Superannuation Act (No. 2) 1969 (Cth)

Superannuation (No. 2)

No. 26 of 1969

An Act relating to Superannuation.

[Assented to 4 June 1969]

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 (No. 2) 1969. (2.) The Superannuation Act 1922–1968, as amended by the Superannuation Act 1969, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3.) Section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1969 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.). (4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Superannuation Act 1922–1969.

Commencement. 2.—(1.) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. (2.) The amendments made by paragraphs (d) and (e) of section 17 of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the twenty-sixth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven. (3.) The amendments made by paragraph (b) of section 23 of this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-two, and apply only in relation to contributors who retire or die on or after that date.

Parts. 3. This Act is divided into Parts, as follows:— Part I.—Preliminary (Sections 1–3). Part II.—Amendments of the Principal Act (Sections 4–28). Part III.—Miscellaneous (Sections 29–32).

Part II.—Amendments of the Principal Act.

Parts. 4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the words— "Division 2—Units of Pension (Sections 20–22)." the words— "Division 2a.—Non-contributory Units of Pension (Sections 22a–22m).".

Interpretation. 5. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting from the definition of "Employee" in sub-section (1.) the words "section three of the Judges' Pensions Act 1948–1956" and inserting in their stead the words "sub-section (1.) of section four of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968"; and (b) by adding at the end of sub-section (2a.) the words "and, unless the contrary intention appears, shall, subject to section seventy-three of the Superannuation Act 1959 and section thirty-three of the Superannuation Act 1963, also be read as including a reference to any units of pension in respect of which the whole or a part of his contributions has been deferred by virtue of either of those sections".