NRS-22506 | Retirement Entitlements, Payments and Pensions Records, Railway Services Superannuation Board

Full description

This series was created by the Railway Services Superannuation Board to allow the board to record and determine payments / pension eligibility for retired officers. It comprises records relating to the eligibility of payments/pensions for retired officers under various sections of the Railway Superannuation Services Act 1910 and the Government Railways Act 1912. Included are unclaimed pension books, and information on refunds under the Acts and the eligibility for widows of deceased male officers. Female officers are included in later registers. Some registers contain an index. The series is arranged by section, subsection of the Railway Superannuation Services Act, 1910 and the Government Railways Act 1912. The series is comprised of volumes and loose papers.

The activities related to this series were subsequently transferred to the State Authorities Superannuation Board (SAS).

Custody History

From 1955 until 2000 the State Rail Authority of New South Wales maintained an 'in house archives' consisting of the archival records of the Authority, its predecessor agencies and the private railway companies taken over by the government. The date ranges of the records were from 1849 until 2000. When the decision was made to close the 'State Rail Archives' the parts of the collection that were required as State archives were transferred to the State Records Authority of NSW. Those record series were incorporated into the State Records series system of archives control and were re-numbered.

This series was formerly part of the State Rail Archives collection where it was identified as series R352. It may have been viewed in the State Rail Archives as series R352 and could have been previously cited as such in notes by researchers at State Rail Archives or in publications or unpublished works.