{"id":"F2013L00813","name":"Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) (Continuing Contributions) Declaration 2013","slug":"superannuation-productivity-benefit-continuing-contributions-declaration-2013","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":90496,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L00813-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of Declaration","content":"#### 1 Name of Declaration\n\n This Declaration is the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) (Continuing Contributions) Declaration 2013.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n This Declaration commences on 1 July 2013.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Substitution of amounts","content":"#### 3 Substitution of amounts\n\n (1) For section 3D of the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988, the Table in the Schedule to that Act has effect, for each financial year commencing on or after 1 July 2014, as if the amounts specified in the following Table were substituted for the amounts specified in the Table in that Schedule (whether sums of money or percentages):\n\nTable\n\n```html\n

Pay period (weekly) rate of salary

Pay period (weekly) contribution

Less than $A

$13.53

$A or more but less than $B

The amount that is C% of the employee’s pay period rate of salary

$B or more

An amount equal to C% of $B

\n```\n\n (2) In this section:\n $A means an amount equal to $13.53 divided by the relevant charge percentage for the relevant financial year, as specified in the table at subsection 19(2) of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, and rounded to the nearest cent.\n $B means an amount equal to the maximum contribution base for the relevant quarter, as defined under section 15 of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, divided by 13 and rounded to the nearest cent.\n C% means a percentage amount for the relevant financial year equal to the charge percentage for that year, as specified in the table at subsection 19(2) of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose: updating contribution calculations for the remaining Productivity Benefit scheme members. The shift from fixed amounts to formula-based adjustments is a technical modernization to prevent obsolescence, not an expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Requires cross-referencing to two separate external statutes (Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992) for three different variables","Mathematical formulas with rounding rules ($A, $B, C%) rather than fixed amounts","Nested definitions: the variables themselves reference tables within subsections of another Act","Temporal complexity: applies to 'each financial year commencing on or after 1 July 2014' creating ongoing automatic adjustment mechanism","HTML table formatting in the legislative text obscures readability of the actual substitution structure"],"plain_english_summary":"This Declaration replaces the fixed 1988 dollar amounts used to calculate superannuation contributions for a small group of Commonwealth public servants still in the old Productivity Benefit scheme with formulas indexed to the superannuation guarantee percentage and the maximum contribution base. This prevents contributions for those pre‑1990 employees from being eroded by inflation and aligns their payments with current superannuation standards."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Declaration does not change who is covered or the statutory rules for entitlement. It only substitutes the numerical thresholds and percentage calculations used to compute the productivity-benefit continuing contributions, and ties those numbers to figures in the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act with specified rounding, thereby adjusting calculation inputs but not the underlying legal scheme."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 for the charge percentage (subsection 19(2)) and the maximum contribution base (section 15)","Use of derived placeholders ($A, $B, C%) that must be calculated for each relevant financial year","Rounding rules specified for $A and $B (nearest cent) affecting precise contribution numbers","Tiered contribution table (flat minimum, percentage of salary within a band, cap at percentage of $B)","Commencement timing (declared to commence 1 July 2013 but amounts apply for financial years commencing on or after 1 July 2014)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Declaration replaces the dollar and percentage figures used to calculate the continuing-contributions (productivity benefit) under the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988, effective 1 July 2014. It fixes a flat minimum amount and two tiered formulas that reference the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act’s charge percentage and the quarterly maximum contribution base. Employers must apply the new thresholds, percentages and rounding rules when calculating these contribution amounts."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-continuing-contributions-declaration-2013","history":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-continuing-contributions-declaration-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-continuing-contributions-declaration-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-continuing-contributions-declaration-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-continuing-contributions-declaration-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-continuing-contributions-declaration-2013/documents"}}