246Country Roads Board

246 Country Roads Board (1) A person— (a) who was appointed or employed as an officer or employee of the Country Roads Board under section 109N of the **Country Roads Act 1958** as in force immediately before the coming into operation of Schedule 11; and (b) who occupies a position in the Country Roads Board by reason of which he would become eligible to contribute to the State Employees Retirement Benefits Fund but who has not on the coming into operation of this section commenced contributing to that Fund— may notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the **State Employees Retirement Benefits Act 1979** elect not to contribute to that Fund. (2) An election under subsection (1) may be made at any time between the coming into operation of this section and 30 June 1983. S. 246(3) amended by No. 44/1989 s. 38. (3) A person to whom subsection (1) applies, who does not make an election under that subsection shall on and from 30 June 1983 be deemed to be a permanent employee within the meaning of the **State Employees Retirement Benefits Act 1979** for so long as he is employed in a Corporation and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly. (4) In this section the ***Country Roads Board*** means the Country Roads Board established by the **Country Roads Act 1958** as in force immediately before the coming into operation of Schedule 11. Pt 8 Div. 1A (Heading and s. 246A) inserted by No. 106/1997 s. 24.