Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SUPERANNUATION ACT 1976 - SECT 8

  (1)   Where:

  (a)   a person became entitled to an invalidity pension upon his or her ceasing to be an eligible employee; and

  (b)   he or she again becomes an eligible employee and the pension referred to in paragraph   (a) is cancelled under subsection   76(1) upon his or her again becoming an eligible employee;

then, upon his or her next ceasing to be an eligible employee, there shall be added to the period that, but for this subsection, would be his or her period of contributory service:

  (c)   the period that was his or her period of contributory service upon his or her previously ceasing to be an eligible employee and becoming entitled to the pension that was so cancelled; and

  (d)   if that pension was payable in accordance with section   67 or 68--any period in respect of which that pension was payable.

  (2)   Where:

  (a)   a person ceases to be an eligible employee and, upon his or her so ceasing, deferred benefits are applicable in relation to him or her by virtue of Division   3 of Part   IX; and

  (b)   the person again becomes an eligible employee and the deferred benefits cease to be applicable in relation to him or her by virtue of section   144;

then, upon his or her next ceasing to be an eligible employee, there shall be added to the period that, but for this subsection, would be his or her period of contributory service:

  (c)   the period that was his or her period of contributory service upon his or her previously ceasing to be an eligible employee and becoming a person in relation to whom deferred benefits are applicable; and

  (d)   if, during any period after his or her previously so ceasing to be an eligible employee and before he or she again becomes an eligible employee, he or she was in receipt of deferred benefits, being invalidity pension payable in accordance with section   67 or 68--any period in respect of which that pension was payable.

  (3)   Where:

  (a)   a person ceases to be an eligible employee and, upon so ceasing, deferred benefits are applicable in relation to the person by virtue of Division   3 of Part   IX;

  (b)   those deferred benefits cease to be applicable in relation to the person upon a deferred benefit by way of invalidity pension becoming payable to the person; and

  (c)   the person again becomes an eligible employee and the person's entitlement to deferred benefit is, upon the person's so becoming an eligible employee, cancelled under subsection   76(1);

then, upon the person's next ceasing to be an eligible employee, there shall be added to the period that, but for this subsection, would be the person's period of contributory service:

  (d)   the period that was the person's period of contributory service upon the person's previously ceasing to be an eligible employee and becoming a person in relation to whom deferred benefits are applicable; and

  (e)   if, during any period after the person's previously so ceasing to be an eligible employee and before the person again becomes an eligible employee, the person was in receipt of deferred benefit by way of invalidity pension in accordance with section   67 or 68--any period in respect of which that pension was payable.