Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SUPERANNUATION AND FAMILY BENEFITS ACT 1938 - SECT 46B

46B .         Supplementary units of pension

        (1)         Subject to the remaining provisions of this section, where — 

            (a)         a contributor or former contributor who retired before 1 January 1971; or

            (b)         a contributor or former contributor who retired on or after 1 January 1971 but attained his maximum age for retirement before that day,

                is entitled to an amount of pension according to the number of

                units of pension for which he has contributed and which were held by him on retirement, he is also entitled to receive pension in respect of such number, if any, of supplementary units of pension as are ascertained in accordance with the table to this subsection if the number of units so contributed for and held by the contributor did not exceed 40, and in any other case to such number of supplementary units of pension as is determined by the Treasurer.

Number of units of pension contributed for by contributor and held by him on retirement	Number of additional supplementary units of pension to which contributor is entitled
21	1
22	2
23	3
24	4
25	5
26	6
27	7
28	8
29	9
30	10
31	11
32	12
33	13
34	14
35	15
36	16
37	17
38	18
39	19
40	20

        (2)         The unit of supplementary pension is $65 per annum.

        (3)         Subject to subsection (4), supplementary pension provided for in this section is payable on the same conditions and in the same circumstances and manner as is that part of the share of pension under this Act which the State is liable to contribute to the Fund, and for that purpose the provisions of this Act set out in the following table apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment of supplementary pension — 

Provisions of Act to be applied to payment of supplementary pension

Section 32A, 52(2), sections 53, 54, 57, section 59 except paragraph (c), section 60, sections 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 84, 85 and 87.

        (4)         The regulations may modify or vary the conditions on which, and the circumstances and manner in which, pension is payable, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3).

        (5)         The provisions of this section apply in respect of the first fortnightly payment of pension in the month of January 1971, and in respect of every such subsequent payment.

        (6)         The State shall credit to the Fund the amount of any pension payable under this section, and the Consolidated Fund is hereby permanently appropriated to the necessary extent.

        [Section 46B inserted by No. 108 of 1970 s.6; amended by No. 6 of 1993 s.11; No. 8 of 1993 s.70; No. 49 of 1996 s.64.]