Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 114A

  (1)   If:

  (a)   an employee of:

  (i)   the Commonwealth; or

  (ii)   a Commonwealth authority that holds a licence under Part   VIII and is required, in accordance with the conditions to which that licence is subject, to notify Comcare of the retirement of the employee; or

  (iii)   a Commonwealth authority that is not the holder of a licence under Part   VIII;

    is receiving, or is entitled to receive, compensation under this Act; and

  (b)   the appropriate officer in relation to the employee becomes aware that the employee has retired from his or her employment;

then, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware, the officer must give written notice to Comcare stating that the employee has retired and the date of the retirement and identifying the superannuation scheme of which the employee was a member at the time of his or her retirement.

  (2)   In this section:

"appropriate officer" , in relation to an employee, means:

  (a)   if the employee is employed in an Entity--the principal officer of that Entity; or

  (b)   if the employee is employed by the Commonwealth otherwise than in an Entity--a person prescribed by the regulations; or

  (c)   if the employee is employed by a Commonwealth authority--the principal officer of that authority.