South Australian Current Regulations

SOUTHERN STATE SUPERANNUATION REGULATIONS 2009 - REG 30

30—Application for additional invalidity/death insurance

        (1)         Subject to this regulation, a member under the age of 70 years (other than a prescribed member under the age of 65 years) may apply to the Board for additional invalidity/death insurance under this regulation.

        (1a)         Additional invalidity/death insurance may only be provided to a PSS 3 member in connection with an election under section 36 of the Parliamentary Superannuation Act 1974 to take out voluntary invalidity/death insurance if the member has applied to the Board for the insurance in accordance with these regulations.

        (2)         A person who is employed on a casual basis can only apply for additional invalidity/death insurance if he or she is employed pursuant to an arrangement under which he or she is to work for 9 or more hours each week or for periods that average, over a 3 month period, 9 or more hours each week.

        (3)         A person who is not entitled to default invalidity/death insurance under regulation 28(2)(b) or (c), or who is entitled to default death insurance but not default invalidity insurance, cannot apply for additional invalidity/death insurance or death insurance.

        (4)         A person who is a member of the scheme by virtue only of regulation 9(3), (5b), (6) or (7) (including any combination of these provisions) cannot apply for additional invalidity/death insurance.

        (4a)         A person who is a member of the scheme by virtue only of regulation 14(1) is not entitled to additional invalidity/death insurance and any additional invalidity/death insurance cover held by a person if and when they become a member of the scheme by virtue only of regulation 14(1) is cancelled.

        (5)         If within 3 months after electing to become a member of the Triple S scheme, a contributor under the Superannuation Act 1988 applies to the Board under this regulation for additional invalidity/death insurance that will entitle the applicant to benefits that will not, in the Board's opinion, exceed the benefits in the nature of invalidity and death insurance to which the applicant would have been entitled under the Superannuation Act 1988 —

            (a)         regulation 49(2) does not apply to the applicant; and

            (b)         the Board must accept the application and the only conditions that it can impose on its acceptance are the conditions (if any) to which the applicant's membership of the State Scheme is subject or conditions to which the applicant agrees.

        (6)         If the Board grants an application for additional invalidity/death insurance or for an increase or decrease in the level of additional insurance, the Board must fix the date for the commencement of the insurance or of the increase or decrease in the level of insurance.