Superannuation (PSS) Membership Inclusion Amendment Declaration 2002 (No. 3)1
Statutory Rules 2002 No. 3422
I, NICHOLAS HUGH MINCHIN, Minister for Finance and Administration, make the following Declaration under paragraph 6 (1) (j) of the Superannuation Act 1990.
Dated 12 December 2002
NICK MINCHIN
Minister for Finance and Administration
1 Name of Declaration
This Declaration is the Superannuation (PSS) Membership Inclusion Amendment Declaration 2002 (No. 3).
2 Commencement
This Declaration commences on gazettal.
3 Amendment of Superannuation (PSS) Membership Inclusion Declaration 1995
Schedule 1 amends the Superannuation (PSS) Membership Inclusion Declaration 1995.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Subclause 2 (1), after definition of productivity benefits
insert
PSS/CSS Board means either or both of:
(a) the PSS Board established under section 20 of the Superannuation Act 1990; and
(b) the CSS Board established under section 27A of the Superannuation Act 1976.
[2] After subclause 3 (15)
insert
(16) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 23 in the Schedule at the end of the earlier of:
(a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of the PSS/CSS Board; and
(b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes a member of an alternative superannuation scheme in relation to the person’s employment by the PSS/CSS Board.
[3] Schedule 1, after item 22
insert
23
A person:
(a) who is, or becomes, an employee of the PSS/CSS Board; and
(b) who:
(i) is employed by the PSS/CSS Board on a permanent basis, and, immediately before becoming so employed, was a member of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme; or
(ii) immediately before becoming so employed, had a preserved benefit under the 1990 Act and made an election, by writing in a form approved by the Board, to become a member of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme in relation to the person’s employment with the PSS/CSS Board; or
(iii) immediately before becoming so employed, made a declaration and an election under subsection 244 (1) of the 1976 Act to become a member of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme; or
(iv) makes an election, by writing in a form approved by the Board, to become a member of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme in relation to the person’s non‑permanent employment with the PSS/CSS Board.
Notes
1. This Declaration amends Statutory Rules 1995 No. 79, as amended by 1995 Nos. 88, 216 and 232; 1996 No. 296; 1997 Nos. 72 and 212; 1998 Nos. 95 and 244; 1999 No. 169; 2001 No. 231 (as amended by 2002 No. 96); 2002 No. 95.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 2002.