{"id":"F2012L01316","name":"Superannuation (CSS) Productivity Contribution (2012-2013) Declaration 2012","slug":"superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2012-2013-declaration-2012","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":163247,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01316-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Superannuation (CSS) Productivity Contribution (2012-2013) Declaration 2012","content":"Superannuation (CSS)\n\nProductivity Contribution\n\n(2012-2013) Declaration 2012\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nI, STEPHEN PAUL WHITTON, Director, Australian Public Sector Payments and Entitlements, Position No. 44, and Delegate of the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, make the following Declaration under section 110D of the Superannuation Act 1976.\n\nDated 12 June 2012\n\nS WHITTON  \nDelegate of Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n1 Name of Declaration\n\nThis Declaration is the Superannuation (CSS) Productivity Contribution (2012-2013) Declaration 2012.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Declaration shall take effect from and including 1 July 2012.\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 2012, 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 $2,000.67 $60.02\n\n$2,000.67 or more but less than The amount that is 3% of the\n\n$3,223.33 employee’s fortnightly rate of\n\nsalary\n\n$3,223.33 or more but less than $96.70\n\n$4,835.00\n\n$4,835.00 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 amounts. There is no scope creep; it is a routine annual update instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 3 operative sections)","No defined terms section (relies entirely on definitions in the parent Superannuation Act 1976)","Simple conditional logic (four-tiered salary threshold table)","Single cross-reference to section 110D and subsection 110C(1) of the Superannuation Act 1976","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested conditions","Purely mathematical/quantitative content with clear salary brackets"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration sets the dollar thresholds and rates for the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme’s productivity contributions for 2012–13, updating the amounts employers (the Commonwealth) must pay on top of normal superannuation. It affects CSS members (current and former APS employees) and the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation that administers the scheme, preserving a legacy productivity-payment feature and ensuring contribution rates are adjusted annually for salary movements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Declaration does not change who is covered or add new obligations; it only substitutes numerical contribution amounts into the existing statutory table for the 2012–2013 financial year (replacing entries in subsection 110C(1) under authority of s.110D)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple statutory exercise: replaces numeric entries in an existing table rather than creating new policy or rights (s.110D; subsec.110C(1)).","Mixture of fixed-dollar rates and percentage-based bands requires correct payroll calculation for four salary ranges.","Single-year application (2012–2013) and clear commencement date reduce ongoing interpretive burden (Commencement: 1 July 2012).","No discretionary criteria, exemptions, or procedural steps in the Declaration itself."],"plain_english_summary":"This Declaration sets the fortnightly \"productivity contribution\" rates payable under section 110D of the Superannuation Act 1976 for Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme members for the 2012–2013 year, effective 1 July 2012. It substitutes new amounts into the table in subsection 110C(1).\n\nMembers pay the specified contributions via payroll. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation delegate determined the rates. Mechanically it replaces previous fixed-dollar and percentage bands with set dollar amounts for lower bands and percentage (3% or 2%) contributions for higher salary bands."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2012-2013-declaration-2012","history":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2012-2013-declaration-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2012-2013-declaration-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2012-2013-declaration-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2012-2013-declaration-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-productivity-contribution-2012-2013-declaration-2012/documents"}}