Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) If a category A
member who is under 60 years of age dies in service, the Board shall pay
a benefit equal to —
(a) the
member’s accrued benefit calculated as if —
(i)
the member had remained in service until reaching
60 years of age; and
(ii)
the benchmark amount had remained the same as it was on
the date of death;
and
(b) the
balance of the member’s accumulation account.
(1a) If a category A
member who is between 60 and 65 years of age (inclusive) dies in service,
the Board shall pay a benefit equal to the benefit that would have been
payable to the member if the member had left service on the date of death and
become entitled to a benefit under regulation 17(1).
(2) If a category A
member who is over 65 years of age dies in service, the Board shall pay a
benefit equal to the benefit that would have been payable to the member if the
member had —
(a) left
service on the day the member turned 65;
(b)
become entitled to a benefit under regulation 17(1) on that day; and
(c)
retained the whole of that benefit in the Fund under regulation 22
(without making an election under regulation 22AA(1)) until the date of
death.
[Regulation 18 inserted in Gazette
14 May 1996 p. 2030-1; amended in Gazette 8 Sep 1998
p. 4909-10; 30 Apr 2002 p. 2186.]