Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1962

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1962 the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956
1: Miscellaneous provisions
2: Education service
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2: This subsection added subs (3)
3: The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:
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b: Subsection (3) of section 24 of the Universities Act 1961 Subsection 2(1) repealed 2(4)(b) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976 Subsection 2(3) repealed 2(4)(a) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976
3: Section 3 repealed 1 October 1995 31 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1995
4: Election by employee to become a contributor
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5: Contribution in respect of prior service
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6: Election in respect of previous contributory service
7: Election to contribute in respect of previous service as contributing employee under a National Provident Fund scheme
8: Retiring allowance
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2: The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:
a: Subsection (1) Police Act 1958
b: Subsection (3) the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1959
9: Retiring allowance where contributor medically unfit for further duty
10: Increasing allowance for dependant widower
11: Election to continue contributory service after retirement
12: Death of female contributor
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b: Subsection 12(1) repealed 9(2)(b) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976 Subsection 12(2) repealed 9(2)(b) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976 Subsection 12(3)(a) repealed 22(3) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1985
13: Effect of desertion and absence without leave
14: Section 14 repealed Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1980
15: Saving
Nothing in this Act shall affect any retiring allowance or annuity or refund which became payable under the principal Act before the commencement of this Act, and the principal Act shall apply to all such allowances and annuities and refunds as if this Act had not been passed.
2: Police and Prisons Service
16: Commencement
This Part of this Act shall come into force on the 21st day of March 1963.
17: Interpretation
In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,â€” Member of the Prisons Service prisoners Prisons Service Member of the Prisons Service: this definition was substituted 1 October 1995 10(3) Department of Justice (Restructuring) Act 1995 Member of the Prisons Service: this definition was amended 1 June 2005 206 Corrections Act 2004 by substituting the word prisoners prison inmates See clause 2 Corrections Act Commencement Order 2005 Police Police Act 1958
17A: Restricted application of this Part to certain members of Police
Notwithstanding anything in this Part of this Act applying to members of the Police, nothing in this Part of this Act shall apply in respect of any person who is a member of the Police on the 1st day of May 1985 or any person who becomes a member of the Police after that date. Section 17A inserted 9 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1985
17B: Restricted application of this Part to Prisons Service
Notwithstanding anything in this Part of this Act applying to members of the Prisons Service, nothing in this Part of this Act shall apply in respect of any person who is a member of the Prisons Service on the 11th day of December 1986 (unless that person has made an election under section 88O(3) Section 17B inserted 32 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1986
18: Contributors
1: Every person who at any time after the commencement of this Part of this Act becomes a member of the Police or of the Prisons Service shall be a contributor to the Fund subject to this Part of this Act: Provided that any temporary employee who has obtained the approval of the relevant controlling authority shall not be required to be a contributor to the Fund.
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3: Every member of the Police or of the Prisons Service who is or becomes a contributor shall remain a contributor subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act during such time as he remains a member of the Police or of the Prisons Service.
4: Nothing in section 28 1958 No 109 18 Subsection 18(2) repealed Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1967.
19: Rate of contribution
The contribution to be made by a member of the Police or of the Prisons Service shall be in accordance with the scale set out in the Schedule 1958 No 109 19
20: Rates of contribution by existing contributors
The rate of contribution payable in respect of future service in the Police or the Prisons Service by any member of the Police or of the Prisons Service who is a contributor to the Fund at the commencement of this Part of this Act shall be the appropriate rate payable under this Part of this Act having regard to his age at the date of the commencement of his contributory service. 1958 No 109 20
21: Computation of contributory service
1: Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, for the purposes of computing the length of contributory service of a member of the Police or of the Prisons Service, every complete year of service in the Police or the Prisons Service shall be deemed to be one year and one-seventh: Provided that where the contributory service of a member commenced before he attained the age of 25 years, every complete year of service in the Police or the Prisons Service shall, if necessary, be deemed to be increased by such proportion of a year, being less than one-seventh, as would entitle the member, having regard to his age at the commencement of his contributory service, to 40 years contributory service at the age of 60 years if his contributory service had all been in the Police or the Prisons Service: Provided also that every fraction of a year of contributory service in the Police or the Prisons Service shall, for the purpose of computing the length of contributory service, be deemed to be increased proportionately in accordance with this subsection.
2: Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1)
3: Where a period of contributory service is partly in the Police or the Prisons Service and partly outside those branches of the Government service, only the period served in those branches of the Government service shall be computed in accordance with subsection (1)
4: Nothing in this section shall apply to the computation of any period of contributory service unless the contributor is a member of the Police or the Prisons Service at the date of his death or retirement. 1958 No 109 21
22: Transfer to or from other branches of Government Service
1: Where a contributing member of the Police or of the Prisons Service transfers from the Police or the Prisons Service to another branch of the Government service, the rate of contribution payable in respect of his service in that branch shall be the appropriate rate payable under the principal Act having regard to his age at the date of the commencement of his contributory service. In any such case any period of service in the Police or the Prisons Service shall be computed as if that service were ordinary contributory service in the branch to which the contributor transfers and he shall be entitled to a refund of an amount equal to the difference between his actual contributions and the contributions he would have paid if he had been employed in that branch during his service in the Police or the Prisons Service.
2: Where a contributor transfers from another branch of the Government service to the Police or the Prisons Service, the rate of contributions payable by him in respect of his service in the Police or the Prisons Service shall be the appropriate rate payable under this Part of this Act, having regard to his age at the date of the commencement of his contributory service. 1958 No 109 22
23: Reimbursement of Fund
1: There shall be paid to the Fund out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose such sum as is certified by the Government Actuary as being equal to the difference between the amount paid as contributions to the Fund by contributors who were members of the Prisons Service at the commencement of this Part of this Act and the amount that would have been paid by those contributors if this Part of this Act had been in force when the contributions were made.
2: The amount certified under subsection (1)
3: The annual instalments that would have been payable to the Fund pursuant to section 23 Police Act 1958 1958 No 109 23
24: No election to contribute in respect of certain employment
A member of the Police or of the Prisons Service contributing to the Fund under this Part of this Act may not, without the consent of the relevant controlling authority and except on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Minister of Finance, elect to contribute in respect of any training or service referred to in subsection (2) or in respect of notional service within the meaning of section 23A section 3 of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1964 1958 No 109 24 The words in single square brackets were added by section 3(3) of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1964
25: Special provisions as to service in island territories
Where any period of contributory service by a member of the Police or of the Prisons Service is computed in accordance with section 51 1958 No 109 25
26: Application of principal Act
Except as otherwise provided in this Part of this Act, all the provisions of the principal Act, as far as they are applicable and with any necessary modifications, shall apply to members of the Police or of the Prisons Service as they apply to other persons in the Government service. 1958 No 109 26(2)
27: Repeals and amendment
1: The Police Act 1958 sections 18 to 26 1
2: This subsection amended s 29(3)