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RETIREMENT BENEFITS (PARLIAMENTARY SUPERANNUATION) REGULATIONS 2002 (S.R. 2002, NO. 176) - REG 24

Preservation of benefits
(1)  Where a member to whom this Part applies is under the preservation age and elects to commute either one half or the whole of his or her pension to a lump sum payment in accordance with regulation 30 , the amount of that lump sum payment which represents –
(a) the superannuation guarantee contributions, including interest, that would have been made in respect of that member if he or she were subject to the SG Act since his or her commencement as a member or 1 July 1994, whichever is the later, until 30 June 1999; and
(b) the difference between the total benefit at the time when the member ceased to be a member and the total benefit that would have been payable if the member had ceased to be a member as at 30 June 1999 –
is to be preserved until the member retires from the workforce after attaining the preservation age and elects, by notice in writing to the Board, to receive that lump sum payment.
(2)  Subject to subregulation (3) , the amount to be preserved is to be transferred to the member's investment account in the accumulation scheme or to a complying superannuation scheme nominated by the member.
(3)  Notwithstanding subregulation (1) , a member who is under the preservation age is entitled to his or her preserved benefits in accordance with the SIS Act.
Subdivision 2 - Widows' and widowers' pensions



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