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SUPERANNUATION ACT 1976 No. 31, 1976 - SECT 66

Entitlement to invalidity benefit.
Division 4-Invalidity Benefit
66. (1) Subject to sub-sections (3) and (4) of this section and to section  79
, where a person ceases to be an eligible employee by reason of retirement on
the ground of invalidity before attaining his maximum retiring age then,
except in a case where sub-section (2) of this section applies, the person is
entitled-

   (a)  if the person does not make an election under section 68 or 69-to
        invalidity pension in accordance with section 67 and, where the person
        has paid supplementary contributions, a lump sum benefit in accordance
        with that section;

   (b)  if the person makes an election under section 68-to
        invalidity pension, and a lump sum benefit, in accordance with that
        section; or

   (c)  if the person is entitled to make an election under section 69 and
        makes such an election-to a lump sum benefit in accordance with
        sub-section 69 (2) and, where the person has paid
        supplementary contributions, an additional lump sum benefit in
        accordance with sub-section 69 (3).

(2) Subject to sub-sections (3) and (4) of this section and section 79, where-

   (a)  a person ceases to be an eligible employee by reason of retirement on
        the ground of invalidity before attaining his maximum retiring age;

   (b)  there was in force in respect of the person, immediately before the
        person's retirement, a benefit classification certificate; and

   (c)  the Commissioner is of the opinion that the incapacity which was the
        ground for his retirement was caused, or was substantially contributed
        to, by a physical or mental condition or conditions specified in the
        certificate or by a physical or mental condition connected with such a
        condition or such conditions, the person is entitled-

   (d)  where the period of contributory service of the person is not less
        than 8 years-

        (i)    if the person does not make an election under section 71 or
               72-to invalidity pension in accordance with section 70 and,
               where the person has paid supplementary contributions, a lump
               sum benefit in accordance with that section;

        (ii)   if the person makes an election under section 71-to invalidity
               pension, and a lump sum benefit, in accordance with that
               section; or

        (iii)  if the person is entitled to make an election under section 72
               and makes such an election-to a lump sum benefit in accordance
               with sub-section 72 (2) and, where the person has paid
               supplementary contributions, an additional lump sum benefit in
               accordance with sub-section 72 (3); or

   (e)  where the period of contributory service of the person is less than 8
        years-to a lump sum benefit in accordance with subsection 73 (2) and,
        where the person has paid supplementary contributions, an additional
        lump sum benefit in accordance with sub-section 73 (3).

(3) Where a person to whom invalidity pension had been payable in accordance
with section 68 or 71 again became an eligible employee and later ceases to be
an eligible employee by reason of retirement on the ground of invalidity
before attaining his maximum retiring age, he is not entitled to invalidity
benefit in accordance with section 67 or 70, but he is entitled to invalidity
benefit in accordance with section 68 or 71, as the case may be as if he had
made an election under whichever of those sections is applicable.

(4) Sub-sections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person whose period of
prospective service is less than 1 year. 


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