83Election to preserve benefits in, or remain in, State superannuation scheme

83 Election to preserve benefits in, or remain in, State superannuation scheme (1) A person who is or has been a member of the Commission's staff who— (a) was appointed as such a member under section 81B of the Public Service Act 1922 of the Commonwealth; and (b) immediately before that appointment was an officer within the meaning of the **State Superannuation Act 1988**— may, within three months after being so appointed, elect, by notice in writing given to the State Superannuation Board, to continue to contribute to the Superannuation Fund within the meaning of the **State Superannuation Act 1988**. (2) A person who makes an election under subsection (1) and is not a contributor to a superannuation scheme provided under an Act of the Commonwealth— (a) may continue to contribute to the Superannuation Fund while the person is appointed by the Commission as if the person were an officer within the meaning of the **State Superannuation Act 1988**, and were entitled as such an officer to the same annual salary as to that to which the person is actually entitled; and (b) has the same rights as the person would have if the person had been such an officer during the whole of the period during which the person contributes to the Superannuation Fund. (3) For the purposes of section 70 of the **State Superannuation Act 1988**, a member of the Commission's staff who was appointed under section 81B of the Public Service Act 1922 of the Commonwealth is to be taken, while appointed under that Act, to be employed by a public body within the meaning of section 70 of the **State Superannuation Act 1988**. Division 2—Co-operative scheme laws