New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER AUTHORITIES (SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1927

- As at 15 June 2018 
- Act 35 of 1927 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - INTRODUCTORY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement and application of Act
   3.      Definitions
   3A.     Salary
   3B.     (Repealed)

   PART 2 - INSURANCE PROVISIONS

   4.      Compulsory insurance
   4A.     Reserve fund
   5.      Optional further units
   6.      Payment of premiums

   PART 3 - PROVIDENT FUND PROVISIONS

   7.      Exemption
   7A.     Election to insure under sec 4
   7B.     Certain servants insured under Part 2 may contribute to Provident Fund
   7C.     Additional contributions to Provident Fund
   8.      Local Government Provident Fund
           9, 10. (Repealed)
   11.     Cheques
   12.     (Repealed)
   13.     Contribution by councils in certain cases
   13AA.   Payment of contributions after 1 April 1977
   13A.    Provident Fund investment reserve
   14.     Retiring age
   15.     Payment on retirement or death
   15A.    Power of the board to purchase annuity etc out of a gratuity payable from the Provident Fund

   PART 3A - VOLUNTARY SAVINGS

   15B.    Additional payments to Provident Fund
   15C.    Moneys part of Provident Fund
   15D.    Rate of interest allowed
   15E.    Money withdrawable at any time
   15F.    Power to close accounts
   15G.    Payment of moneys from Provident Fund or Pension Fund on retirement or death of permanent servant

   PART 3B - SUPERANNUATION BENEFITS PROVISIONS

   15H.    Definitions
   15I.    Non-application of Parts 2 and 3
   15J.    Servants who become permanent after appointed day
   15K.    Election by policy holders to come under this Part
   15L.    Applications by contributors to Provident Fund and others to come under this Part
   15M.    Applications to be qualified for additional death benefits and additional disablement benefits
   15N.    Council's liability for contributors not referred to in sec 15O
   15O.    Council's liability for contributors not referred to in sec 15N
   15OA.   Payment of contributions after 1 April 1977
   15P.    Interest payable on unpaid liabilities of councils
   15Q.    Variations in salary of $100 or less to be disregarded
   15R.    Servant's contribution
   15S.    Superannuation Benefits Fund
   15T.    Application of Benefits Fund
   15U.    Servant's account
   15V.    Lump sum benefit on retirement
   15W.    Death of contributor
   15X.    Disablement of contributor
   15Y.    Payment to be made to contributor on resignation or dismissal
   15Z.    Board to certify amount due
   15ZA.   Power of the board to purchase annuity etc out of money payable under section 15V, 15W, 15X or 15Y
   15AA.   Moneys not to be assigned
   15AB.   Transfer of contributor from council to council
   15AC.   (Repealed)
   15AD.   Report to Minister

   PART 3C - SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS

   15AE.   Definition
   15AF.   Persons to whom this Part applies
   15AG.   Entitlement to supplementary benefits
   15AH.   Calculation of supplementary benefits
   15AI.   Reduction of supplementary benefits
   15AJ.   Payment of supplementary benefits
   15AK.   Fractions of cents to be disregarded

   PART 3D - PENSION FUND PROVISIONS

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   15AL.   Definitions
   15AM.   Non-application of Parts 2, 3 and 3B

           Division 1A - Closure of Pension Fund to new entrants

   15AMA.  Closure of Pension Fund

           Division 2 - Coming under the provisions of this Part

   15AN.   Application of this Part to new and certain existing servants
   15AO.   Election by policy holders to come under this Part
   15AP.   Applications by contributors to Provident Fund to come under this Part
   15AQ.   Elections and applications by contributors to Benefits Fund to come under this Part
   15AR.   Applications by certain permanent servants to come under this Part
   15AS.   Restrictions on becoming contributors
   15AT.   Applications for additional benefits by contributors

           Division 3 - Contributions

   15AU.   Servant's contributions
   15AV.   Salary basis on which servant's contributions calculated
   15AW.   Employer's contributions
   15AX.   Payment of contributions
   15AY.   Interest payable

