Western Australian Current Regulations

STATE SUPERANNUATION REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 79

79 .         Transfer of benefit to other scheme or fund or Commonwealth Commissioner of Taxation

        (1)         A West State Super Member who is entitled to —

            (a)         payment of a benefit; or

            (b)         a preserved WSS withdrawal benefit,

                may request the Board to transfer the benefit to another scheme or to another superannuation fund and the Board is to comply with that request.

        (2)         A West State Super Member may request the Board to transfer the member’s benefit to another superannuation fund that is not a scheme, and the Board is to comply with that request.

        (3)         The Board may transfer a West State Super Member’s benefit to the Commonwealth Commissioner of Taxation if the Commissioner is permitted under the Commonwealth Unclaimed Money Act to accept the benefit, whether or not the Member has requested the transfer.

        [Regulation 79 amended: Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3092; 28 Jun 2002 p. 3013; 26 May 2006 p. 1928; 13 Apr 2007 p. 1601 and 1629; 8 Jul 2008 p. 3229; 17 Jan 2012 p. 471; SL 2021/49 r. 6.]