Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A category A
member who is under 60 years of age and who leaves service with an
employer because of total and permanent disablement is entitled to a benefit
equal to —
(a) the
member’s accrued benefit calculated as if —
(i)
the member had remained in service with that employer
until reaching 60 years of age; and
(ii)
the benchmark amount had remained the same as it was on
the date of disablement;
and
(b) the
balance of the member’s accumulation account.
(1a) A category A
member who is over 60 years of age and who leaves service with an
employer because of total and permanent disablement is entitled to a benefit
equal to the benefit to which the member would have been entitled if the
member had left service on the date of disablement and become entitled to a
benefit under regulation 17(1) or (2) (as applicable).
(2) In this regulation
and regulation 20 —
date of disablement means the last day in respect
of which the member received remuneration from that employer prior to becoming
entitled to the benefit.
[Regulation 19 inserted in Gazette
14 May 1996 p. 2031; amended in Gazette 8 Sep 1998
p. 4910.]