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Superannuation Act 1916
1AClosure of Scheme to persons employed on or after 1.7.1985
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#### 1A Closure of Scheme to persons employed on or after 1.7.1985
1A Closure of Scheme to persons employed on or after 1.7.1985
> > (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (except subsection (3)), a person is not required or entitled to commence contributing to the Fund on or after 1 July 1985.
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> > (2) Subsection (1) applies, subject to subsection (3), to a person who was previously a contributor to the Fund, whether before or after 1 July 1985.
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> > (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to—
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> > > (a) a person who was, immediately before 1 July 1985, an employee but was not contributing to the Fund, being a person to whom Schedule 21 applies and who elects to become a contributor to the Fund in accordance with that Schedule,
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> > > (b) a person who makes an election under section 38C and complies with that section,
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> > > (c) a person who is re-employed by an employer under section 51 (1) after the restoration of the person’s health, or
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> > > (c1) a person exercising a transfer option conferred under Part 6 or Part 7 of the [Superannuation Administration Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-039) to rejoin the Fund,
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> > > (d) a person of a class prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (4) Schedule 21 has effect.
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> > (5) Regulations may be made for or with respect to elections under Schedule 21 or to any other matter necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the purposes of this section.
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> **s 1A:** Ins 1985 No 47, Sch 1 (1). Subst 1985 No 155, Sch 3 (1). Am 1998 No 144, Sch 2.5 \[1\]; 1999 No 31, Sch 1.50 \[1\]; 2022 No 63, Sch 3.4.