Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, the compulsory termination (however expressed) of the service of a contributor to the Provident Account who has attained the age of sixty years and in respect of whom an age for retirement is not fixed by law shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be retirement.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the Board is satisfied that the service of the contributor was compulsorily terminated by reason of his having been guilty of misconduct or by reason of his having been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the service of a contributor to the Provident Account who was employed in a temporary capacity under section 82 of the Public Service Act 1922 - 1964 shall be deemed to have been compulsorily terminated by reason of his having been guilty of misconduct if his services were dispensed with under that Act on the ground that he has been guilty of conduct that, if he were an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth, would have constituted an offence specified in subsection (1) of section 55 of that Act.
(4) On and after 1 July 1976, the reference in subsection (2) to the Board shall be read as including a reference to the Commissioner for Superannuation.