STATUTORY RULES.

1949. No. 99.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE PARLIAMENTARY RETIRING ALLOWANCES ACT 1948.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948.

Dated this 30th day of November, 1949.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Treasurer.

Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Regulations.

Definitions.

2. In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948;

“the Treasury Regulations” mean the Treasury Regulations made under the Audit Act 1901-1948.

Payment of pensions, the Commonwealth supplement and refunds of contributions.

3.—(1.) Pensions, the Commonwealth supplement and refunds of contributions payable in pursuance of the Act shall be paid in the manner proscribed by the Treasury Regulations.

(2.) Pensions shall be paid fortnightly on the Thursday of each fortnight on which pensions payable under the Superannuation Act 1922-1948 are paid.

(3.) The amount of pension for a period of less than a fortnight shall bear the same proportion to the amount of a fortnight’s instalment as the number of days in that period bears to fourteen.

Payments by the Commonwealth to the Fund.

4.—(1.) Payments by the Commonwealth into the Fund in accordance with paragraph (a) of section 14 of the Act shall be made in the manner prescribed by the Treasury Regulations immediately after each pension pay day.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1949.

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(2.) Payments by the Commonwealth into the Fund in accordance with paragraph (b) of section 14 of the Act shall be made in the manner proscribed by the Treasury Regulations immediately after the payment of the Commonwealth supplement.

(3.) Payments by the Commonwealth to the Fund in accordance with sub-section (5.) of section 12 of the Act shall be made in the manner prescribed by the Treasury Regulations immediately after the resolution by each House.

Elections, and options.

5.—(1.) An election under sub-section (4.) of section 18 of the Act shall be made not later than three months after the date on which the member becomes entitled to the pension.

(2.) An election under sub-section (4.) of section 18 of the Act and an option under sub-section (2.) of section 10 of the Act shall be made in writing to the Trust and shall, when a payment has been made in accordance with the election or option, as the case may be, be irrevocable.

(3.) A payment in accordance with sub-section (2.) of section 19 of the Act shall not be made to the widow of the deceased person until the option specified in that sub-section has been exercised by the widow in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation.

Evidence as to pensioners.

6. As and when required by the Trust—

(a) a person to whom, or in respect of whom, pension payments are being made shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Trust that he is alive; and

(b) a person in receipt of a widow’s pension shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Trust that she has not remarried.

Notice of meeting.

7. Notice of any meeting of the Trust shall be given personally or by post to all the trustees.

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.