{"id":"F2006L04171","name":"Superannuation (PSS) Membership Inclusion Declaration 2006","slug":"superannuation-pss-membership-inclusion-declaration-2006","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":61148,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L04171-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 (PSS) Membership Inclusion Declaration 2006.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"#### 3 Interpretation\n\n  (1) In this Declaration:\n\n> 1976 Act means the Superannuation Act 1976.\n\n> 1990 Act means the Superannuation Act 1990.\n\n> ACECQA (short for the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority) has the same meaning as in the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 (Vic).\n\n> AHPRA means the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency established upon commencement of Part 2 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) Act 2010 and representing the Australian Capital Territory.\n\n> alternative superannuation scheme, in relation to a person who is employed in a particular capacity, or who is the holder of a particular office:\n\n    (a) means a superannuation scheme to which contributions are made in relation to the person’s employment or holding of the office; but\n    (b) does not include any of the following:\n    (i) a scheme to which contributions are made in relation to the person for:\n    (A) if the person is employed in a particular capacity—other employment or the holding of an office; or\n    (B) if the person is the holder of a particular office—other employment or the holding of another office;\n    (ii) a scheme to the extent that membership of that scheme by the person is for the preservation, or payment, of productivity benefits;\n    (iii) a scheme to the extent that participation in that scheme on the person’s behalf is for purposes solely related to satisfying obligations under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992;\n    (iv) a scheme to which contributions are made in relation to the person only in relation to performance pay;\n    (v) for a prescribed person—a scheme of which the person is taken, under subsection (2), to be a member for top‑up purposes.\n\n> Note: Example: If a person is a member, and is making voluntary contributions to an RSA without any employer contributions, the RSA will not be an alternative superannuation scheme. However, if the person’s employer makes contributions to the RSA, above the superannuation guarantee rate, the RSA will be an alternative superannuation scheme.\n\n> APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority established by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998.\n\n> ARPC means the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation established by the Terrorism Insurance Act 2003.\n\n> ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission established by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 1989 and continued in existence by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001.\n\n> Australian Hearing Services means the body corporate established under Part 2 of the Australian Hearing Services Act 1991.\n\n> CSC (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) has the same meaning as in the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011.\n\n> member, of a superannuation scheme that is an RSA, means a holder of the RSA.\n\n> performance pay means a payment of that name made under:\n\n    (a) an industrial agreement under Division 3A of Part VI of the Industrial Relations Act 1988 as in force immediately before 30 March 1994; or\n    (b) an agreement under Part VIB of that Act in force before 15 November 1996.\n\n> PHIAC means the Private Health Insurance Administration Council established by the National Health Act 1953 and continued in existence under Part 6‑3 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.\n\n> prescribed person means a person who holds office or is employed under terms and conditions that enable the person to choose whether to take part of his or her remuneration in a non‑monetary form (for example, a top‑up arrangement).\n\n> productivity benefits means benefits that are productivity related benefits within the meaning of section 110A of the 1976 Act.\n\n> SMHEA corporatisation date means the date on which section 59 of the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997 commences.\n\n> State superannuation scheme, means a superannuation scheme:\n\n    (a) established under the law of a State or Territory; and\n    (b) applying to persons employed in, or appointed to, the Public Service, or any other service, of the State or Territory;\n  but does not include, in the case of a prescribed person, a scheme of which the person is taken to be a member for top‑up purposes.\n\n> superannuation scheme:\n\n    (a) means a scheme, fund or arrangement, however established, under which superannuation or retirement benefits are payable; and\n    (b) includes an RSA within the meaning of the Retirement Savings Account Act 1997.\n\n> top‑up arrangement means an arrangement in relation to the employment of, or the holding of an office by, a person (the payee):\n\n    (a) under which:\n    (i) another person (the payer) contributes, on behalf of the payee, to a superannuation scheme (which may be a scheme that applies only to the payee) under which superannuation or retirement benefits are payable to, or in relation to, the payee; and\n    (ii) the contributions are part of, and not additional to, the payee’s overall remuneration package provided by the payer; and\n    (b) that is entered into on the basis that:\n    (i) the payee continues to be, or becomes, a member of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme; and\n    (ii) the payer continues to be, or becomes, the designated employer of the payee;\n  in relation to that employment or holding of office.