Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CITY OF PERTH RESTRUCTURING ACT 1993 - SECT 29

29 .         City of Perth superannuation scheme members who become employed by a new town

        (1)         If a person — 

            (a)         immediately before division day is — 

                  (i)         an employee of the City of Perth; and

                  (ii)         a member of the City of Perth scheme;

                and

            (b)         on or after division day and before 1 July 1996 is transferred under section 21 or 22 of the principal Act to the service of and becomes an employee of the council of a new town,

                then, despite section 170B of the principal Act, the new town shall, in respect of that person, participate in and comply with the City of Perth scheme in the same way and to the same extent as the City of Perth would be required to if the person were its employee; unless the person elects to become a member of the industry scheme.

        (2)         A person referred to in subsection (1) does not cease to be a member of the City of Perth scheme by reason only of ceasing to be an employee of the City of Perth.

        (3)         In this section — 

        City of Perth scheme means the superannuation fund or scheme established under the City of Perth Superannuation Fund Act 1934 ⁶ or under section 170C of the principal Act, as the case may be, as the scheme is amended from time to time;

        employee and employer have the same definitions as in section 10 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cwlth) as amended from time to time;

        industry scheme has the same definition as in section 170A of the principal Act;

        member , if used in relation to the superannuation fund or scheme established under the City of Perth Superannuation Fund Act 1934 ⁶ , includes contributor.

        [Section 29 inserted by No. 60 of 1994 s. 11.]