{"id":"F2009B00083","name":"Superannuation (CSS) Temporary Employee Approval No. 2","slug":"superannuation-css-temporary-employee-approval-no-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":121338,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009B00083-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Superannuation (CSS) Temporary Employee Approval No. 2","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nSUPERANNUATION ACT 1976\n\nI, Margaret Guilfoyle, Minister of State for Finance, in pursuance of section 3 of the Superannuation Act 1976, hereby declare that the following class of persons engaged and appointed for employment outside Australia only, came within the definition of \"temporary employee\" (for the purposes of section 3 of the Superannuation Act 1976):-\n\nPersons engaged for service in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands who commenced to make contributions under the Superannuation Act 1976 by virtue of a direction made on 6 April 1978 under section 11 of the Superannuation Act 1976.\n\nDated this 14th day of December 1982.\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n(MARGARET GUILFOYLE)\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument changes the application scope of the Superannuation Act 1976 by adding a specific class of people (those engaged for service in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands who began contributing because of the s.11 direction dated 6 April 1978) into the definition of \"temporary employee\" for the purposes of section 3. The change is classificatory and limited to that cohort; it does not amend the Act’s text or create a general rule for others."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, specific subject matter (single named cohort on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands).","Straightforward statutory mechanism: ministerial declaration under a single provision (s.3).","Reference to one prior administrative direction (s.11, 6 April 1978) that supplies factual background.","No amendment to substantive Act text or introduction of new technical rules.","Requires cross-reference to the Act to understand downstream legal effects, but the instrument itself is short and targeted."],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument records a ministerial declaration (s.3, Superannuation Act 1976) that people engaged for service in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands who began contributing under the 6 April 1978 s.11 direction are to be treated as “temporary employees.” It therefore fixes their statutory category under the Act, affecting which contribution, entitlement and administrative rules apply to that narrow cohort and aligning legal status with the earlier contribution direction."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a discrete, time-bound administrative instrument made under specific statutory authority. It addresses exactly what it purports to address—coverage of a specific cohort of temporary employees in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands—and shows no evidence of scope creep beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative paragraph with no defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling section (section 3 of the Superannuation Act 1976)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Extremely short (under 150 words of substantive text)","Single class of persons described with two simple criteria (location and contribution commencement date)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official declaration made in 1982 by Margaret Guilfoyle, who was then the Finance Minister. It uses powers under the **Superannuation Act 1976** (the law that set up the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme, or CSS, for Australian Government employees).\n\n**What it does:**\nIt declares that a specific group of workers count as **\"temporary employees\"** under the superannuation law. These are people who:\n- Were hired to work in the **Cocos (Keeling) Islands** (an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean)\n- Started making superannuation contributions after a direction was issued on **6 April 1978**\n\n**Why this matters:**\nNormally, temporary employees weren't automatically covered by the CSS. This declaration fixes that for this specific group, ensuring they could build up retirement benefits despite being classified as temporary staff working offshore. It's essentially a technical fix to make sure these workers weren't left without superannuation coverage."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-temporary-employee-approval-no-2","history":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-temporary-employee-approval-no-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-temporary-employee-approval-no-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-temporary-employee-approval-no-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-temporary-employee-approval-no-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/superannuation-css-temporary-employee-approval-no-2/documents"}}