{"id":"F2009L02639","name":"Superannuation (CSS) Productivity Contribution (2009-2010) Declaration 2009","slug":"superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2009-2010-declaration-2009","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":79656,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L02639-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Superannuation (CSS) Productivity Contribution (2009-2010) Declaration 2009","content":"Superannuation (CSS)\n\nProductivity Contribution\n\n(2009\\-2010) Declaration 2009\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nI, JONATHON EDWARD HALE, Manager of Australian Public Sector Defined Benefit Schemes Administration Section, Commonwealth Superannuation Administration, Position No. 44, and Delegate of the Australian Reward Investment Alliance, make the following Declaration under section 110D of the Superannuation Act 1976.\n\nDated 30 June 2009\n\nJ HALE  \nDelegate of Australian Reward Investment Alliance\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n1 Name of Declaration\n\nThis Declaration is the Superannuation (CSS) Productivity Contribution (2009\\-2010) Declaration 2009.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Declaration shall take effect from and including 1 July 2009.\n\n3 Productivity Contributions\n\nFor section 110D of the Superannuation Act 1976, the table in subsection 110C(1) of that Act has effect, for the financial year starting on 1 July 2009, as if the amounts specified in the following table were substituted for the amounts specified in that table:\n\nTable\n\nFortnightly rate of salary Fortnightly productivity\n\ncontribution\n\n![](image.003.png)\n\nLess than $1 759.33 $52.78\n\n$1 759.33 or more, but less The amount that is 3% of the\n\nthan $2 834.00 employee’s fortnightly rate of\n\nsalary\n\n$2 834.00 or more, but less $85.02\n\nthan $4 251.00\n\n$4 251.00 or more The amount that is 2% of the\n\nemployee’s fortnightly rate of\n\nsalary\n\n![](image.003.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration performs exactly the function intended by section 110D of the Superannuation Act 1976 - to annually update the productivity contribution rates. The scope remains tightly constrained to this specific administrative update."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (3 operative sections)","No defined terms section - relies entirely on definitions in the parent Superannuation Act 1976","Single operative mechanism: substituting a table of rates","Simple conditional logic (four salary brackets with straightforward thresholds)","No cross-references beyond the single empowering provision (section 110D)","No exceptions or nested conditions"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration fixes the productivity‑contribution rates for the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS) for the 2009–10 financial year, updating what affected employees and their employing agencies must pay into this legacy defined‑benefit fund. \n\nIt affects CSS members (mainly long‑serving federal employees) and Commonwealth agencies, ensuring correct fortnightly deductions and employer payments so the scheme’s negotiated productivity contributions are collected for that year."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change who is covered by the Superannuation Act 1976 or alter core benefits. It only substitutes the contribution amounts in the table in subsection 110C(1) for the financial year starting 1 July 2009, pursuant to section 110D—i.e., an annual rate update rather than a change in scope or entitlement."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, formulaic change: substitutes numbers into an existing statutory table rather than altering substantive law (references s.110D and s.110C(1)).","Tiered calculation method: mix of fixed-dollar amounts and percentage-of-salary bands (requires conditional payroll logic).","Fortnightly basis: contributions computed per pay period, increasing administrative precision and rounding considerations.","Temporal limitation: applies only to the 2009–2010 financial year, requiring systems to switch rates at year boundaries.","Low decision-making discretion: instrument was signed by a delegate and prescribes precise amounts, so limited interpretive complexity for implementers.","Compliance tasks concentrated on payroll/benefits administrators rather than broad stakeholder reassessment."],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This Declaration fixes the fortnightly \"productivity contribution\" amounts for the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS) for the 2009–2010 financial year, substituting new figures into the table in subsection 110C(1) of the Superannuation Act 1976. It takes effect from 1 July 2009.\n\n**Who it affects and why it matters:** CSS members, their employers and payroll administrators must apply the specified fixed-dollar amounts or percentage rates (2%–3%) to employees' fortnightly salaries when calculating employer productivity contributions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2009-2010-declaration-2009","history":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2009-2010-declaration-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2009-2010-declaration-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2009-2010-declaration-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2009-2010-declaration-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2009-2010-declaration-2009/documents"}}