Superannuation Act 1959 (Cth)

SUPERANNUATION.

No. 102 of 1959.

An Act relating to Superannuation.

[Assented to 4th December, 1959.]

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

Part I.—Preliminary.

Short title and citation. 1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Superannuation Act 1959. (2.) The Superannuation Act 1922-1958 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 1922-1959.

Commencement. 2.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, this Act shall come into operation on the fourteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine.

(2.) The Part inserted in the Principal Act by section sixty-one of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the thirtieth day of January, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.

Parts. 3. This Act is divided into Parts, as follows:— Part I.—Preliminary. Part II.—Amendments of the Superannuation Act 1922— 1958. Part III.—Miscellaneous.

Part II.—Amendments of the Superannuation Act 1922-1958.

Medical examination of employees. 4. Section four b of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words "Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act" and inserting in their stead the words "Except as provided by this Act, and notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act".

Certain married women not to be contributors. 5. Section four c of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1.), after the word "woman", the words "(not being a married woman whose husband is of unsound mind and unlikely to recover)".

Superannuation Fund. 6. Section five of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words "; and from which shall be paid the benefits provided for in this Act".