{"id":"F2008B00149","name":"Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Declaration No. 6","slug":"superannuation-productivity-benefit-declaration-no-6","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"123 of 1991","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":72678,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00149-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Declaration No. 6","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1991 No. 1231\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nSuperannuation (Productivity Benefit) Declaration No. 6\n\nI, RALPH WILLIS, Minister for Finance, make the following Declaration under section 3d of the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988.\n\nDated 5 June 1991\n\nRALPH WILLIS\n\nMinister for Finance\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCitation\n\n1. This Declaration may be cited as Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Declaration No. 6.\n\n \n\nSubstitution of amounts\n\n2. For the purposes of section 3d of the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988, the Table in the Schedule to that Act is to have effect in relation to the period commencing on 1 July 1991 and ending at the end of 30 June 1992 as if the amount specified in column 3 of an item in the following table were substituted for the amount specified in the Table in that Schedule that corresponds to the amount specified in column 2 of the item:\n\nTABLE\n\n```html\n

Column 1

No.

Column 2

Amount specified in

the Table in the

Schedule

Column 3

Amount to be

substituted

1

$440 (twice

occurring)

$452

2

$13.20

$13.56

3

$709 (twice

occurring)

$721

4

$21.27

$21.63

5

$1063.50 (twice

occurring)

$1081.50

\n```\n\nRevocation\n\n3. The Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Declaration No. 1 2 is revoked.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nNOTES\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 June 1991.\n\n2. Statutory Rules 1990 No. 172.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change who or what is covered by the Act; it only updates numerical amounts in the Schedule for 1 July 1991–30 June 1992 and revokes the earlier Declaration (see para 2 and para 3). Legal operation and coverage under the base Act remain unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, numeric amendment: only replaces specified dollar figures in the Schedule for a defined 12‑month period (see Declaration para 2).","Statutory cross‑reference: operates under the Ministerial power in s3d of the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988 (preamble and para 2), so effect depends on the base Act rather than new substantive rules.","Administrative impact: requires payroll/superannuation administrators to update rates and apply substituted amounts for the stated period (implicit from the substitution mechanism in para 2).","Revocation linkage: expressly revokes an earlier Declaration (Declaration para 3), creating a single active set of figures for the period.","Low discretion and legal complexity: text is prescriptive (fixed substitutions) rather than discretionary, reducing interpretive burden.","Precision and repetition: several entries are marked as “twice occurring”, requiring attention to how those items are applied in practice (Table in para 2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Declaration, made by the Minister for Finance under section 3d of the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988, substitutes new monetary amounts into the Table in the Act’s Schedule for the period 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 and revokes a prior Declaration. It therefore changes the numeric figures that the Act uses to set productivity‑benefit superannuation amounts for that year; administrators and payers who apply the Schedule must use the substituted amounts."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration performs exactly the function intended by section 3d of the parent Act: to periodically update specified dollar amounts for inflation or wage growth. It has not expanded beyond this technical indexation role."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (3 operative sections plus notes)","No defined terms section—relies entirely on the parent Act","Simple substitution mechanism: old amount → new amount","Single cross-reference to section 3d of the parent Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Clear effective date range (1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992)","Revocation of single previous instrument is straightforward"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument updates dollar figures in the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988 for the 1991–92 financial year, substituting higher payment amounts (e.g., $440→$452, $13.20→$13.56) and revoking an earlier 1990 declaration. It affects Commonwealth public servants and others covered by that scheme, serving as a routine indexation to preserve the real value of productivity‑based superannuation benefits."},"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"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-declaration-no-6","history":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-declaration-no-6/history","analysis":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-declaration-no-6/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-declaration-no-6/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-declaration-no-6/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/superannuation-productivity-benefit-declaration-no-6/documents"}}