17DEnforcement of lodgment of applications etc

17D Enforcement of lodgment of applications etc

17D Enforcement of lodgment of applications etc

(1) The board may by notice in writing request any permanent servant who has failed to lodge an application for insurance or a statement as to his exemption from the obligation to insure within the time and in the manner prescribed under this Act to lodge such applications or statement forthwith.

(2) The board may by notice in writing require any permanent servant to submit himself for medical examination by the insurance company or companies with which the board has in accordance with subsection (2) of section 4 agreed for the issue of policies, or to do any necessary things required by the insurance company or companies and agreed to by the board in order to effect insurance on the life of such permanent servant.

(3) Any permanent servant who refuses or neglects to comply with a notice under this section within fourteen days after the service thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 0.1 penalty unit and to a further daily penalty not exceeding 0.1 penalty unit for each day during which the permanent servant continues to refuse or neglect to comply with such notice.

(4) Where any permanent servant to whom the Act applies has failed or fails for any reason to comply with the provisions of the Act within the time prescribed and has prior to the commencement of the Local Government (Superannuation) Amendment Act 1935 lodged or after such commencement lodges an application in the form prescribed, but not in the prescribed time, the amount of insurance cover effected and premium to be paid in respect thereof or contribution to be paid in respect of him if fixed prior to such commencement shall be deemed to have been fixed or shall be fixed as though the Act applied to him on the date of lodgment of the application or on such other date as the board may by resolution fix.

s 17D: Ins 1935 No 24, sec 5 (c). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.