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Government Employees Pension Law, 1996

Schedule 1 : Rules of the Government Employees Pension Fund

Schedule 3 : Laws Amended

 

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Act 29 of 1979

General Pensions Act, 1979
1) The substitution for section 1 of the following section:

"1. Definitions

 

In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"annuity" means an amount which is payable each year and includes a pension or an allowance;

"benefit" means an amount of money;

"Director-General" means the Director-General: Finance;

"Minister" means the Minister of Finance;

"pension fund" means a pension or provident fund or scheme established by or under any pension law;

"pension law" means any law, including this Law, relating to a pension fund administered by or under the control of the Minister, and includes any regulation made under any such law, but excluding the Government Employees Pension Law, 1996".

 

2) The amendment of section 11—
a) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of the following paragraph:
"a)
i) for the payment of compensation to or in respect of, or to a dependant of, an employee who dies or is retired or discharged as a result of injury or ill-health, not occasioned by his own fault, arising out of and in the course of his employment; and
ii) for the rendering of medical treatment (including surgical or hospital treatment, skilled nursing services and the supply and repair of any artificial part of the body or any device) to any officer or employee in respect of injury or ill-health, not occasioned by his own fault, arising out of and in the course of his employment by the Government or by any provincial administration;"
b) by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of the following paragraph:
"b) for the payment of annuities or benefits to or in respect of, or to a dependant of, any employee referred to in paragraph (a) (i) according to the degree of any such employee’s permanent disablement as determined by the Compensation Commissioner in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993);"

 

c) by the deletion of paragraph (b) of subsection (3);

 

d) by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection:

 

"(4)(a) For the purposes of section 1(a)(i)-

"employee" means any member of the Police Reserve established under Section 48 of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995).

(b) For the purposes of section 1(a)(ii)—

"officer or employee" means any member of the Police Reserve established under section 48 of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995), and also any member of the Government Employees Pension Fund in the employ of the Government or any provincial administration;"

 

3) The repeal of section 12.

 

4) The repeal of section 19.