SUPERANNUATION.

No. 2 of 1946.

An Act to amend the Superannuation Act 1922–1945.

[Assented to 13th April, 1946.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.)     This Act may be cited as the Superannuation Act 1946.

(2.)     The Superannuation Act 1922–1945 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)     The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Superannuation Act 1922–1946.

Commencement.

2.    This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Definitions

3.    Section sixty an of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the definition of “State employee” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘State employee’ means a person appointed or employed under the provisions of the Commonwealth Public Service Act and who, immediately prior to his being so appointed or employed, was a contributor to a State Fund, but does not include a person who is so appointed or employed as the result of his having passed a competitive examination for admission to the Commonwealth Public Service;”; and

(b) by omitting the definition of “State Public Service” and inserting in its stead the following definitions:—

“‘State Public Service’ means Public, Railway or other Service of a State, and includes, in relation to a person appointed or employed under Division 9a or 9b of Part III. of the Commonwealth Public Service Act, any Service which is a State Public Service for the purposes of that Division;

“‘the Commonwealth Public Service Act’ means the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1943, as amended by the Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945 and the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1945 or by any later Act.”.

Payment on retirement.

4.     Section sixty y of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of sub-section (1.) the following proviso:—

“Provided further that the last preceding proviso shall not apply in relation to any person who becomes a contributor to the Provident Account after the commencement of the Superannuation Act 1946 and who retires or is retired on or after having attained the age of sixty years.”.