Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 20M(1) amended by No. 40/2010 s. 8.
(1) If an employer approves in advance leave of absence without pay for reasons other than illness or injury certified by a registered medical practitioner or parental leave for a period of up to 12 months for each confinement or employment by another employer who agrees to maintain contributions as required by section 20Q for more than 4 weeks, the contributor—
S. 20M(1)(a) amended by Nos 37/2007 s. 7, 65/2008 s. 11(1).
(a) subject to subsection (2), may elect to pay contributions for the period of the leave at a rate of 2% (or such other percentage as is first determined by an actuary after the commencement of section 10 of the Superannuation Acts (Further Amendment) Act 1996 and thereafter during an actuarial investigation under section 19(7) and which is specified in the actuary's report), of the salary of the contributor immediately before the commencement of leave; and
(b) upon payment of such contributions is to be treated in the event of death or the commencement to suffer disability before return from leave to have resumed duties on the day of such death or the commencement to suffer disability.
S. 20M(2) inserted by No. 65/2008 s. 11(2).
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Board may determine that a class or category of contributor may apply in a form approved by the Board to pay contributions under subsection (1)(a) for a specified period which is, or specified periods which are, less than the period of the leave.
S. 20M(3) inserted by No. 65/2008 s. 11(2).
(3) The Board may approve an application under subsection (2) subject to any terms and conditions which the Board considers appropriate.
S. 20MA inserted by No. 36/2019 s. 9.