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STATE SUPERANNUATION REGULATIONS 2001 - SECT 179

179 .         Member may divide account into sub-accounts

        (1)         A Retirement Income Member may request the Board to divide the Member’s retirement income account into a cash sub-account and an investment sub-account.

        (2)         The Member must set out in a request under subregulation (1) —

            (a)         the amount that is to be allocated to each sub-account (the sum of which must be equal to the balance of the Member’s account); or

            (b)         the proportion of the balance of the account that is to be allocated to each sub-account,

                at the time the sub-accounts are established.

        (3)         A Member whose retirement income account has been divided into sub-accounts under this regulation may request the Board to —

            (a)         transfer a specified amount from one sub-account to the other;

            (b)         change the proportion of the balance of the Member’s account that is held in each sub-account; or

            (c)         combine the sub-accounts into a single account.

        (4)         The Board is to comply with a request under subregulation (1) or (3) but the Board is not otherwise required to ensure that balances of the sub-accounts remains in accordance with the requested amounts or proportions.

        [Regulation 179 inserted in Gazette 19 Mar 2003 p. 822-3; amended in Gazette 10 Dec 2004 p. 5895.]



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