Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C1968A00049:body:0:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C1968A00049
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Act by reason that he was retired on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties;
     (c) either of the following applies in relation to him:—
         (i) he has been or is discharged from the Defence Force on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties, section fifty-two a of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1968 applies to him and, in the opinion of the Board, the ground on which he was retired as an employee is related to the ground on which he was discharged from the Defence Force; or
         (ii) he dies after ceasing to be an employee but before being discharged from the Defence Force from causes that, in the opinion of the Board, are related to the ground on which he was retired as an employee; and
     (d) the number of units of pension for which he was contributing under this Act immediately before he ceased to be an employee was less than the number that, for the purposes of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1968, was his category number immediately before he was discharged from the Defence Force or died, as the case may be,

pension payable to or in respect of him under this Act (including pension that became payable before he was discharged from the Defence Force) shall be calculated as if, immediately before he ceased to be an employee, he had been contributing under this Act for a number of units of pension equal to the number that was that category number.

"(3.) Where—
     (a) the liability of an employee to make contributions to the Superannuation Fund has been deferred by virtue of section thirty-five a of this Act;

     (b) before being discharged from the Defence Force, he dies, or, having been discharged from the Defence Force on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties, he dies from causes which, in the opinion of the Board, are related to the ground on which he was discharged from the Defence Force; and
     (c) the number of units of pension for which he was contributing under this Act immediately before he died was less than the number that, for the purposes of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1968, was his category number immediately before he died or was discharged, as the case may be,

any pension payable in respect of him under this Act shall be calculated as if, immediately before he died, he had been contributing under this Act for a number of units of pension equal to the number that was that category number.

"(4.) An employee who is liable