\n\n> Note: Unless the contrary intention appears, terms defined in the Superannuation Act 1990 have the same meaning in this Declaration. For example, section 3 of that Act contains the following definition:\n\n> Note: Public Sector Superannuation Scheme means the superannuation scheme established by the Trust Deed.\n\n  (2) For the purposes of this Declaration, a person is taken to be a member of a superannuation scheme for top‑up purposes if the person is a member of the scheme only because of:\n    (a) a top‑up arrangement; or\n    (b) a top‑up arrangement and any of the following circumstances:\n    (i) contributions relating to performance pay are made to the scheme;\n    (ii) the person is a member of the scheme for the purpose of the preservation, or payment, of productivity benefits;\n    (iii) participation in the scheme on the person’s behalf by the person’s employer is for purposes solely related to satisfying the employer’s obligations under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Persons to whom section 6 of the 1990 Act applies","content":"#### 4 Persons to whom section 6 of the 1990 Act applies\n\n  (1) For the purposes of paragraph 6 (1) (j) of the 1990 Act, and subject to this section, section 6 of the 1990 Act applies to a person described in Schedule 1.\n  (5) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 12 of Schedule 1 at the end of the first occurring of the following days:\n    (a) 31 December 1996;\n    (b) the day on which the person ceases to be employed by the Nuclear Safety Bureau (NSB);\n    (c) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with NSB, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme;\n    (d) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes a person to whom Division 2 or 3 of Part IV of the Public Service Act 1922 applies.\n  (6) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 13 or 14 of Schedule 1 at the end of the first occurring of the following days:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of Australian Law Reform Commission (in this determination called ALRC);\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with ALRC, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme.\n  (11) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 19 of Schedule 1 at the end of the first‑occurring of the following days:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust (the Trust);\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with the Trust, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme;\n    (c) the day on which the Trust ceases to be a corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n  (13) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 21 of Schedule 1 at the end of the first occurring of the following days:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of Australian Strategic Policy Institute Limited (ASPI Ltd);\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with ASPI Ltd, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme;\n    (c) the day on which ASPI Ltd ceases to be a Commonwealth company within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n  (14) Subsection (15) applies on and after the SMHEA corporatisation date.\n  (15) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 22 of Schedule 1 at the end of the first‑occurring of the following days:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of Snowy Hydro Limited;\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with Snowy Hydro Limited, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme;\n    (c) the day on which a person or entity other than the following becomes a shareholder of Snowy Hydro Limited:\n    (i) the Commonwealth;\n    (ii) New South Wales;\n    (iii) Victoria;\n    (d) if payments in respect of benefits for members of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme who are employed by Snowy Hydro Limited cease to be made by Snowy Hydro Limited—the last day to which the last of those payments relates;\n    (e) if payments in respect of administration costs for members of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme who are employed by Snowy Hydro Limited cease to be made by Snowy Hydro Limited—the last day to which the last of those payments relates.\n  (16) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 23 of Schedule 1 at the end of the earlier of:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of the CSC; and\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with the CSC, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme.\n  (20) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 27 of Schedule 1 at the end of the earlier of:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of AHPRA;\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with AHPRA, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme; or\n    (c) if AHPRA ceases to be a statutory authority of the Australian Capital Territory—the last day on which AHPRA is a statutory authority.\n  (21) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 28 of Schedule 1 at the end of the earlier of:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of ACECQA;\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with ACECQA, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme; or\n    (c) if ACECQA ceases to be a statutory authority of Victoria – the last day on which ACECQA is a statutory authority of Victoria.