14Transferred servants not electing to remain in Queensland superannuation scheme

14 Transferred servants not electing to remain in Queensland superannuation scheme

14 Transferred servants not electing to remain in Queensland superannuation scheme

(1) Where a transferred servant, within l month after the appointed day or within such further period as the Local Government Superannuation Board may allow:

(a) makes an election under section 15AN (2) of the Local Government and Other Authorities (Superannuation) Act 1927 to come under the provisions of Part 3D of that Act, and

(b) pays to, or directs the Queensland Electricity Supply Industry Superannuation Board to pay to, the Local Government Superannuation Board the total amount that is paid to him, or payable on his account, by reason of his withdrawal from the Queensland Electricity Supply Industry Employees’ Superannuation Scheme or from a fund referred to in the Fifth Schedule to the Queensland Act,

the provisions of this section apply to and in respect of the transferred servant notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Local Government and Other Authorities (Superannuation) Act 1927.

(2) A transferred servant referred to in subsection (1) becomes a contributor to the Local Government Pension Fund on a day to be determined by the Local Government Superannuation Board.

(3) The Local Government Superannuation Board may, under section 15AN (8) of the Local Government and Other Authorities (Superannuation) Act 1927, determine that a transferred servant referred to in subsection (1) is:

(a) qualified for full additional benefits,

(b) qualified for partial, but not full, additional benefits, or

(c) not qualified for either such benefits,

after considering any details of the medical and personal history of the transferred servant that are supplied to it by the Queensland Electricity Supply Industry Superannuation Board.

(4) The amount paid by, or in pursuance of a direction given by, a transferred servant under subsection (1) (b) shall be credited to the Local Government Pension Fund in the following manner:

(a) that part of the amount that the Local Government Superannuation Board determines to be the previous contributions, and any interest thereon, of the transferred servant shall be credited to the transferred servant’s account in that Fund,