Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) (Continuous Service) Regulations 1988

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 266 as amended

made under the

Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988

This compilation was prepared on 1 October 2005
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2005 No. 207

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

 2 Classes of persons for determining qualifying service 

Notes   

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

  These Regulations are the Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) (Continuous Service) Regulations 1988.

2 Classes of persons for determining qualifying service

  For the purposes of paragraph 5 (2) (b) of the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988, each of the following classes of persons is prescribed:

 (a) persons employed on a relief basis by Aboriginal Hostels Limited (a company incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory) including persons employed:

 (i) to perform the functions of hostel managers and assistant hostel managers;

 (ii) as nurses; and

 (iii) to perform duties in relation to catering, cleaning and security;

 (b) persons employed in the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories, in connection with the administration of the Australian Capital Territory, as:

 (i) Administrative Services Officers Class 1 (Assistants and Attendants) at community facilities; or

 (ii) Community Service Order Officers;

 (c) persons employed by the Australian Capital Territory Health Authority on a casual on-call basis;

 (d) persons employed by the A.C.T. Institute of Technical and Further Education other than on a full-time basis;

 (e) persons employed by the Australian Capital Territory Schools Authority on a relief basis as:

 (i) teachers; or

 (ii) school assistants to perform clerical functions;

 (f) persons employed in the Attorney-General’s Department:

 (i) as Casual Court Reporting Typists;

 (ii) as Casual Reporters; or

 (iii) on a part-time basis as attendants in a court or tribunal;

 (g) persons engaged by the Statistician under the Statistics Regulations to conduct interviews and perform other related functions to assist the Statistician in the collection of statistical information;

 (h) persons employed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on a part-time basis under:

 (i) the ABC General Order 12/D/1, Clause 14 of Journalists (ABC News) Award 1984; or

 (ii) the ABC General Order 12/D/1, Clause 14 of Musicians (ABC) Award 1985;

 (i) persons employed by the Australian Institute of Criminology on a temporary basis to provide research assistance to a particular employee or employees;

 (j) persons employed by the Australian Institute of Family Studies as specialist assistants;

 (k) persons employed by the Australian Maritime College on a temporary basis to perform academic or general functions;

 (l) persons employed by the Australian National Railways Commission on a full-time basis to carry out track maintenance or train operations or both;

 (m) persons employed in the Australian Taxation Office:

 (i) on a seasonal basis as Administrative Services Officers (Class 1) to perform general clerical functions or data entry functions or both; or

 (ii) on a relief basis as tea attendants;

 (n) persons employed by the Australian Telecommunications Commission as manual assistants;

 (o) persons employed on a part-time, temporary or fixed-term basis in connection with the performance of the functions and duties, and the excercise of the powers, of the Australian Trade Commission;

 (p) persons employed by the Canberra Institute of the Arts on a part-time, semester-by-semester basis as teachers;

 (q) persons employed in the Department of Finance on a relief basis as tea attendants;

 (r) persons employed in the Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs on a relief basis as telephone interpreters for the Telephone Interpreter Service;

 (s) persons employed in the Department of the House of Representatives during Parliamentary sittings:

 (i) as Parliamentary Officers (Administrative Service Officers, Class 1 or 2) to perform keyboard work;

 (ii) as Parliamentary Security Attendants; or

 (iii) as casual keyboard staff;

 (t) persons employed in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet during Parliamentary sittings to perform clerical and keyboard work for Parliamentary Liaison Officers;

 (u) persons employed in the Department of the Senate:

 (i) on a full-time or relief basis, during Parliamentary sittings, as Parliamentary Security Attendants, Grade 1; or

 (ii) on a full-time basis, during Parliament sittings, to assist Parliamentary committees;

 (v) persons employed in the Department of Transport and Communications on a relief basis:

 (i) as seagoing ships’ crew; or

 (ii) as lighthouse keepers;

 (w) persons employed by the Health Insurance Commission on a regular relief basis;

 (x) persons employed in the High Court of Australia:

 (i) while the Court is in session, as Court Reporting Typists; or

 (ii) as casual attendants;

 (y) persons appointed as Associate Commissioners of the Productivity Commission on a temporary, part-time basis;

 (z) persons employed in the Joint House Department:

 (i) during Parliamentary sittings as catering assistants or catering tradespersons; or

 (ii) on a part-time basis as guides;

 (za) persons employed by the Law Reform Commission on a part-time, relief basis as word processors;

 (zb) persons employed by the Special Broadcasting Service as:

 (i) editors, subtitlers or translators;

 (ii) Journalists, Grade A, B or A1;

 (iii) Broadcasters, Class 1, 2 or 3;

 (iv) Operational Officers, Grade 1, 2, 3 or 4;

 (v) Technical Officers, Grade 1 or 2;

 (vi) Senior Technical Officers, Grade 1, 2 or 3; or

 (vii) Administrative Service Officers;

 (zc) persons employed in the Office of the Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region on a temporary basis to undertake routine laboratory, field and administrative duties;

 (zd) persons employed in the Department of Defence on a casual basis as:

 (i) bar attendants; or

 (ii) butchers; or

 (iii) catering attendants; or

 (iv) cleaners employed under the Naval Defence Act 1910; or

 (v) cleaners, general duties; or

 (vi) cooks; or

 (vii) head cooks; or

 (viii) gardeners; or

 (ix) gardener’s labourers; or

 (x) labourers; or

 (xi) assistant printers; or

 (xii) security officers; or

 (xiii) storemen; or

 (xiv) stores assistants;

 (ze) persons employed in Medicare Australia on a regular relief basis.

Notes to the Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) (Continuous Service) Regulations 1988

Note 1

The Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) (Continuous Service) Regulations 1988 (in force under the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1988 No. 266 is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series). Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.

Table of Instruments

(a) Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 207 was made under the Civil Aviation Act 1988, the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997, the Customs Administration Act 1985, the Family Law Act 1975, the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988, the Freedom of Information Act 1982, the Health Insurance Act 1973, the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973, the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, the Lands Acquisition Act 1989, the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973, the Medical Indemnity Act 2002, the National Health Act 1953, the Ombudsman Act 1976, the Privacy Act 1988, the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987, the Public Works Committee Act 1969 and the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988.

Table of Amendments

Table A Application, saving or transitional provisions

Statutory Rules 1998 No. 114

4 Application of amendment

 4.1 The amendment made by subregulation 3.2 has effect from the commencement of the Productivity Commission Act 1998.