\n  (22) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 29 of Schedule 1 at the end of the earlier of:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of ARPC;\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with ARPC, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme; or\n    (c) if ARPC ceases to be a corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013—the last day on which ARPC is a corporate Commonwealth entity.\n  (23) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 30 of Schedule 1 at the end of the earlier of:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of Australian Hearing Services;\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with Australian Hearing Services, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme; or\n    (c) if Australian Hearing Services ceases to be a corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013—the last day on which Australian Hearing Services is a corporate Commonwealth entity.\n  (24) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 31 of Schedule 1 at the end of the earlier of:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of APRA;\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with APRA, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme; or\n    (c) if APRA ceases to be a Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013—the last day on which APRA is a Commonwealth entity.\n  (25) Section 6 of the 1990 Act ceases to apply to a person referred to in item 32 of Schedule 1 at the end of the earlier of:\n    (a) the day on which the person ceases to be an employee of ASIC;\n    (b) the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes, in relation to the person’s employment with ASIC, a member of an alternative superannuation scheme; or\n    (c) if ASIC ceases to be a Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 – the last day on which ASIC is a Commonwealth entity.","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":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Declaration has grown significantly beyond its original 2006 scope. The original likely covered a smaller set of bodies, but it has been repeatedly amended to add new agencies (AHPRA, ACECQA, ARPC, etc.) and to handle complex privatisation events like Snowy Hydro. The cessation provisions have also expanded from simple employment termination to include complex corporate restructuring triggers (Commonwealth entity status changes, shareholder changes). This suggests the Declaration has become a catch-all mechanism for patching PSS coverage as government structures evolve, rather than a static list."},"complexity_factors":["18 defined terms in the interpretation section, including nested definitions like 'alternative superannuation scheme' which itself contains 5 sub-exceptions","Multiple cross-references to other Acts (Superannuation Act 1976, Superannuation Act 1990, Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, etc.)","Complex conditional logic for cessation of coverage: each employee group has 2-5 alternative triggering events using 'first-occurring' or 'earlier of' tests","Special 'top-up arrangement' rules creating deemed membership exceptions for prescribed persons","Temporal complexity with specific historical dates (31 December 1996, SMHEA corporatisation date) and contingent future events (privatisation, statutory authority status changes)","Schedule 1 is referenced but not included in the excerpt, creating an incomplete picture of actual coverage"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation is a **declaration that decides which specific employees and office-holders must join (or are allowed to join) the Commonwealth's Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS)**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The *Superannuation Act 1990* sets up the PSS, but it doesn't automatically cover everyone who works for the government. Section 6 of that Act needs extra details to say exactly which people are included.\n- This Declaration fills in those gaps. It **lists specific organisations and roles** (in Schedule 1, which isn't fully shown here but is referenced) and says: \"If you work for these bodies, you are part of the PSS.\"\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Employees of various Commonwealth bodies and statutory authorities, including:\n  - The Nuclear Safety Bureau (historical coverage)\n  - The Australian Law Reform Commission\n  - The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust\n  - The Australian Strategic Policy Institute\n  - Snowy Hydro Limited\n  - The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC)\n  - The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)\n  - The Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)\n  - The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC)\n  - Australian Hearing Services\n  - APRA and ASIC (financial regulators)\n\n**When coverage stops:**\nFor each group, the Declaration sets **automatic exit triggers**. You stop being a PSS member when:\n- You quit that job;\n- You join a different super fund for that job (an \"alternative superannuation scheme\"); or\n- The organisation changes its legal status (for example, if it stops being a \"Commonwealth entity\" or gets privatised).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is how the government **controls who gets the defined benefit pension** (a guaranteed retirement income) versus who goes into standard accumulation funds (like most workers have). It prevents people from double-dipping or staying in the generous PSS when they've moved to jobs with different super arrangements. It also handles tricky situations like privatisation (Snowy Hydro) or when agencies change their legal structure."