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SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 93B

Evidentiary certificate

Hours worked during full - year period

  (1)   The Secretary may, if requested to do so by a member of the pension bonus scheme, issue a written certificate stating that:

  (a)   the member was an accruing member of the scheme throughout a specified full - year period; and

  (b)   the total number of hours gainfully worked by the member during that period was at least a specified number of hours; and

  (c)   the total number of hours gainfully worked in Australia by the member during that period was at least a specified number of hours.

  (2)   The Secretary may, if requested to do so by a member of the pension bonus scheme, issue a written certificate stating that:

  (a)   the member was an accruing member of the scheme throughout a specified full - year period; and

  (b)   the total number of hours gainfully worked by a specified person during that period while the person was the partner of the member and was:

  (i)   an accruing member, or a post - 75 member, of the pension bonus scheme; or

  (ii)   an accruing member, or a post - 70/75 member, of the corresponding scheme under Part   IIIAB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act;

    was at least a specified number of hours; and

  (c)   the total number of hours gainfully worked in Australia by a specified person during that period while the person was the partner of the member and was:

  (i)   an accruing member, or a post - 75 member, of the pension bonus scheme; or

  (ii)   an accruing member, or a post - 70/75 member, of the corresponding scheme under Part   IIIAB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act;

    was at least a specified number of hours.

Hours worked during part - year period

  (3)   The Secretary may, if requested to do so by a member of the pension bonus scheme, issue a written certificate stating:

  (a)   that the member was an accruing member of the scheme throughout a specified part - year period; and

  (b)   the total number of hours gainfully worked by the member during that period; and

  (c)   the total number of hours gainfully worked in Australia by the member during that period.

  (4)   The Secretary may, if requested to do so by a member of the pension bonus scheme, issue a written certificate stating:

  (a)   that the member was an accruing member of the scheme throughout a specified part - year period; and

  (b)   the total number of hours gainfully worked by a specified person during that period while the person was the partner of the member and was:

  (i)   an accruing member, or a post - 75 member, of the pension bonus scheme; or

  (ii)   an accruing member, or a post - 70/75 member, of the corresponding scheme under Part   IIIAB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; and

  (c)   the total number of hours gainfully worked in Australia by a specified person during that period while the person was the partner of the member and was:

  (i)   an accruing member, or a post - 75 member, of the pension bonus scheme; or

  (ii)   an accruing member, or a post - 70/75 member, of the corresponding scheme under Part   IIIAB of the Veterans' Entitlements Act.

Record - keeping requirements

  (5)   If:

  (a)   a person makes a request for a certificate under subsection   (1), (2), (3) or (4) relating to a particular period; and

  (b)   the applicable record - keeping requirements have not been complied with in relation to that period (see section   93C);

the Secretary may refuse to issue the certificate.

Non - accruing membership

  (6)   The Secretary may, if requested to do so by a member of the pension bonus scheme, issue a written certificate stating that the member was a non - accruing member of the scheme throughout a specified period.

Evidence

  (7)   In any proceedings relating to this Part, a certificate under this section is prima facie evidence of the matters in the certificate.


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