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Family Law (Superannuation) (Interest Rate for Adjustment Period) Determination 2024

I, Guy Francis Thorburn, Australian Government Actuary, make the following determination under regulation 45D of the Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001.

Dated:  7 June 2024

 

Guy Francis Thorburn

Australian Government Actuary

 

 

   

Contents

1 Name of determination

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definition

5 Adjustment period—financial year

6 Adjustment period—less than 12 months within financial year

7 Adjustment period—12 months not within financial year

8 Adjustment period—less than 12 months not within financial year

1  Name of determination

  This determination is the Family Law (Superannuation) (Interest Rate for Adjustment Period) Determination 2024.

2  Commencement

  This determination commences on 1 July 2024.

3  Authority

  This determination is made under regulation 45D of the Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001.

4  Definition

  In this determination:

regulations means the Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001.

5  Adjustment period—financial year

  For subregulation 45D(3) of the regulations, the interest rate for the adjustment period, being the financial year beginning on 1 July 2024, is 0.070.

6  Adjustment period—less than 12 months within financial year

 (1) This section applies to an adjustment period of less than 12 months that begins and ends in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2024.

 (2) For subregulation 45D(4) of the regulations, the method for working out the interest rate for the adjustment period is by using the formula:

Start formula 1.070 superscript start fraction d over 365 end fraction end superscript minus 1 end formula  

where:

d is the number of days in the adjustment period.

7  Adjustment period—12 months not within financial year

 (1) This section applies to an adjustment period of 12 months that begins in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2023 and ends in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2024.

 (2) For subregulation 45D(6) of the regulations, the method for working out the interest rate for the adjustment period is by using the formula:

Start formula 1.059 superscript start fraction d1 over d1 plus d2 end fraction end superscript times 1.070 superscript start fraction d2 over d1 plus d2 end fraction end superscript minus 1 end formula 

  where:

d1 is the number of days in the adjustment period in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2023.

d2 is the number of days in the adjustment period in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2024.

8  Adjustment period—less than 12 months not within financial year

 (1) This section applies to an adjustment period of less than 12 months that begins in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2023 and ends in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2024.

 (2) For subregulation 45D(6) of the regulations, the method for working out the interest rate for the adjustment period is by using the formula:

Start formula 1.059 superscript start fraction d1 over 365 end fraction end superscript times 1.070 superscript start fraction d2 over 365 end fraction end superscript minus 1 end formula

  where:

d1 is the number of days in the adjustment period in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2023.

d2 is the number of days in the adjustment period in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2024.