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Declaration is narrowly targeted: it extends the application of section 6 of the Superannuation Act 1990 to specified groups and then sets out specific events that end that application. That scope is consistent with a membership‑inclusion instrument rather than a substantive change in the PSS scheme design. It does not appear to broaden the law beyond its original purpose of prescribing who is to be treated as within section 6; rather, it lists particular employers and specifies the ordinary events (leaving employment, starting employer contributions to another scheme, or a change in employer legal status) that remove that treatment."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple, detailed defined terms in clause 3 (including multi‑part definition of 'alternative superannuation scheme' with five numbered exclusions and Note)","Deeming rule in clause 3(2) that treats 'top‑up' membership specially (adds conditional logic)","Numerous item‑specific cessation rules in clause 4 referring to multiple items in Schedule 1 (items 12, 13, 14, 19, 21–23, 27–32 etc.)","Precise temporal language ('at the end of the first occurring of', 'the day immediately before') that creates implementation timing complexity","Cross‑references to multiple external Acts (Superannuation Act 1976, Superannuation Act 1990, Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997) requiring statutory context to interpret","Conditional exceptions within definitions (e.g. exclusions for productivity benefits, SG‑only participation, performance pay, voluntary RSAs), producing nested exception logic","References to changes in institutional status (corporatisation, ceasing to be a Commonwealth/State entity) which require legally technical determinations"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- This Declaration says that the rule in section 6 of the Superannuation Act 1990 (the rule that determines who is treated as a member of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme, or PSS) applies to the specific groups of people listed in Schedule 1. (See clause 4(1).)\n\n- It defines key terms that determine when a person is treated as covered by PSS membership rules and when that coverage stops. Important definitions include \"alternative superannuation scheme\", \"top‑up arrangement\", \"prescribed person\", \"productivity benefits\", and cross‑references to earlier superannuation Acts. (See clause 3(1).)\n\n- For many listed groups, the Declaration sets out precise events that cause section 6 to stop applying to them. Typical triggers are: the person ceasing employment with the listed employer, the person becoming a member of an \"alternative superannuation scheme\" in respect of that employment, or the listed body changing status (for example, ceasing to be a Commonwealth/State entity). The Declaration lists these cessation events in a series of item‑specific rules (examples at clauses 4(5), 4(6), 4(11), 4(15), 4(16), and 4(20)–4(25)).\n\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Employees (or office holders) of the organisations identified in Schedule 1. The text excerpts show items that name, for example, the Nuclear Safety Bureau, Australian Law Reform Commission, Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, Snowy Hydro Limited, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), AHPRA, ACECQA, ARPC, Australian Hearing Services, APRA, ASIC, and others.\n\n- Employers of those people are affected to the extent that employer conduct (for example, starting to make employer contributions to an alternative scheme) can change an employee’s PSS coverage.\n\n\n**How it works in practice (behavioural mechanics and decision points)**\n\n- Who decides: employers (and in some cases the employing entity’s change of legal status) and employees together determine membership status through employment arrangements and whether employer contributions are made to other schemes. The text treats certain arrangements (top‑up arrangements) as equivalent to PSS membership for limited purposes. (Definitions at clause 3(1) and the deeming rule at clause 3(2).)\n\n- What changes behaviour: if an employer begins making contributions for an employee to an \"alternative superannuation scheme\" for that employee’s employment, the Declaration generally ends the application of section 6 to that employee (i.e. removes them from the PSS membership rule). Similarly, if the employee leaves the employer, or the employer’s institutional status changes (for example, ceases to be a Commonwealth entity), section 6 stops applying. (See clauses 4(5), 4(6), 4(11), 4(15), 4(16), 4(20)–4(25).)\n\n\n**Key definitions that change incentives and administrative burden**\n\n- \"Alternative superannuation scheme\" is broadly a scheme to which employer contributions are made in relation to the person’s employment, but the Declaration lists multiple exclusions (for example, schemes used only to preserve productivity benefits, schemes used solely to meet Superannuation Guarantee obligations, schemes where only performance pay is contributed, or voluntary RSAs with no employer contributions). These exclusions matter because they determine whether employer action will terminate PSS coverage. (See clause 3(1) — the multi‑paragraph definition of \"alternative superannuation scheme\" and its Note.)