Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts [(1) deleted]
(2) Subject to this
section, every pension payable to a person shall be increased in each period
of 6 months ending on 30 June or 31 December, with effect on
and from the first pay day occurring not less than 3 months after the
commencement of that period, by the percentage by which the Index for the
quarter ending at the commencement of that period is greater than the Index
for the quarter ending 6 months before the commencement of that period.
(3) A pension shall
not be increased under this section in a period referred to in
subsection (2) if the pension first becomes payable in that period or
less than 3 months before the commencement of that period.
(4) Where a pension
first becomes payable not less than 3 months but less than 6 months
before the commencement of a period, the increase of the pension under this
section in that period shall be by one-half of the amount of the increase
that would otherwise apply under subsection (2).
(5) Where the Index
for the quarter ending at the commencement of a period referred to in
subsection (2) is less than, or equal to, the Index for the quarter
ending 6 months before the commencement of that period —
(a) no
increase in pensions shall be made under this section in that period; and
(b)
where applicable, the percentage by which it is less shall first be taken into
account before making a subsequent increase in pensions under this section.
(6) The provisions of
this section apply with such modifications as are necessary to pensions
payable to the spouses or de facto partners of members or former members.
[Section 15B inserted by No. 94 of 1975
s. 9; amended by No. 58 of 1986 s. 8; No. 37 of 2000
s. 11; No. 3 of 2002 s. 91(2).]