This Act may be cited as the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act (No 2) 1985, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

This section inserted a new Part 6A (comprising sections 88A-88M) in the principal Act.

(1) Every member of the Police to whom Part 2 of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1962 applies who first became entitled to receive a retiring allowance on or after the 1st day of December 1984 may elect, before the 1st day of November 1985 that Part 6A of the principal Act shall apply in respect of that person.

(2) Where any person to whom subsection (1) of this section applies dies before making the election that the person is entitled to make under that subsection, or any member of the Police to whom Part 2 of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1962 applies dies on or after the 1st day of December 1984 and before the 1st day of May 1985, the spouse or partner of that person or, if there is no spouse or partner of that person, the personal representative of that person may elect, before the 1st day of May 1986 or such later date as the Board may allow, that Part 6A of the principal Act shall apply in respect of the deceased person.

Subsection (2) was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 4(1) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 10) by substituting the words “or partner” for the word “spouse”.

[Repealed]

Section 4 was repealed, as from 25 December 1986, by section 26(3) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 132).

[Repealed]

Section 5 was repealed, as from 25 December 1986, by section 27(2) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 132).

[Repealed]

Section 8 was repealed, as from 25 December 1986, by section 33(7) Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 132).