Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00825:section:19:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00825
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 19 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 44341–46906

19  Commencement and cessation of contributions
 (1) Every employee (not being a State employee within the meaning of Part VII) shall (except as otherwise provided in this Act) contribute to the Fund from such date as the Governor‑General notifies in the Gazette, or, in the case of an employee whose employment commences after the date so notified, as from the prescribed date.
 (1A) For the purpose of subsection (1), the prescribed date is:
 (a) in the case of a person other than a person to whom paragraph (b) or (c) applies—the date on which he becomes an employee or, if that date is not a pay‑day, the next succeeding pay‑day after that date;
 (b) in the case of a person who has been retired on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties and is re‑appointed on probation—the date on which his re‑appointment is confirmed or, if that date is not a pay‑day, the next succeeding pay‑day after that date; or
 (c) in the case of a person who is to be deemed to be an employee within the meaning of section 4 by virtue of subsection (4), (5), (5A) or (6) of that section—the date as from which he is to be deemed to be, or to have been, an employee or, if that date is not, or was not, a pay‑day, the next succeeding pay‑day after that date.
 (2) In respect of units of pension the initial contributions for which were made before 9 August 1930, the contributor shall, subject to this section, be liable to pay the contributions until immediately after the last fortnightly payment before he ceases to be an employee or before the anniversary of his initial contribution next preceding the attainment by him of the maximum age for retirement, whichever first happens.
 (2A) In respect of units of pension the initial contributions for which were or are made on or after 9 August 1930, the contributor shall, subject to this section, be liable, in respect of each unit of pension or fraction of a unit of pension, to pay the contributions until immediately after the last fortnightly payment before he ceases to be an employee or before the anniversary of his initial contribution in respect of that unit or fraction of a unit next preceding the attainment by him of the maximum age for retirement, whichever first happens.
 (2B) In the case of a contributor whose initial contribution in respect of a unit of pension or fraction of a unit of pension is made within twelve months before he attains the maximum age for retirement, twenty‑six contributions at the fortnightly rates applicable to the contributor in respect of