22Circumstances in which a member will cease to be a contributor

22 Circumstances in which a member will cease to be a contributor

(1) A member shall continue to be a contributor so long as and only so long as—

(a) he is a permanent employee; and

S. 22(1)(b) amended by No. 40/2010 s. 48(1).

(b) he has not attained the age of 75 years.

S. 22(1A) inserted by No. 40/2010 s. 48(2).

(1A) Despite subsection (1)(b), a member may continue to be a contributor after he or she attains the age of 75 years if he or she is permitted to do so under Commonwealth superannuation law.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) where a person who is a contributor ceases to be a permanent employee but—

(a) accepts no benefits in respect of his so ceasing to be employed;

(b) is within two months or within such further period as is fixed by the Board in a particular case, again a permanent employee; and

(c) in respect of the time he is not a permanent employee pays to the Board contributions at three and one-half times the rate at which his contributions were last required to be deducted from his salary—

he shall be deemed to have continued to be a contributor while not a permanent employee.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), where a person who is a contributor ceases to be a permanent employee but—

(a) accepts no benefits in respect of his ceasing to be an employee;

(b) within two months after he ceases to be employed or within any further period fixed by the Board in his case for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (2), dies or becomes disabled; and

(c) between the time when he ceases to be employed and the time when he dies or becomes disabled, pays to the Board contributions at three and one-half times the rate at which his contributions were last required to be deducted from his salary—

shall be deemed to have continued to be a member until he died or became disabled.

S. 22A inserted by No. 10258 s. 10(m).