payments;
(b) to a
widow who is entitled to receive an amount of pension under this Act and in
accordance with the rate of pension payable to the widow as referred to in
this Act.
[Section 46A inserted by No. 78 of 1967
s.4; amended by No. 6 of 1993 s.11; No. 49 of 1996 s.64.]