Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (3), where a contributor who has attained the age of
65 years remains in the Service for not less than one year after
attaining that age, the pension which would be payable to him under the
provisions of this Act, other than this section, shall be increased by an
amount ascertained by multiplying the portion of the pension equivalent to the
contributions made by him by a percentage ascertained in accordance with the
table appended to this section.
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(2) The amount by
which a pension is increased pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1)
is payable from moneys standing to the credit of the fund without contribution
by the State.
(2a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of section 46C, the pension payable to a former
contributor who continued in service after attaining the age of
65 years —
(a) in
respect of the period which commences on the day after his retirement and ends
on the next succeeding 31 December, shall, after taking into account any
increase resulting from subsection (1), be increased by a further amount
which represents the aggregate of the increases in the rates of pension which
he would have received pursuant to section 46C if he had retired on
attaining the age of 65 years; and
(b)
shall thereafter be increased from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of section 46C as if he had retired in the month of December
of the year preceding the year in which he actually retired.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to or in relation to the pension of
a contributor who has received any benefits under section 60B or 60C.
[Section 60A inserted by No. 61 of 1960
s.3; amended by No. 27 of 1969 s.9; No. 47 of 1974 s.7; No. 49
of 1996 s.64.]