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(1) The trustee shall ensure that accrued benefits are paid to the claimant not     later than thirty days after the lodgment of the claim, where

(a) a claim for the payment of a scheme member's accrued benefits is lodged with the approved trustee of a registered scheme;

(b) the claimant satisfies the trustee that the claimant is entitled to be paid those benefits; and

(c) At the time of the lodgment of the claim, there is no outstanding mandatory contribution or contribution surcharge in respect of the member.

(2) The trustee shall ensure that, not later than sixty days after the lodgment of  the claim, accrued benefits are paid to the claimant together with all outstanding  contributions and contribution surcharges paid to the trustee in respect of the member  since the lodgment of the claim, where

(a) a claim for the payment of a scheme member's accrued benefits is lodged with the approved trustee of a registered scheme;

(b) the claimant satisfies the trustee that the claimant is entitled to be paid those benefits; and

(c) At the time of the lodgment of the claim, there are outstanding mandatory contributions or contribution surcharges in respect of the member.