Statutory Rules 1981 No. 231¹

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Superannuation (Retiring Age) Regulations² (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Superannuation Act 1976.

     Dated 11 August 1981.

                                                                                                          ZELMAN COWEN

                                                                                                            Governor-General

     By His Excellency’s Command,

MARGARET GUILFOYLE

Minister of State for Finance

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Minimum retiring age

       Regulation 5 of the Superannuation (Retiring Age) Regulations is amended—

                (a)    by omitting sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following sub‑regulation:

                       “(1)    For the purposes of the definition of ‘minimum retiring age’ in sub‑section3 (1) of the Act, the age of 55 years is the minimum retiring age applicable to an eligible employee who is—

                                    (a)     the holder of the office of the Ombudsman for the Northern Territory;

                                    (b)     the holder of the office of Public Service Commissioner for the Northern Territory;

                                    (c)     a Stipendiary Magistrate under the Magistrates Ordinance 1976 of the Northern Territory as amended and in force from time to time;

                                    (d)     a member of the Police Force of the Northern Territory;

                                    (e)     a person employed in the Public Service of the Northern Territory whose minimum retiring age, in accordance with the terms and conditions of his employment, is the age of 55 years;

                                    (f)     a staff member of the Darwin Community College whose minimum retiring age, in accordance with the terms and conditions of his employment, is the age of 55 years;

                                    (g)     a member of the Australian Capital Territory Fire Brigade appointed under sub-section 82 (3) of the Fire Brigade (Administration) Ordinance 1974 of the Australian Capital Territory as amended and in force from time to time; or

                                    (h)     a person who is an employee within the meaning of the Commonwealth Employees (Redeployment and Retirement) Act 1979 and whose minimum retiring age under that Act is the age of 55 years.”; and

               (b)    by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “included in a class of persons” and substituting “an eligible employee”.

1.       Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 August 1981.

2.       Statutory Rules 1977 No. 106 as amended by 1978 No. 228; 1981 No. 14.