           Division 4 - (Repealed)
           None

           Division 5 - Benefits

   15BE.   Accrued pension points
   15BF.   Attaining age of 65
   15BG.   Retirement at or over age 60, but under age 65
   15BH.   Total and permanent disablement
   15BI.   Partial and permanent disablement
   15BJ.   Retrenchment after 10 years as a contributor
   15BK.   Resignation or dismissal after 10 years as a contributor
   15BL.   Resignation, dismissal or retrenchment with less than 10 years as a contributor
   15BM.   Death during service leaving widow or widower
   15BN.   Death during service where no benefit under sec 15BM
   15BO.   Pension payable to widow, widower or de facto partner of deceased pensioner
   15BOA.  (Repealed)
   15BOB.  Spouses' pensions generally
   15BP.   Children's pensions
   15BQ.   Rate of children's pensions
   15BR.   Conversion of lump sum to pension
   15BS.   Payment of pensions
   15BT.   Pensions payable fortnightly
   15BU.   (Repealed)

           Division 5A - Lump sum options

   15BUA.  Board may pay lump sum instead of certain pensions
   15BUB.  Election to be paid lump sum instead of pension under sec 15BF or 15BG
   15BUC.  Election to be paid lump sum instead of pension under sec 15BH
   15BUD.  Election by widow to be paid lump sum instead of pension under sec 15BM
   15BUE.  Election by widower to be paid lump sum instead of pension under sec 15BM
   15BUF.  Minimum lump sum benefit payable to widow or widower
   15BV.   Commutation of certain pensions
   15BVA.  Reduction of calculated lump sum
   15BVB.  Cessation of pension where lump sum paid
   15BVC.  Elections generally

           Division 6 - Miscellaneous

   15BW.   Board to certify amount of lump sum due
   15BX.   Benefits not to be assignable etc
   15BY.   Payment where beneficiary incapable
   15BYA.  Payment where beneficiary is missing
   15BZ.   Applications
   15CA.   Broken service
   15CB.   Fractions of cents
   15CC.   Report to Minister
   15CD.   (Repealed)

           Division 7 - Alternative benefits

   15CDA.  Definitions
   15CE.   Gratuities under sec 97 of Principal Act
   15CF.   Where gratuities or untaken sick leave payable
   15CG.   Special sums
   15CH.   Conversion of special sum to pension
   15CI.   Rate of pension on conversion of special sum
   15CJ.   Payments to employers

           Division 8 - Periodical adjustment of pension rates

   15CK.   Definitions
   15CL.   Restriction on automatic adjustment of pension
   15CM.   Calculation of adjustment percentage
   15CN.   Adjustment of pensions

   PART 3E - TRANSFER OF SERVANTS TO THE STATE SUPERANNUATION FUND

   15CO.   Transfer of servants to the State Superannuation Fund

   PART 3F - (Repealed)
   None

   PART 4 - MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS

   16.     (Repealed)
   16A.    Board may receive commissions etc
           16B-16G. (Repealed)
   17.     Expenses of administration
   17A.    Levies for management expenses
   17B.    Board to fix date of commencement of premiums etc
   17BA.   Payment without grant of probate etc
   17C.    Employment continued after retiring age
   17D.    Enforcement of lodgment of applications etc
   17E.    Completion of necessary documents on behalf of servants
   17F.    Certain option for female employees
   17G.    Past service not to count where servant previously employed
   17H.    Servants not continuously employed may be declared permanent servants
   17I.    Apportionment of premiums where servant jointly employed
   17J.    Apportionment of premiums or contributions in certain cases
   17K.    Servant to retire unless retained by resolution of council
   17L.    Long service leave
   17M.    Minors
   17N.    Date of effect of certain board decisions
   17O.    Board deemed agent in certain cases
   17P.    (Repealed)
   17PA.   Extension of this Part
           17Q, 17R. (Repealed)
   18.     Recovery of contributions
           18A-19A. (Repealed)
   20.     Regulations
   21.     Savings and transitional provisions
           THE SCHEDULE - Scale of compulsory cover
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           Schedule 5 (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 6
           SCHEDULE 7
           SCHEDULE 8