This Part of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12th day of April 1979.

For the purposes of this Part of this Act—

This Part of this Act shall apply to every contributor under Part 2 of the principal Act who is less than 60 years of age, being—

• (a) A contributor who, after having completed 40 years or more of contributory service, retired from Government service before the 1st day of April 1979; or

• (b) A contributor who, without having completed 40 years or more of contributory service but after having completed 40 years or more of Government service, retired from Government service before the 1st day of April 1979 and qualified for a retiring allowance pursuant to section 35(3)(g) of the principal Act; or

• (c) A contributor who, without having completed 40 years or more of contributory service or 40 years or more of Government service, retired from the Government service before the 1st day of April 1979 and survived for such period that he would have completed 40 years of Government service before the 1st day of April 1979 if he had not retired from the Government service; or

• (d) A contributor who, without having completed 40 years or more of contributory service or 40 years or more of Government service, retired from the Government service before the 1st day of April 1979, but survives for such period that he would have completed 40 years of Government service after the 31st day of March 1979 if he had not retired from the Government service; or

• (e) A contributor who, after having completed 40 years or more of contributory service, retires from the Government service after the 31st day of March 1979; or

• (f) A contributor who, without having completed 40 years or more of contributory service but after having completed 40 years or more of Government service, retires from the Government service after the 31st day of March 1979, and who qualifies for a retiring allowance pursuant to section 35(3)(g) of the principal Act; or

• (g) A contributor who, without having completed 40 years or more of contributory service or 40 years or more of Government service, retires from the Government service after the 31st day of March 1979, but who survives for such period that he would have completed 40 years of Government service had he not retired from the Government service.

Subject to section 6 of this Act, every retiring allowance payable pursuant to Part 2 of the principal Act to a contributor to whom this Part of this Act applies shall be adjusted annually with effect on and after the first 4-weekly payment of the retiring allowance under section 89 of the principal Act in each financial year.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the initial adjustment to be made to any retiring allowance shall be made with effect on and after the first annual adjustment date in the financial year commencing after the contributor's date of qualification.

(2) Where the date of qualification of a contributor is before the 1st day of April 1979, the initial adjustment shall be made with effect on and after the 12th day of April 1979.

(1) The aggregate percentage of increase to be applied to a basic allowance in accordance with section 5 for the purpose of determining the annual adjustment for any year must be the percentage that is calculated under section 5(1A) or (1C) of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969, as the case may be, calculated as if—

• (a) basic index number were,—

  • (i) in any case where the date of qualification falls between 1 October and 31 March (both days inclusive), the basic index number for the preceding June quarter; and

  • (ii) in any case where the date of qualification falls between 1 April and 30 September (both days inclusive), the basic index number for the preceding December quarter; and

• (b) initial adjustment under section 7 were an initial adjustment under section 6 of this Act.

(2) No person is entitled, because of the amendments made to this Act by section 4 of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 2009, to any increased payment for any retiring allowance, annual allowance, or annuity that was paid or is payable for any period before 1 April 2009.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the annual amount of the retiring allowance to be paid on and after the date of any annual adjustment until the next adjustment shall be determined by adding to the basic allowance an amount calculated by applying the aggregate percentage of increase to the basic allowance.

(2) The annual amount of any retiring allowance as so determined, to be paid on and after the date of any annual adjustment, shall be increased or reduced, as the case may be, in accordance with any election by the contributor under section 40 of the principal Act or under the corresponding provisions of any former Act.

If a surviving spouse or partner elects pursuant to section 45 of the principal Act to receive an annuity, then the retiring allowance of the deceased contributor shall be deemed to include any adjustments made pursuant to this Part of this Act before the date of death of the contributor.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, no adjustments to any retiring allowance pursuant to this Part of this Act shall be made with respect to any period on or after the annual adjustment date next following the 60th anniversary of the contributor's birth.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the provisions of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969 shall apply to:

• (a) Any retiring allowance of any contributor to whom this Part of this Act applies if that contributor attains the age of 60 years; and

• (b) Any annuity payable to a surviving spouse or partner of any contributor to whom this Part of this Act applies.

(2) No adjustments pursuant to section 4 of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969 shall be made to any retiring allowance, or to any annuity payable to a surviving spouse or partner, until such time as the retiring allowance or annuity so adjusted pursuant to that Act would exceed the retiring allowance or annuity as adjusted pursuant to this Part of this Act.

(3) For the purpose of determining—

• (a) When any annuity payable to a surviving spouse or partner pursuant to section 4 of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969 would exceed any annuity as adjusted pursuant to this Part of this Act; and

• (b) The amount of the annuity that forms the basic allowance for the purposes of section 6 of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1969,—

the annuity of any surviving spouse or partner shall not include any amount by which it was increased pursuant to section 9 of this Act, and shall be reduced by any amount surrendered pursuant to section 91A of the principal Act.

(1) [Repealed]

(2) This subsection substituted a new proviso for the first proviso to s 87(1)(a)(i) of the principal Act.

This section amended the second proviso to s 79(1)(a) of the principal Act.

(1) This subsection added para (d) to s 79(1) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection inserted para (ba) in s 87(1) of the principal Act.

(1) This subsection inserted s 79A in the principal Act.

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April 1979.

(1) This subsection inserted s 91A in the principal Act.

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12th day of April 1979.

(1) This subsection substituted a new paragraph for para (a) of s 95(1) of the principal Act.

(2) [Repealed]