Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SUPERANNUATION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 17, 1978 - SECT 23

23. (1) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of ''accumulated basic
contributions'' and substituting the following definition:

'' 'accumulated basic contributions', in relation to a person who has ceased
to be an eligible employee, means an amount equal to the sum of the basic
contributions that have been, or are deemed to have been, paid, or have become
payable, by him on or after his first day of service and the amount of any
interest that, in accordance with the regulations, is payable in respect of
those contributions together with, in the case of a person who had previously
ceased to be an eligible employee on an occasion earlier than his first day of
service, any amount that, under section 7A, is to be added to the amount of
his accumulated basic contributions;'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of ''accumulated
        supplementary contributions'' and substituting the following
        definition:

'' 'accumulated supplementary contributions', in relation to a person who has
ceased to be an eligible employee, means an amount equal to the sum of the
supplementary contributions that have been, or are deemed to have been, paid,
or have become payable, by him on or after his first day of service and the
amount of any interest that, in accordance with the regulations, is payable in
respect of those contributions together with, in the case of a person who had
previously ceased to be an eligible employee on an occasion earlier than his
first day of service, any amount that, under section 7A, is to be added to the
amount of his accumulated supplementary contributions;'';

   (c)  by omitting from the definition of ''Defence Force Retirement and
        Death Benefits Act'' in sub-section (1) ''as amended and in force from
        time to time'';

   (d)  by inserting in the definition of ''eligible employee'' in sub-section
        (1) ''(being a class that may be specified in the regulations by
        reference to criteria that may include whether or not the persons in
        that class have requested that they be treated as eligible employees
        and, for the purpose of specifying a class of persons, the regulations
        may make provision with respect to the time within which, and the
        manner in which, such a request shall be
made)'' after ''a prescribed class of persons'';

   (e)  by inserting in the definition of ''existing contributor'' in
sub-section (1) ''who is, or has at any time been, a person'' after
''person'';

   (f)  by omitting from the definition of ''Public Service Act'' in
        sub-section (1) ''as amended and in force from time to time''; and

   (g)  by omitting from the definition of ''superseded Act'' in sub-section
        (1) ''as amended and in force from time to time''.

(2) Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from the
definition of ''pensioner'' in sub-section (1) ''154 (6)'' and substituting
''154 (7)''.