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Local Government Act 2009
sec.219Brighter Super is default fund for particular employees
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### sec.219 Brighter Super is default fund for particular employees
Unless a prescribed employee gives a direction under subsection (2) , the prescribed employee’s employer must pay superannuation contributions payable for the employee into Brighter Super.
A prescribed employee may, by notice given to the prescribed employee’s employer, direct the person’s employer to pay superannuation contributions payable for the employee into a fund other than Brighter Super.
See the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cwlth) for employer obligations relating to an employee’s choice of fund.
Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a prescribed employee’s membership in a defined benefit category.
In this section—
prescribed employee means—
an employee of a local government; or
an employee of a local government entity; or
an employee of Brighter Super who is eligible for membership in Brighter Super under the trust deed.
s 219 amd 2011 No. 8 s 66
sub 2016 No. 64 s 27
amd 2018 No. 8 s 34 ; 2024 No. 27 s 123 s ch 1 pt 2
(sec.219-ssec.1) Unless a prescribed employee gives a direction under subsection (2) , the prescribed employee’s employer must pay superannuation contributions payable for the employee into Brighter Super.
(sec.219-ssec.2) A prescribed employee may, by notice given to the prescribed employee’s employer, direct the person’s employer to pay superannuation contributions payable for the employee into a fund other than Brighter Super. See the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cwlth) for employer obligations relating to an employee’s choice of fund.
(sec.219-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to a prescribed employee’s membership in a defined benefit category.
(sec.219-ssec.4) In this section— prescribed employee means— an employee of a local government; or an employee of a local government entity; or an employee of Brighter Super who is eligible for membership in Brighter Super under the trust deed.
- (a) an employee of a local government; or
- (b) an employee of a local government entity; or
- (c) an employee of Brighter Super who is eligible for membership in Brighter Super under the trust deed.