New Zealand Legislation: Acts

18 Superannuation rights of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner

• Where any person who is a contributor to the Government Superannuation Fund is appointed as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, that person shall, unless—

  • (a) He or she is reappointed as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner or, in the case of a person holding office as Deputy Commissioner, becomes the successor of the Commissioner; or

  • (b) He or she is appointed to another office in the Government service (within the meaning of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956); or

  • (c) He or she has ceased to be a contributor to the Government Superannuation Fund; or

  • (d) He or she is not entitled under section 16(5) of this Act to a retiring allowance,—

  be allowed to receive from the Fund an annual retiring allowance for the rest of his or her life computed in the manner prescribed by Part 2 or Part 2A of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, notwithstanding that the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner may not have attained the age or have had the length of service that would entitle him or her in accordance with the terms of that Act to a retiring allowance.

  Part 1, comprising sections 3 to 26, was substituted, as from 19 December 1989, by section 3 State Sector Amendment Act (No 2) 1989 (1989 No 136).