Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1970

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1970 the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956
1: Miscellaneous provisions
2: Section 2 repealed 1 January 1981 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1980
3: This section inserted s 92K
4: This section added subs (6) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969
5: Superannuation of
District Court Judges
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3: Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) subsection (4) of section 9 the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1964 subsections (1) to (3) of that section
4: Any person to whom section 73 section 73 section 73 subsections (1) to (3) surviving spouse or partner the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969
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7: This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th day of June 1969. In subsections (3) and (4), as from 1 November 1976 substituted 3(3) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976 Subsection (4) amended 26 April 2005 10(4) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 2005 by substituting the words surviving spouse or partner widow or dependent widower Subsection (5) repealed 20 November 1979 15(2) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1979 Subsection (6) repealed 1 January 1981 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1980 Subsection (1) (2) repealed 25 December 1986 33(7) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1986 See section 33(8)
6: Superannuation of Judges
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2: Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1)
a: No increased payment of any retiring allowance or annuity referred to in that subsection shall be made in respect of any period before the commencement of this section:
b: For the purposes of proportionately adjusting the percentage to be applied to any retiring allowance or annuity referred to in that subsection, Schedule 2 the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969
i: The words 1st day of April 1970 15th day of June 1969
ii: The words 31st day of March 1970 14th day of June 1969
iii: The words the period of office as a Judge the contributory service
iv: The words period of office as a Judge period of contributory service
3: This subsection amended s 78(1)
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9: This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April 1970. In section 6(2)(b), as from 1 November 1976 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969 substituted Superannuation Amendment Act 1969 3(3) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976 Subsection (7) repealed 1 November 1976 30(2)(c) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976 Subsection (8) repealed 1 January 1981 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1980 Subsection (1) repealed 25 December 1986 33(7) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1986 See section 33(8) Subsections (4) to (6) repealed 1 April 1988 6 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1989
7: Parliamentary superannuation
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2: Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1)
a: No increased payment of any retiring allowance or annuity referred to in that subsection shall be made in respect of any period before the commencement of this section:
b: For the purposes of proportionately adjusting the percentage to be applied to any retiring allowance or annuity referred to in that subsection, Schedule 2 the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969
i: The words 1st day of April 1970 15th day of June 1969
ii: The words 31st day of March 1970 14th day of June 1969
iii: The words service as a member contributory service
3: This subsection amended s 83(1)
4: This subsection amended s 83A
5: Any member to whom Part 6 subsections (1) to (3) surviving spouse or partner
6: This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April 1970. In section 7(2)(b), as from 1 November 1976 substituted 3(3) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976 Subsection (1) repealed 25 December 1986 33(7) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1986 See section 33(8) Subsection (5) amended 26 April 2005 10(4) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 2005 by substituting the words surviving spouse or partner widow or dependent widower
8: Section 8 repealed 1 November 1976 15(2) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976
9: Section 9 repealed 25 December 1986 33(7) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1986
2: Superannuation of members of calibration flight of Ministry of Transport
10: Commencement
This Part of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 11th day of September 1969.
11: Contributors who are members of Calibration Flight
Every person (other than a person designated as a Flight Engineer (Maintenance)) Provided that any member of the said Occupational Class who immediately before the commencement of this Part of this Act was a contributor to the Fund may, at any time before the 1st day of January 1971, by notice in writing to the Superintendent, elect that he shall not be subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act. Where any person so elects, then, as from the commencement of this Part of this Act any contributions payable by him and any retiring allowance payable to him and any amount payable to him pursuant to an election under section 91 of the principal Act shall be computed as if this Part of this Act had not been enacted. In section 11 the words in square brackets were inserted 21 November 1973 3(1) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1973
12: Retiring allowances of members of Calibration Flight
1: The provisions of section 35
a: A contributor whose age is not less than 50 years; or
b: A contributor who ceases to be a member of the said Occupational Class by the cancellation on medical grounds of his licence under regulations made pursuant to the Civil Aviation Act 1964
2: In any case to which paragraph (b) subsection (1) Age at Nearest Birthday Proportion Reduced 25 years or less 44 percent 30 years 40 percent 35 years 35 percent 40 years 28 percent 45 years 20 percent 50 years or over No reduction Provided that percentages for ages intermediate between any of the ages specified in the foregoing table shall be graduated progressively in accordance with the percentages set out in that table.
13: Contributions by members of Calibration Flight
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 29
a: Nine percent if his age does not exceed 45 years at the commencement of his contributory service:
b: Nine and one-quarter percent if his age then exceeds 45 years: Provided that where the contributor has made an election under subsection (4) the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969
c: Eight percent if his age does not exceed 45 years at the commencement of his contributory service:
d: Eight and one-quarter percent if his age then exceeds 45 years. In section 13(b), as from 1 November 1976 substituted 3(3) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1976
14: Election to surrender portion of retiring allowance and receive cash payment
Where any contributor who is subject to this Part of this Act elects under section 91
15: Computing length of contributory service
For the purposes of computing the length of contributory service of any contributor who is subject to this Part of this Act, every complete year of contributory service before the commencement of this Part of this Act or before he became a member of the said Occupational Class, whichever is the later, shall be deemed to be five-eighths of a year, and every fraction of a year of such service shall be deemed to be reduced proportionately in accordance with this section: Provided that this section shall not apply in respect of any period during which in the opinion of the Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Section 15 amended 1 October 1995 30 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1995 by substituting the word Superintendent Board
16: Contributor transferring from Calibration Flight to another branch of Government service
Where any contributor who is subject to this Part of this Act transfers from the said Occupational Class to another branch of the Government service before becoming entitled to a retiring allowance under section 35 section 15
17: Contributor entitled to retiring allowance continuing in Government employment
1: Where any contributor who is subject to this Part of this Act becomes entitled to a retiring allowance under section 35
a: Receive that retiring allowance; or
b: Continue as a contributor to the Fund and reserve his right to that retiring allowance.
2: Where any contributor elects under paragraph (b)
a: His rate of contribution to the Fund in respect of his service after ceasing to be a member of the said Occupational Class shall be determined as provided by section 29
b: He may elect to contribute to the Fund during such period as his salary for the time being is less than the rate of his final salary as a member of the said Occupational Class as if he were still in receipt of salary at the rate of that final salary:
c: If he retires from the Government service and is not entitled to receive a retiring allowance under the provisions of the principal Act, he shall be entitled to receive a refund, without interest, of the amount of his contributions to the Fund in respect of his service after ceasing to be a member of the said Occupational Class, and the retiring allowance to which he has reserved his right pursuant to an election under paragraph (b)
d: If he retires from the Government service and is entitled to receive a retiring allowance under the principal Act, he may elect to have his retiring allowance either—
i: Computed separately in respect of his period of contributory service preceding the date on which he ceased to be a member of the said Occupational Class and in respect of his period of contributory service subsequent thereto; or
ii: Computed in respect of his total period of contributory service, whether preceding the date when he ceased to be a member of the said Occupational Class or subsequent thereto, in which case his contributory service before he ceased to be a member of the said Occupational Class shall be deemed to be continuous with his employment in the Government service thereafter: Provided that for the purposes of any election under the provisions of section 91
e: If on his ceasing to be a member of the said Occupational Class his retiring allowance would have been proportionately reduced in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2)
3: Every election under subsection (1) (2)
4: Subject to such conditions as the Superintendent Subsection (4) amended 1 October 1995 30 Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1995 by substituting the word Superintendent Board
18: 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 contributors who are subject to this Part of this Act as they apply to other persons in the Government service.