Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DEFENCE FORCE (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1973 No. 86 of 1973 - SECT 32

PART IV-CONTRIBUTIONS

Division 1-Contributions by Members
32. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act-

   (a)  a person who becomes a member on or after the date of commencement of
        this Act shall contribute to the Fund from the date upon which he
        becomes a member; and

   (b)  a person who was a member immediately before the date of commencement
        of this Act shall contribute to the Fund from that date.

(2) Notwithstanding sub-section (1), where a member would, but for this
sub-section, be required to contribute to the Fund from a date that is not a
pay-day, that member shall contribute to the Fund from the pay-day next
succeeding that date.

(3) An enlisted member shall not contribute to the Fund unless he is serving,
or has served, under an engagement or re-engagement for a period of one year
or longer.

(4) A person shall not contribute to the Fund in respect of any period after
the day on which-

   (a)  he ceases to be a member;

   (b)  a period of two years after he attains the retiring age for the rank
        held by him expires; or

   (c)  he attains the age of sixty years, whichever first occurs, or, if that
        day is not a pay-day, after the pay-day last preceding that day.

(5) A reference in this section to a period includes a reference to a period
wholly or partly occurring before the date of commencement of this Act.

(6) In determining, for the purposes of the application of Part VI, whether a
person who, having ceased to be a member, again becomes a member is required
by this section to contribute to the Fund-

   (a)  a reference in sub-section (3) to engagement or re-engagement does not
        include a reference to engagement or re-engagement of the person
        before he again became a member; and

   (b)  the reference in sub-section (4) to the day on which he ceases to be a
        member is a reference to the day on which he ceases to be a member
        after he again became a member.