Police Superannuation Regulation 1970

Queensland Police Superannuation Act 1968 POLICE SUPERANNUATION REGULATION 1970 Reprinted as in force on 4 June 1996 (includes amendments up to SL No. 12 of 1996) Reprint No. 1 This reprint is prepared by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy

Information about this reprint This regulation is reprinted as at 4 June 1996. The reprint shows the law as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before that day (Reprints Act 1992 s 5(c)). The reprint includes a reference to the law by which each amendment was made—see list of legislation and list of annotations in endnotes. Minor editorial changes allowed under the provisions of the Reprints Act 1992 mentioned in the following list have also been made to— • update citations and references (pt 4, div 2) • use standard punctuation consistent with current drafting practice (s 27) • use expressions consistent with current drafting practice (s 29) • use appropriate names for instruments and provision units (s 32) • use aspects of format and printing style consistent with current drafting practice (s 35) • omit provisions that are no longer required (ss 37 and 40) • omit unnecessary referential words (s 41) • omit the words of notification (s 42A) • number and renumber provisions and references (s 43). Also see endnotes for information about— • when provisions commenced • editorial changes made in the reprint, including table of renumbered provisions.

Queensland POLICE SUPERANNUATION REGULATION 1970 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Members of Queensland Police Service who are not members of the police force for the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 The conduct of the business of the board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Special meetings of board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Notice of board meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Failure to give notice does not invalidate proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Conduct of board business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Adjournment of board meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 Confidentiality of board business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 Calculation of benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 12 Proof of incapacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 13 Proof of entitlement to benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 14 Approval of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 6 List of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 Table of renumbered provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

s1 3 s4 Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 POLICE SUPERANNUATION REGULATION 1970 [as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 4 June 1996] ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 . ˙ Definition 2. In this regulation— “approved form” see section 13. ˙ Members of Queensland Police Service who are not members of the police force for the Act 3. A member of the Queensland Police Service is not a member of the police force for the purposes of the Act if the person— (a) is appointed under the Police Service Administration Act 1990 as a staff member, police recruit or special constable; and (b) was not a member of the police force for the purposes of the Act immediately before the appointment. ˙ The conduct of the business of the board 4.(1) The board shall meet in the second and fourth weeks of each month for any business unless the board has previously determined that it shall not meet in any of these weeks. (2) Such determinations by the board may be made from time to time. (3) The day, hour and place of every meeting of the board shall be as previously determined by the board, or, in default or in the case of a special

s5 4 s8 Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 meeting convened upon requisition as referred to in section 5 as the manager may appoint. ˙ Special meetings of board 5.(1) The manager shall on requisition, in accordance with this section, of any 2 members of the board convene a special meeting of the board. (2) The requisition shall be in writing, state the objects of the meeting, and be signed by the requisitionists, and shall be deposited with the manager. (3) Notice of the special meeting shall specify the objects of the meeting as stated in the requisition. ˙ Notice of board meetings 6. Where the time and place of any meeting of the board is appointed by the manager and in every other case where notice of a meeting is given, notice of the meeting shall be given by the manager to each member of the board at least 3 days before the meeting. ˙ Failure to give notice does not invalidate proceedings 7. The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of any meeting by, any member shall not invalidate the proceedings at the meeting (including any adjournment thereof). ˙ Conduct of board business 8.(1) The board shall commence business at the hour appointed for holding the meeting, or so soon thereafter as a sufficient number of members is present to form a quorum. (2) If at the expiration of 15 minutes after the hour appointed for the holding of the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall not proceed on that day but stand adjourned to such day, hour, and place as may be fixed by the members present, or, in default, by the manager, and the circumstances, together with the names of the members then present shall be recorded in the minute book.

s 9 5 s 12 Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 ˙ Adjournment of board meetings 9.(1) The board may adjourn a meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. (2) Without prejudice to anything in this regulation contained, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting. ˙ Confidentiality of board business 10. All deliberations and business of the board shall be strictly confidential, and any particulars relating thereto shall not be communicated to any person, but the board may— (a) consent to the communication to any person of any such particulars; (b) authorise the manager to publish a report of all or any part of the proceedings; as it thinks fit. ˙ Calculation of benefits 11. In order to ascertain the fortnightly equivalent of the annual amount of benefits payable, the following formula shall apply— divide the amount of the total annual benefit by 26.09, and the amount so obtained shall be taken to the next higher cent. ˙ Proof of incapacity 12. Any member retired from the police force by reason of incapacity is to furnish to the board the following notifications and certificates whilst he or she is in receipt of incapacity benefit— (a) a statement at the end of each calendar month indicating whether or not he or she engaged in any work during the month; (b) a statement at the end of each financial year giving details of any

