12Transfer of payment of certain pensions

12 Transfer of payment of certain pensions

12 Transfer of payment of certain pensions

(1) On and from the 1 July 1997, the following pensions are payable under the local government superannuation scheme:

(a) a pension payable to a person who, immediately before the 1 July 1997, received a pension under any of the following Acts or regulation:

(i) New South Wales Retirement Benefits Act 1972,

(ii) Local Government and Other Authorities (Superannuation) Act 1927,

(iii) Public Authorities Superannuation Act 1985,

(iv) Transport Employees Retirement Benefits Act 1967,

(v) Part 2, 3 or 6 of the State Authorities Superannuation (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 1988,

and who was employed by a transferred employer, or a predecessor of the employer, immediately before becoming entitled to the pension, or a pension payable (before or after the 1 July 1997) to the spouse or a child of such a person,

(b) a pension payable to a person who, immediately before the 1 July 1997, received a pension under the Superannuation Act 1916 and who was employed by a transferred employer, or a predecessor of the employer, immediately before becoming entitled to the pension, or a pension payable (before or after the 1 July 1997) to the spouse or a child of such a person,

(c) a pension payable (before or after the 1 July 1997) under section 15BV (14) of the Local Government and Other Authorities (Superannuation) Act 1927.

(2) For the purposes of the local government superannuation scheme:

(a) a person to whom a pension referred to in subclause (1) (a) or (c) is payable is taken to be a member of Division B of that scheme, and

(b) a person to whom a pension referred to in subclause (1) (b) is payable is taken to be a member of Division D of that scheme.

cl 12: Am 19.7.2002.