AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

POLICE PENSIONS ORDINANCE 1958.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 1 of 1958

	The members of the Police Force in the Australian Capital Territory have been required, since the inception of the Force, to contribute to a superannuation scheme under the Police Superannuation Ordinance.  As from the 30th January 1958, however, this scheme is being discontinued and the members of the Force are to contribute to the Superannuation Fund under the Superannuation Act 1922-1957.  This Ordinance repeals the Police Superannuation Ordinance 1928-1950 under which the previous scheme was operated.

	At the present time, eight people are receiving superannuation allowances under the Police Superannuation Ordinance.  These pensions, paid out of Consolidated Revenue, cannot be brought within the sphere of the Superannuation Act, the pensions under which are paid from the Superannuation Fund.  The purpose of this Ordinance is to provide for the continuation of those pension payments and to preserve for the pensioners and their dependents the same rights as were contained in the repealed ordinance.

	The pensions at present being paid are being increased.  The increases are commensurate with those which have been paid to pensioners under the Superannuation Act.