{"id":"C2004L06144","name":"Superannuation (CSS) Approved Authority Declaration No. 13","slug":"superannuation-css-approved-authority-declaration-no-13","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"2 of 1993","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28036,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L06144-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Superannuation (CSS) Approved Authority Declaration No. 13","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1993 No. 21\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nSuperannuation (CSS) Approved Authority Declaration No. 13\n\nI, RALPH WILLIS, Minister of State for Finance, make the following Declaration under subsection 3 (1) of the Superannuation Act 1976.\n\nDated 18 January 1993.\n\nRALPH WILLIS\n\nMinister of State for Finance\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCitation\n\n1. This Declaration may be cited as Superannuation (CSS) Approved Authority Declaration No. 13.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Declaration is taken to have commenced on 1 February 1992.\n\nTermination of approved authority\n\n3. The Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation is declared, under paragraph (a) of the definition of “approved authority” in subsection 3 (1) of the Superannuation Act 1976, not to be an approved authority for the purposes of that Act.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nNOTE\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 January 1993.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1565},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a narrow, specific declaration that performs exactly one function: removing a single named corporation from CSS eligibility. The scope has not expanded beyond the original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 3)","No defined terms within the instrument","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Only cross-reference is to the parent Act for the definition of 'approved authority'"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration removes the **Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation** (OTC) from the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS).\n\n**What it does:**\n- Declares that OTC is no longer an \"approved authority\" under the *Superannuation Act 1976*\n- This means OTC employees can no longer join the CSS (a defined benefit superannuation scheme for Australian Government employees and approved public sector bodies)\n- Existing CSS members employed by OTC would typically have their benefits preserved or transferred to another fund\n\n**Key details:**\n- Made by the Minister for Finance under the *Superannuation Act 1976*\n- Applies retrospectively from **1 February 1992**"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-authority-declaration-no-13","history":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-authority-declaration-no-13/history","analysis":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-authority-declaration-no-13/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-authority-declaration-no-13/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-authority-declaration-no-13/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-authority-declaration-no-13/documents"}}