Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act 1968
17Pension on retirement on grounds of ill health
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17 Pension on retirement on grounds of ill health
S. 17(1) amended by Nos 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 40.1), 4/1996 s. 75(a), 97/2005 s. 182(Sch. 4 item 39), 13/2010 s. 51(Sch. item 40), 61/2013 s. 16(7).
(1) A person who becomes a member after the commencement of this Act may furnish to the Board a certificate of a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a student) who has been approved by the Board certifying that the member is not likely by reason of ill health to be rendered incapable, before the expiration of a period of fifteen years from the date of the certificate, of performing the duties of a member.
S. 17(2) amended by Nos 4/1996 s. 75(a), 61/2013 s. 16(7).
(2) Where a member who has furnished a certificate pursuant to subsection (1) or where a person who was a member at the commencement of this Act satisfies the Board that he has ceased to be a member because he has been rendered incapable of being a member by reason of ill health he shall, subject to subsection (3), be entitled to a pension calculated under section 15 if he ceases to be a member before the expiration of a period of fifteen years and if he ceases to be a member before the expiration of a period of eight years he shall for the purpose of that calculation be deemed to have served for eight years.
S. 17(3) amended by Nos 4/1996 s. 75(a)(b), 61/2013 s. 16(7).
(3) A person who applies to the Board under this section shall provide the Board with such medical reports and other evidence as the Board may require.
(4) Subsection (1) shall apply in relation to a person who has served as a member in a previous Parliament or Parliaments as if the reference to the period of fifteen years in that subsection was a reference to a period equal to the difference between fifteen years and the aggregate period served as a member of previous Parliaments by the person furnishing the certificate.
S. 18 substituted by No. 8663 s. 9(e).