Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

PAPUA NEW GUINEA (MEMBERS OF THE FORCES BENEFITS) REGULATION 2016 (F2016L01701)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--INTRODUCTION

   1.      Name  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Authority  
   4.      Schedules  
   5.      Definitions  
   6.      Prescribed authority  

   PART 2--PENSIONS

           Division 1--Claims for pensions

   7.      Who may claim pension  
   8.      Application for pension  
   9.      Determination of claims  
   10.     Acceptance of claim subject to conditions  

           Division 2--Rates of pensions

   11.     Rates of pension--general  
   12.     Rate if deceased member had more than one wife  
   13.     Rate if instalment period straddles indexation day  
   14.     Indexation of pension rates  
   15.     Rounding up of rates ending in 5 cents  
   16.     Date from which pension is payable  
   17.     Payment by instalments  

           Division 3--Cessation of pensions

   18.     Cessation of pension payable to dependants of member  
   19.     Cessation of pension payable to widow  

   PART 3--ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS

   20.     Medical treatment  
   21.     Travelling expenses  
   22.     Decoration allowance  
   23.     Education and training benefits  
   24.     Application for benefits etc.  

   PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS

   25.     Appointment of trustee etc.  
   26.     Review of decisions  
   27.     Signature to forms  

   PART 5--APPLICATION, SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   28.     Definitions  
   29.     Pending applications  
   30.     Savings--appointment as trustee  
   31.     Savings--rights of review of decisions  
           SCHEDULE 1 General pension rates
           SCHEDULE 2 Percentage of pension payable for a partially incapacitated member