\n\n- \"Top‑up arrangement\" describes a contractual arrangement where the employer directs part of a person’s remuneration to another superannuation scheme as part of their overall pay. The Declaration says a person whose membership exists only because of a top‑up arrangement is \"taken to be a member\" of the alternative scheme for certain purposes. That deeming affects whether PSS coverage continues. (See clause 3(1) definitions and clause 3(2).)\n\n\n**Costs, incentives and trade‑offs (mechanically framed)**\n\n- Who benefits: employees remaining treated under section 6 (and thus within the PSS membership rule) retain whatever rights and entitlements flow from being captured by that section; the benefits are concentrated on those specific employee groups named in Schedule 1.\n\n- Who bears costs: employers and the PSS administrator face administrative duties to monitor when cessation conditions happen (for example, when employer contributions to an alternative scheme start, or when an entity’s legal status changes). If employers shift contributions to an alternative scheme, that can remove employees from PSS coverage — a clear behavioural lever.\n\n- Compliance and implementation risk: the instrument depends on factual determinations (whether contributions are \"for\" that employment, whether a scheme is excluded as only meeting Superannuation Guarantee obligations, whether an entity remains a Commonwealth/State body). Those determinations create administrative work and room for disputes about timing (the Declaration uses precise timing language, e.g. \"the day immediately before the day on which the person becomes… a member of an alternative superannuation scheme\"). (See clauses 4(5)(c), 4(6)(b), 4(11)(b), etc.)\n\n- Substitution effects: employers have a clear, mechanical route to change an employee’s coverage (start contributing to an alternative scheme). The Declaration therefore creates a predictable incentive: shifting employer contributions can change an employee’s PSS status.\n\n\n**Concrete implementation details to note**\n\n- Timing language is precise: many cessation rules operate \"at the end of the earlier of\" or \"at the end of the first occurring of\" specified days — this matters for record‑keeping and benefit continuity. (See, for example, clauses 4(5), 4(15), 4(16).)\n\n- Some items tie cessation to organisational change (for example, corporatisation dates, loss of Commonwealth/State entity status, or the employer ceasing to make benefit or administration payments). Those clauses can keep people covered while an entity remains in a particular legal form, and remove coverage when the entity’s legal relationship to the Commonwealth changes. (See clauses 4(14)–4(15) and 4(11)(c), 4(15)(c)–(e).)\n\n\n**Purpose claim and testing it against trade‑offs**\n\n- The Declaration’s stated structural purpose is to extend the operation of section 6 of the 1990 Act to particular listed employees, while setting out the conditions under which that coverage ends. That is implemented by naming the classes of employees and by specifying precise triggers for cessation.\n\n- The principal trade‑offs are between concentrated, clearly defined membership benefits for the listed employees and the administrative/compliance costs and potential shift of liabilities for employers and the PSS administrator. The Declaration leaves employers with a straightforward mechanism to change coverage (start contributions to an alternative scheme), which is likely intentional given the cessation rules, but that also creates an operational task to track those changes.\n\n\n**Bottom line (mechanical summary)**\n\n- This Declaration makes the PSS membership rule in section 6 of the Superannuation Act 1990 apply to the named groups in Schedule 1, defines what counts as an alternative scheme or a top‑up arrangement, and sets out detailed, event‑driven rules for when that application stops (mostly when employment ends, employer contributions shift to another scheme, or the employer’s legal status changes). It therefore determines who is treated as a PSS member and gives employers a clear set of actions that will change that treatment. (Primary references: clause 3 definitions and clause 4 application/cessation rules.)"},"summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument appears to be current as provided and has not been repealed."},"complexity_factors":["The instrument applies different cessation rules to each listed entity, making it necessary to check the specific item.","It relies on numerous defined terms and cross-references to other legislation, including several state and territory Acts."],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration extends eligibility for the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS) to employees of certain Commonwealth statutory bodies and other entities listed in Schedule 1, so people who would otherwise be ineligible may join or remain in PSS. It also specifies when that eligibility ends (e.g., leaving the body, joining another employer scheme, or loss of the body’s status) and includes definitions that determine exclusions—check Schedule 1 and the cessation rules to confirm your position."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/superannuation-pss-membership-inclusion-declaration-2006","history":"/api/acts/superannuation-pss-membership-inclusion-declaration-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/superannuation-pss-membership-inclusion-declaration-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/superannuation-pss-membership-inclusion-declaration-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/superannuation-pss-membership-inclusion-declaration-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/superannuation-pss-membership-inclusion-declaration-2006/documents"}}