Statutory Rules 1987 No. 306¹

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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 21 December 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Peter Walsh

Minister of State for Finance

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Commencement

1. Regulation 3 shall come into operation on 1 January 1988.

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 after the definition of “prescribed Northern Territory employee” the following definition:

“ ‘relevant Northern Territory employment’ means:

(a) employment as a member of the Police Force of the Northern Territory;

(b) employment by an approved authority, being the Northern Territory of Australia or an authority or body established by or under a law of that Territory; or

(c) employment as the holder of a statutory office established by a law of the Northern Territory of Australia.”.

(S.R. 340/87)—Cat. No.                                                                                                                                 16/3.12.1987

Persons not included in definition of “eligible employee”

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

“(zb) persons who, immediately before 1 January 1988:

(i) were members of the Police Force of the Northern Territory and have continued to be and are in relevant Northern Territory employment;

(ii) were not in relevant Northern Territory employment during a period while on leave without pay from employment by the Commonwealth or an approved authority other than the Northern Territory of Australia or an authority or body established under a law of that Territory;

(iii) were not invalidity pensioners; and

(iv) were not eligible employees;

(zc) persons (including persons specified in a direction given under sections 11, 12, 13, or 14 of the Act), who:

(i) on or after 1 January 1988 become members of the Police Force of the Northern Territory and continue on and after that date to be in relevant Northern Territory employment other than persons who immediately before becoming such members:

(a) were in relevant Northern Territory employment; and

(b) were eligible employees;

(ii) are not in relevant Northern Territory employment during a period while on leave without pay from employment by the Commonwealth or an approved authority other than the Northern Territory of Australia or an authority or body established by or under a law of that Territory; and

(iii) are not invalidity pensioners.”.

Persons not included in definition of “eligible employee”

5. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting subparagraph 4 (t) (i) and substituting the following subparagraph:

“(i) on or after 1 October 1986:

(a) become employed by an approved authority being the Northern Territory of Australia or an authority or body established by or under a law of that Territory; or

(b) are appointed to a statutory office established by a law of that Territory;

and continue to be and are so employed or to hold such statutory office;”;

(b) by inserting in subparagraph (t) (iii) “or hold such an office” after “employed”; and

(c) by inserting in subparagraph (u) (ii) “or hold such an office” after “employed”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1987.

2. Statutory Rules 1976 No. 140 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1987 No. 10 and see also Statutory Rules 1987 Nos. 10, 62, 114 and 225.

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