Statutory Rules 1983 No. 77¹

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Superannuation (Eligible Employees)

Regulations² (Amendment)

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

Dated 22 June 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd) J. S. Dawkins

Minister of State for Finance

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Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1983.

Principal Regulations

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Superannuation (Eligible Employees) Regulations.

Interpretation

3. Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting before the definition of “invalidity pensioner” the following definition:

“ ‘designated position’, in relation to a person, means a position designated by the Governor of the State of New South Wales, either generally or in relation to the person, in pursuance of sub-section 43b (2) of the Meat Industry Act, 1978, of the State of New South Wales;”.

Persons not included in definition of “eligible employee”

4. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraphs:

“(p) persons—

(i) who are employed in a permanent capacity in a designated position in relation to them; and

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(ii) to whom the provisions of sub-section 43b (3) of the Meat Industry Act, 1978, of the State of New South Wales apply;

“(q) persons who—

(i) are employed in a permanent capacity in a designated position in relation to them;

(ii) immediately before 1 July 1983 were persons to whom the provisions of an Act of the State of New South Wales by or under which a superannuation scheme was established applied but were not contributors to that scheme by reason that they had not made an election to become such contributors; and

(iii) have not requested that they be treated as eligible employees;

“(r) persons who—

(i) are employed, whether in a permanent capacity or otherwise, in a designated position in relation to them;

(ii) immediately before becoming so employed, were, in accordance with a superannuation scheme established by or under an Act of the State of New South Wales, receiving a superannuation allowance or other benefit that was payable to them by reason of their retirement on the ground of invalidity; and

(iii) were immediately before their retirement persons employed in the administration of the Meat Industry Act, 1978, of the State of New South Wales.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 June 1983.

2. Statutory Rules 1976 No. 140 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1983 No. 76 and see also Statutory Rules 1983 No. 76.

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