11Election to contribute to the Fund

11 Election to contribute to the Fund

11 Election to contribute to the Fund

(1) An employee may lodge with the Board an election to contribute to the Fund.

(2) An election under subsection (1) shall—

(a) be in a form approved by the Board for the purposes of this section,

(b) specify the rate at which the employee desires, subject to this Act, to contribute to the Fund, being the rate of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 per cent of the employee’s salary, and

(c) be accompanied by a certificate by the employee’s employer that is in a form approved by the Board and specifies—

(i) the date of birth of the employee,

(ii) the salary (and, in the case of a part-time employee, the attributed salary) of the employee, and

(iii) such other matters as the Board considers to be necessary or convenient for the purposes of this section.

(3) A failure to comply with subsection (2) (b) does not invalidate an election and, in the event of such a failure, the form of election shall be deemed to specify a rate of 2 per cent.

(4) An election made by an employee under subsection (1) is ineffective if, at the time the election would take effect, the employee would be of or above the age of 65 years.

(5) An election made by an employee under subsection (1) (other than an election referred to in subsection (4)) takes effect not later than the first day of the second month after that in which the election is received in the office of the Board but, where the employee makes a subsequent election under section 15 (variations of contribution rate) ceases to be in force immediately before the subsequent election takes effect.

(6) If the Board approves, an employee may, before an election made under this section takes effect, vary the election.

(7) Where a contributor to another superannuation scheme becomes (but for being such a contributor) entitled to elect to contribute to the Fund by reason of a change of work category or for any other reason—

(a) that contributor shall be deemed not to be a contributor to that other superannuation scheme for the purposes of making that election,