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Superannuation (State Public Sector) Act 1990
sec.12Continuation of membership
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### sec.12 Continuation of membership
The person’s membership in the scheme continues after the relevant event in the same category and subject to the same conditions as applied before the relevant event.
To remove any doubt, it is declared that—
the person’s membership in the scheme may end under this Act other than because of the happening of the relevant event; and
if subsection (1) applies to a person who is a member in the standard defined benefit category—the person’s membership or entitlement to membership of the standard defined benefit category is unaffected by the happening of the relevant event.
Subsection (2) applies for the circumstances mentioned in section 11 (c) (ii) from when the relevant event happens, even if the gazette notice mentioned in that section is published after the relevant event happens.
s 12 prev s 12 amd 1993 No. 11 s 45 sch 3 ; 2007 No. 7 s 17
om 2021 No. 20 s 14
pres s 12 (prev s 14D) ins 2016 No. 64 s 62
amd 2021 No. 20 s 20 (1) – (2)
renum 2021 No. 20 s 20 (3)
(sec.12-ssec.1) The person’s membership in the scheme continues after the relevant event in the same category and subject to the same conditions as applied before the relevant event.
(sec.12-ssec.2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that— the person’s membership in the scheme may end under this Act other than because of the happening of the relevant event; and if subsection (1) applies to a person who is a member in the standard defined benefit category—the person’s membership or entitlement to membership of the standard defined benefit category is unaffected by the happening of the relevant event.
(sec.12-ssec.3) Subsection (2) applies for the circumstances mentioned in section 11 (c) (ii) from when the relevant event happens, even if the gazette notice mentioned in that section is published after the relevant event happens.
- (a) the person’s membership in the scheme may end under this Act other than because of the happening of the relevant event; and
- (b) if subsection (1) applies to a person who is a member in the standard defined benefit category—the person’s membership or entitlement to membership of the standard defined benefit category is unaffected by the happening of the relevant event.