Statutory Rules 1996   No. 1041

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Superannuation (Period of Contributory Service) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Superannuation Act 1976.

Dated 13 June 1996.

                                                                                 WILLIAM DEANE

                                                                                   Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN FAHEY

Minister for Finance

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1.   Commencement

1.1   Regulation 4 is taken to have commenced on 23 June 1995.

[NOTE: The remainder of these Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Superannuation (Period of Contributory Service) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 1 (Citation)

3.1   Omit “(Period of Contributory Service)”, substitute “(CSS) Period of Contributory Service”.

4.   Schedule 1 (Modification of the Act in its application in relation to certain persons to whom section 183 of the Act applies)

4.1   Item 1 (substituted definition of “period of contributory service”):

Add at the end:

      “or (k)   a period in respect of which the person was not required or permitted to pay contributions because of subsection 3 (3); or

              (l)   a period in respect of which benefits did not accrue to the person because of section 55A;”.

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NOTES

1.   Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on  20 June 1996.

2.   Statutory Rules 1977 No. 105 as amended by 1986 No. 50; 1991 No. 172; 1995 No. 95.