{"id":"F2008B00377","name":"Superannuation (CSS) Approved Part-Time Employee Declaration No. 6","slug":"superannuation-css-approved-part-time-employee-declaration-no-6","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":73304,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00377-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Superannuation (CSS) Approved Part-Time Employee Declaration No. 6","content":"SUPERANNUATION (CSS) APPROVED PART-TIME\n\nEMPLOYEE DECLARATION NO. 6\n\nI, KIM C BEAZLEY, 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.\n\nDated 21 August 1995.\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCitation\n\n1. This declaration may be cited as \"Superannuation (CSS) Approved Part-Time Employee Declaration No. 6\".\n\nApproved Part-time Employee\n\n2. A person who:\n\n(a) was employed by the Australian Wheat Board on a part-time basis for the period 22 June 1978 to 1 December 1982; and\n\n(b) 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;\n\nis 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 for the period 22 June 1978 to 1 December 1982.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or narrow the Superannuation Act 1976 generally; it declares that a narrowly defined historical cohort is an approved class of part‑time employees for a stated period (section 2). Within the text of this instrument there is no indication that it changes the broader statutory scope beyond that specific, time‑bounded classification."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow temporal and employer scope (22 June 1978 to 1 December 1982; Australian Wheat Board) (section 2(a))","Conditional eligibility dependent on a prior election by the individual (section 2(b))","Reference to and reliance on the external Superannuation Act 1976 for substantive effect (opening paragraph; section 2)","Use of ministerial declaratory power under subsection 3(1) of the Superannuation Act 1976 (opening paragraph)","Administrative identification and evidentiary requirements for a historical cohort (section 2)"],"plain_english_summary":"The Minister declares a narrow, historical class—people who were part‑time employees of the Australian Wheat Board between 22 June 1978 and 1 December 1982 who had already elected to be treated as “eligible employees”—to be an “approved class of part‑time employees” under the Superannuation Act 1976. \n\nThat reclassification affects only those individuals by linking them to whatever rights or liabilities the Act afforded approved part‑time employees for that period; agencies must verify employment and prior election records."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration serves its original narrow purpose exactly as intended. It is one in a series of similar declarations (No. 6) addressing specific historical employment situations for the CSS. The scope remains tightly constrained to the specific class of Australian Wheat Board part-time employees from 1978-1982."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (2 operative clauses)","Only 1 defined term used ('approved part-time employee' — defined by reference to the parent Act)","No cross-references beyond a single reference to subsection 3(1) of the Superannuation Act 1976","Simple conditional logic: two cumulative criteria (employment period + prior election) with fixed dates","No nested exceptions or sub-delegations","Single-purpose instrument addressing a specific historical cohort"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\n\nThis is a very specific legal instrument that allows a small group of former part-time workers to access a government superannuation (pension) scheme.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   **Australian Wheat Board employees** who worked part-time between **22 June 1978 and 1 December 1982**\n*   **Only those who already chose** (before this declaration was made) to be treated as \"eligible employees\" under the Superannuation Act 1976\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nNormally, part-time employees in this era were excluded from the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS) — a generous defined-benefit pension plan for Australian public servants. This declaration creates an **exception** for a specific historical group, letting them count their old part-time service toward their retirement benefits.\n\n**In simple terms:** If you worked part-time at the Wheat Board in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and you already asked to join the super scheme back then, this document officially approves you as a member so you can get the pension you're entitled to."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-part-time-employee-declaration-no-6","history":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-part-time-employee-declaration-no-6/history","analysis":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-part-time-employee-declaration-no-6/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-part-time-employee-declaration-no-6/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-part-time-employee-declaration-no-6/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-approved-part-time-employee-declaration-no-6/documents"}}