- (1)
- If a post-75 member of the pension bonus scheme has a post-75 work period,
the lodgment period for a claim by the person for pension bonus is the period
of 13 weeks beginning at the end of the period nominated in the claim as the
person's post-75 work period.
- (2)
- For the purposes of this section, a post-75 member of the pension bonus
scheme has a post-75 work period if all of the following requirements are
satisfied:
- (a)
- the person's claim for pension bonus nominates a particular period as the
person's post-75 work period;
- (b)
- the nominated period begins immediately after the end of the person's last
bonus period;
- (c)
- if it were assumed that the person had been an accruing member of the
pension bonus scheme throughout each test period that is applicable to the
person, the person would have passed the work test for each test period.
- (3)
- For the purposes of subsection (2), the test period or test periods
applicable to a person are worked out as follows:
- (a)
- identify the extended period , which is that part of the nominated period
when the person was neither:
- (i)
- subject to a compensation preclusion period or a carer preclusion period;
nor
- (ii)
- covered by a declaration under section 92Q of the 1991 Act;
- (b)
- if the extended period is 365 days or lessthe extended period is the
only test period;
- (c)
- if the extended period is longer than 365 dayseach of the following
periods is a test period:
- (i)
- the full-year period beginning at the start of the extended period;
- (ii)
- if 2 or more succeeding full-year periods are included in the extended
periodeach of those full-year periods;
- (iii)
- the period (if any) consisting of the remainder of the extended period.
- (4)
- In addition to its effect apart from this subsection, section 93B of the
1991 Act also has the effect it would have if each reference in paragraph
93B(1)(a), (2)(a), (3)(a) or (4)(a) to an accruing member of the pension bonus
scheme were a reference to a post-75 member of the scheme.
Subdivision FLapsing of certain claims