Superannuation Act (No. 2) 1966 (Cth)

Superannuation (No. 2)

No. 86 of 1966

An Act to enable a Married Woman to Contribute to the Commonwealth Superannuation Fund, and for purposes related thereto.

[Assented to 29 October 1966]

BE it enacted by the Queen'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 (No. 2) 1966. (2.) The Superannuation Act 1922–1965, as amended by the Superannuation Act 1966,† is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3.) Section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1966 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

* Act No. 33, 1922, as amended by No. 45, 1924; No. 22, 1930; No. 10. 1931; No. 45, 1934; No. 28, 1937; No. 53. 1942; No. 18, 1943; Nos. 15 and 30, 1945; No. 2, 1946; Nos. 1 and 35, 1947; No. 19, 1948; No. 76, 1950; Nos. 49 and 62, 1951; No. 92, 1952; No. 11, 1954; No. 27, 1955; Nos. 19 and 112, 1956; No. 94, 1957; No. 45, 1958; No. 102, 1959; No. 102, 1963; and Nos. 97 and 154, 1965. † Act No. 69, 1966.

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Superannuation Act 1922–1966.

Commencement. 2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Public Service Act (No. 2) 1966 comes into operation.

Parts. 3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words— "Division 5.—Existing Pension Rights (Sections 66–73)." and inserting in their stead the words— "Division 5.—Existing Pension Rights (Sections 67–73).".

Certain married women not to be contributors. 4. Section 6 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Contributor remaining in service after attaining maximum age for retirement. 5. Section 44 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by inserting after sub-section (2.) the following sub-section:— "(2a.) Where a female contributor who has attained the maximum age for retirement dies before retirement and is survived by a widower, the pension that would be payable to the widower under the provisions of this Act other than this section shall be increased by an amount ascertained by multiplying that portion of the pension that is equivalent to the contributions made by his wife by the percentage that would have been applicable under sub-section (1.) of this section in relation to her pension if she had retired immediately before her death."; and (b) by omitting from sub-section (3.) the words "either of the last two" and inserting in their stead the words "any of the last three".