OCCUPATIONAL SUPERANNUATION STANDARDS REGULATIONS 1987 (REPEALED)
If a person ceases to be a member of a superannuation fund on a day other than the last day of a reporting period, the trustees of the fund must, as soon as practicable, advise the person, or the legal personal representative of the person, in writing about the following matters:
(a) the amount of the benefit entitlement of that person, identifying any amounts that:
(i) are required by the governing rules of the fund to be preserved in relation to the person; and
(ii) must be preserved in relation to the person to satisfy the superannuation fund conditions;
(b) the method of determining that entitlement;
(c) unless the person ceases to be a member because of his or her death:
(i) the amount of the death benefit in respect of the person on the day before he or she ceased to be a member of the fund or, if that amount cannot be determined before the death of the person, the method used to determine the amount; and
(ii) that the amount of the death benefit entitlement of the person may change as a result of his or her ceasing to be a member of the fund; and
(iii) the name of the person or body who is, or was, liable to pay the benefit and the address of the place where the person or body may be contacted in business hours;
(d) unless the person ceases to be a member of the fund because of his or her death, disablement or retirement from the workforce - the particulars referred to in subparagraphs 18G(2)(b)(i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) , (v) and (vi) and paragraphs 18G(2)(c) , (d) and (e) , as if:
(i) a reference in those provisions to a reporting period were a reference to the period from the first day in the reporting period in which the person ceased to be a member to the end of the day on which the person ceased to be a member; and
(ii) the word " person " were substituted for the word " member " ; and
(e) if the person ' s old RBM for the purposes of Part IA is greater than the base old RBM specified in paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 2 - the person ' s old RBM.
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