s 13 6 Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 s 14 work engaged in during the previous 12 months; (c) a medical report from a government medical officer or other medical practitioner approved by the board after the end of each financial year. ˙ Proof of entitlement to benefits 13. The manager of the board may from time to time require evidence that payments from the police superannuation fund are being properly made and for this purpose may require any person in receipt of benefits from the police superannuation fund to supply information in the approved form. ˙ Approval of forms 14. The chief executive may approve forms for use under the Act. Approved forms 14.(1) This section applies if— (a) immediately before its commencement, there was a prescribed form for a matter; and (b) on its commencement, there is to be an approved form for the matter or a form may be approved for the matter. (2) Until there is an approved form for the matter, the form that was the prescribed form for the matter immediately before the commencement is taken to be the approved form for the matter. (3) This section expires 3 months after it commences . 1 1 This provision has expired and is included in this reprint for informational purposes only. It will be omitted in the next reprint. This provision has not been renumbered under the Police Superannuation Regulation 1970, section 16.

7 Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 † ENDNOTES ´ 1 Index to endnotes Page 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 List of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 Table of renumbered provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ´ 2 Date to which amendments incorporated This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). Accordingly, this reprint includes all amendments that commenced operation on or before 4 June 1996. Future amendments of the Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 may be made in accordance with this reprint under the Reprints Act 1992, section 49. 3 ´ AIA amd ch def div exp gaz hdg ins lap notfd om o in c p para prec pres prev = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Key Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations Acts Interpretation Act 1954 amended chapter definition division expires/expired gazette heading inserted lapsed notified omitted order in council page paragraph preceding present previous (prev) proc prov pt pubd R[X] RA reloc renum rep s sch sdiv SIA SL sub unnum = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = previously proclamation provision part published Reprint No.[X] Reprints Act 1992 relocated renumbered repealed section schedule subdivision Statutory Instruments Act 1992 subordinate legislation substituted unnumbered

8 Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 ´ 4 List of legislation Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 pubd gaz 20 June 1970 p 1147 commenced on date of publication as amended by— reg pubd gaz 18 May 1974 p 557 commenced on date of publication Police Superannuation Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1996 SL No. 12 pts 1–2 notfd gaz 2 February 1996 p 488–90 commenced on date of notification ´ 5 List of annotations Definition s 2 sub 1996 SL No. 12 s 3 def “approved form” ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 3 Members of Queensland Police Service who are not members of the police force for the Act s 3 ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 4 Special meetings of board s 5 prov hdg ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 5 Notice of board meetings s 6 prov hdg ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 6 Failure to give notice does not invalidate proceedings s 7 prov hdg ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 7 Conduct of board business s 8 prov hdg ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 8 Adjournment of board meetings s 9 prov hdg ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 9 Confidentiality of board business s 10 prov hdg ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 10 Proof of entitlement to benefits s 13 amd 1996 SL No. 12 s 11 Approval of forms s 14 prev s 14 ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 12 exp 2 May 1996 (see s 14(3)) pres s 14 ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 12

9 Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 Repeals s 15 ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 12 om R1 (see RA s 40) Numbering and renumbering of regulation s 16 ins 1996 SL No. 12 s 12 om R1 (see RA s 37) SCHEDULE om R1 (see RA s 39) form 1 sub reg pub 18 May 1974 p 557 form 2 om reg pub 18 May 1974 p 557 ´ 6 List of forms Form 1 version 2—Life certificate pubd gaz 18 May 1974 p 557 Form 2 version 1—Life certificate pubd gaz 20 June 1970 p 1147 ´ 7 Table of renumbered provisions TABLE OF RENUMBERED PROVISIONS under the Reprints Act 1992 s 43 as required by the Police Superannuation Regulation 1970 s 16 Previous Renumbered as 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3(1), 2nd sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4(2) 3(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4(3) 4 ...................................... 5 5 ...................................... 6 6 ...................................... 7 7, 1st sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8(1) 7, 2nd sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8(2) 8, 1st sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9(1) 8, 2nd sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9(2) 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12(a) 11(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12(b) 11(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12(c)

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