Defence Force (Superannuation) (Productivity Benefit) Determination 1988
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(1) In this Determination, unless the contrary intention appears:
annual interest rate, for 2015 or a later calendar year, means a rate equal to the last annual yield on Commonwealth government 10‑year bonds published by the Reserve Bank of Australia before 1 January of the calendar year.
annual rate of pay, in relation to a member:
(a) in relation to a period when the member is on long service leave on half pay ‑ means half the rate which would have been the rate applicable to the member if paragraph (b) had applied to the member, or
(b) in any other case—has the same meaning as in the DFRDB Act.
approved deposit fund has the same meaning as in the SIS Act.
base amount means:
(a) for a splitting agreement—the base amount specified in, or calculated under, the agreement; or
(b) for a splitting order—the amount allocated under subsection 90MT(4) of the Family Law Act 1975.
Chief Executive Medicare has the same meaning as in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.
ComSuper means the body established by section 4 of the ComSuper Act 2011.
CSC (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) has the same meaning as in the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011.
debt account discharge liability has the meaning given by section 133‑120 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.
Defence Act means the Defence Act 1903.
DFRDB Act means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.
effective service means service other than non‑effective service.
family law value means the amount determined in accordance with regulations under the Family Law Act 1975 that apply for paragraph 90MT(2)(a) of that Act. In applying those regulations, the relevant date is taken to be the date on which the operative time occurs.
Note: The amount is determined by applying those regulations, whether or not an order has been made under subsection 90MT(1) of the Family Law Act 1975.
legal personal representative has the same meaning as in the SIS Act.