SUPERANNUATION (CSS) APPROVED PART-TIME

EMPLOYEE DECLARATION NO 7.

I, JOHN J. FAHEY, Minister for Finance, hereby make the following declaration under the definition of the term "approved part-time employee" in subsection 3(1) of the Superannuation Act 1976.

Dated 1 AUG 1996.

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Citation

1. This declaration may be cited as "Superannuation (CSS) Approved Part-time Employee Declaration No. 7".

Approved Part-time Employees

2. A person who:

(i) was appointed to the statutory office known as the Development Allowance Authority on a part-time basis commencing 27 June 1995, and on the date of signing of this declaration occupies that office; and

(ii) has elected prior to the making of this declaration, to be treated as an eligible employee for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1976 for that period; and

(iii) is not remunerated on a per diem basis for the performance of those duties;

is included in a class of persons which is an approved class of part-time employees for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1976 for the period commencing on 27 June 1995 and continuing while he holds that office.

3. A person who after 30 June 1990 and before the date of the signing of this declaration:

(a) was appointed under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 and performs the duties of a position on a part-time basis; and

(b) was not remunerated on a per diem basis in respect of that employment; and

(c) has made contributions in respect of the period, or those periods, of part-time employment; and

(d) immediately before becoming so appointed;

(i) the person was an eligible employee; or

(ii) invalidity pension was, or would, but for the suspension of payment, have been, payable to him or her under the Superannuation Act 1976; or

(iii) deferred benefits were applicable to him or her under the Superannuation Act 1976 or the Superannuation Act 1922 or;

(iv) a pension of a kind mentioned in section 64A or 65 of the Superannuation Act 1922 as in force immediately before the repeal of that section was, or but for a suspension of payment would have been, payable to him or her; or

(e) becomes, by virtue of his or her appointment, a re-employed former contributor with preserved rights;

is, while performing the duties of the position on a part-time basis, included in a class of part-time employees, which is an approved class of part-time employees for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1976.

4. A person who after the date of the signing of this declaration:

(a) is appointed under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 and performs the duties of a position on a part-time basis; and

(b) is not remunerated on a per diem basis in respect of that employment; and

(c) immediately before becoming so appointed;

(i) the person was an eligible employee; or

(ii) invalidity pension was, or would, but for the suspension of payment, have been, payable to him or her under the Superannuation Act 1976; or

(iii) deferred benefits were applicable to him or her under the Superannuation Act 1976 or the Superannuation Act 1922 or;

(iv) a pension of a kind mentioned in section 64A or 65 of the Superannuation Act 1922 as in force immediately before the repeal of that section was, or but for a suspension of payment would have been, payable to him or her; or

(d) becomes, by virtue of his or her appointment, a re-employed former contributor with preserved rights;

is, while performing the duties of the position on a part-time basis, included in a class of part-time employees, which is an approved class of part-time employees for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1976.