Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SUPERANNUATION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 17, 1978 - SECT 48

48. Section 136 of the principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following sub-sections:

''(4) Where-

   (a)  a person ceases to be an eligible employee and, upon his so ceasing,
        deferred benefits become applicable in relation to him under this
        Division;

   (b)  those deferred benefits cease to be applicable in relation to the
        person upon a deferred benefit by way of invalidity benefit becoming
        payable to him in accordance with section 67, 68, 70 or 71; and

   (c)  his entitlement to the deferred benefit is cancelled under sub-section
        143 (2) and deferred benefits again become applicable in relation to
        him, this sub-section applies to the person.

''(5) The regulations may make provision for modifying this Act, or a
provision of this Act specified in the regulations, in the application of this
Act or that provision to and in relation to a person to whom sub-section (4)
applies, or to and in relation to a prescribed class of persons to whom that
sub-section applies.

''(6) The modifications that may be made by regulations in pursuance of
sub-section (5) include, but are not limited to, modifications providing for
the payment of benefits in substitution for benefits provided for by this
Act.''.