Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SUPERANNUATION ACT 1976 - SECT 7A

  (1)   Where:

  (a)   a person ceases to be an eligible employee and, upon his or her so ceasing, invalidity pension becomes payable to him or her in accordance with section   67 or 70; and

  (b)   his or her entitlement to the pension is cancelled under subsection   76(1) upon his or her again becoming an eligible employee;

then, upon his or her next ceasing to be an eligible employee, there shall be added to the amount that, but for this subsection, would be the amount of his or her accumulated basic contributions an amount equal to the amount paid to the Fund under subsection   112(5) in respect of the person upon his or her again becoming an eligible employee as referred to in paragraph   (b), plus interest on the amount.

  (2)   Where:

  (a)   a person ceases to be an eligible employee and, upon his or her so ceasing, deferred benefits become applicable in relation to him or her by virtue of Division   3 of Part   IX;

  (b)   a deferred benefit does not become payable to him or her; and

  (c)   those deferred benefits cease, by virtue of paragraph   144(1)(b), to be applicable in relation to the person upon his or her again becoming an eligible employee;

then, upon his or her next ceasing to be an eligible employee:

  (d)   there shall be added to the amount that, but for this subsection, would be the amount of his or her accumulated basic contributions an amount equal to the amount that was his or her accumulated basic contributions upon his or her ceasing to be an eligible employee as referred to in paragraph   (a), plus interest on the amount; and

  (e)   there shall be added to the amount that, but for this subsection, would be the amount of his or her accumulated supplementary contributions an amount equal to the amount that was his or her accumulated supplementary contributions upon his or her ceasing to be an eligible employee as referred to in paragraph   (a), plus interest on the amount; and

  (f)   there shall be added to the amount that, but for this subsection, would be the amount of the person's Fund accumulated employer contributions an amount equal to the amount that was the person's Fund accumulated employer contributions upon the person ceasing to be an eligible employee as referred to in paragraph   (a), plus interest on the amount.

  (3)   Where:

  (a)   a person ceases to be an eligible employee and, upon his or her so ceasing, deferred benefits become applicable in relation to him or her by virtue of Division   3 of Part   IX;

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

  (c)   the person does not, before again becoming an eligible employee, become entitled to deferred benefit by way of invalidity benefit otherwise than in accordance with section   67 or 70; and

  (d)   his or her entitlement to deferred benefit is cancelled under subsection   76(1) upon his or her again becoming an eligible employee;

then, upon his or her next ceasing to be an eligible employee, there shall be added to the amount that, but for this subsection, would be the amount of his or her accumulated basic contributions an amount equal to the amount paid to the Fund under subsection   112(9) in respect of the person upon his or her entitlement to deferred benefit being cancelled under subsection   76(1), plus interest on the amount.

  (4)   Where:

  (a)   a person ceases to be an eligible employee and, upon his or her so ceasing, deferred benefits become applicable in relation to him or her by virtue of Division   3 of Part   IX;

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

  (c)   his or her entitlement to the deferred benefit is cancelled under subsection   143(2) and deferred benefits again become applicable in relation to him or her;

  (d)   the person does not, before again becoming an eligible employee, become entitled to deferred benefit by way of invalidity benefit otherwise than in accordance with section   67 or 70; and

  (e)   those deferred benefits cease, by virtue of paragraph   144(1)(b), to be applicable in relation to the person upon his or her again becoming an eligible employee;

then, upon his or her next ceasing to be an eligible employee, there shall be added to the amount that, but for this subsection, would be the amount of his or her accumulated basic contributions an amount equal to the amount paid, or last paid, to the Fund under subsection   112(9) in respect of the person upon his or her entitlement to deferred benefit being cancelled under subsection   143(2), plus interest on the amount.