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Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991
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#### 3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
> associate benefit means a benefit that is payable under provisions of the Trust Deed that are authorised by section 5A.
> Board means the Military Superannuation and Benefits Board of Trustees No. 1 established by section 18, as in force before its repeal by item 110 of Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2011.
> CSC (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) has the same meaning as in the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011.
> DFRDB Act means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.
> Fund means the fund established, and vested in the Board, by the Trust Deed.
> Note: From 1 July 2011, the fund is vested in CSC.
> member of the Scheme has the meaning given by sections 6 and 7.
> Rules means the Rules for the administration of the Scheme set out in the Schedule to the Trust Deed.
> Scheme means the superannuation scheme established by the Trust Deed.
> Trust Deed means the deed referred to in section 4 and includes that deed as subsequently amended under section 5.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or expression:
(a) defined, for the purposes of the Rules, in Schedule 1 to the Rules; and
(b) used in a provision of this Act other than the Deed;
has in that provision the same meaning as it has in the Rules.