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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

Superannuation Fund deducted from the Pay of Members for the Month of , 190 , by the [Name of Education Board or other body]," is true and correct in every particular, and that the amount named as being the pay of each member respectively is the actual sum payable to him in respect of his service, but does not include allowances or payment for overtime.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “ The Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.”

Signature :

Declared at , this day of , 190 , before me—

Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

4. The statement referred to in the last preceding clause shall be in the following form :—

The Teachers’ Superannuation Fund. Return of Contributions to the Superannuation Fund deducted from the Pay of Members for the Month of , 190 , by [Name of Education Board or other employing body, or the Government Department to which the contributor belongs] Registered No.; Name; school or employment; pay for the period; amount of deduction.

5. Every contributor whose pay is temporarily stopped owing to ill health, or who is on leave of absence without salary, or is temporarily unemployed, shall—

(a.) Contribute to the Fund monthly so long as his pay is stopped, at one-third of the rate otherwise payable by him, and thereafter at the ordinary rate of contribution; or

(b.) Cease to contribute to the Fund while his pay is so stopped, and thereafter contribute by way of deduction from pay an additional amount equal to one-third of his ordinary contribution for a period as long as that during which his pay was so stopped.

BENEFITS OF THE FUND.

6. The Secretary for Education shall furnish the Board with a report upon the case of every contributor who signifies his intention of retiring from the service and claiming on the Superannuation Fund, and such report shall contain the following information, viz.: Name of contributor; position in the service; whether or not an “original member”; age; cause of retirement; date of retirement; length of service; the date to which contributions to the Fund have been paid; where necessary the total salary received during all the years of contribution to the Fund, and in the case of an original member of the total salary received during all the years of service before the commencement of “The Teachers’ Superannuation Act, 1905”; particulars of benefits (if any) accruing under “The Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908,” or any Act thereby repealed; allowance to which entitled.

7. He shall similarly, so far as the circumstances apply, advise the Board with respect to contributors who retire “medically unfit,” or before pension-age, or who are dismissed.

8. With respect to claims on the Fund arising upon the death of a contributor, the Secretary for Education shall investigate the same and report thereon to the Board.

9. The Board shall, at its first meeting after receipt of the necessary particulars consider such cases as have been reported upon, and grant allowances in accordance with the terms of the Act, and determine the date from which the first payment in each case shall be made.

10. The Secretary of the Board shall forthwith after the Board’s decision advise the contributor or beneficiary of the same, and where necessary require him to elect whether he accepts a retiring-allowance or a refund of his contributions in lieu thereof.

11. In respect of every contributor who becomes a claimant on the Fund, it shall be the duty of the Education Board or other body under which the service of such contributor was effected, and in the case of a contributor who is a member of the Public Service it shall be the duty of the head of the Department in which he is employed, to prepare such statements as to the service of the said contributor, or the amounts of salary paid to him, or other like particulars as may be required by the Board. The accuracy of every such statement shall be affirmed by declaration of the person by whom it is prepared, and the Board shall not consider any case in which such statements have not been supplied.

12. The receipt of any person to whom the Board may direct any sum accruing in respect to benefits derivable under the Act to be paid shall be an absolute discharge to the Fund of all further liability in respect of the amount so paid.