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Parliamentary Superannuation Board
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Details as at:
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Tue, 24 November 2009
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Portfolio : |
Commerce |
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Board Type : |
Regulatory/Registration Authorities |
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Function: |
To Provide for the Payment of Superannuation Pensions & Other Benefits to Persons Who Have Served As Members of Parliament. |
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Created by: |
Section 6, Parliamentary Superannuation Act 1970 |
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Parliamentary Superannuation Act 1970 |
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Section 6 |
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Creation date: |
Wed, 06 Oct 1993 |
Expiry date: |
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Plan to terminate: |
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Terminated: |
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Parliament |
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Statutory Requirements: |
The Board consists of: (a) the Treasurer, who is the chairperson; (b) 4 other Board members, of whom 2 are to be appointed by the Legislative Council and 2 by the Legislative Assembly from members of the Council and the Assembly respectively. Appointments under subsection (3)(b) by a House are to be made: (a) during the first sitting of each Parliament; and (b) whenever required to fill a vacancy.
The Treasurer may nominate a member of either House to Act as chairperson on his behalf either generally or for a particular period or occasion and a member so nominated has, while so acting, all of the functions of the Treasurer as chairperson.
A Board member: (a) may be removed by the House by which he was appointed; (b) may resign by notice in writing to the presiding officer of that House; (c) ceases to hold office if he ceases to be a member, and where paragraph (b) or (c) applies and the House concerned is not sitting, the presiding officer of that House may appoint a member of that House to hold the office of Board member until the vacancy is filled. |
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Requirements: |
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Meeting frequency: |
2 Per Year |
Annual report:
No |
Ombudsman Juris:
Yes |
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Contact details |
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Contact: |
Parliamentary Superannuation Board |
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Address: |
c/- Superannuation Management Branch
Department of Treasury and Finance
Locked Bag 11 Cloisters Square WA 6850 |
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Telephone/Fax: |
92229133 / 92229260 |
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Email: |
parliamentary@dtf.wa.gov.au |
