14ADefinitions

14A Definitions

14A Definitions

(1) In this Division, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires—

adjustment date, in relation to a year, means the first day of the superannuation allowance pay period that ends on the first superannuation allowance pay day in the October that next follows that year.

adjustment percentage, in relation to a year, means (subject to section 14B (2)) the percentage for that year, calculated in accordance with section 14B.

Index number, in relation to a June quarter, means the number for that June quarter appearing in the Consumer Price Index (All Groups Index) for Sydney published by the Australian Statistician under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or that Act as amended from time to time or any Act of that Parliament passed in substitution therefor.

June quarter, in relation to a year, means the period commencing on and including 1 April in that year and ending on and including 30 June in that year.

quarter, in relation to a year, means—

(a) the period commencing on and including 1 July in that year and ending on and including 30 September in that year,

(b) the period commencing on and including 1 October in that year and ending on and including 31 December in that year,

(c) the period commencing on and including 1 January in that year and ending on and including 31 March in that year, or

(d) the period commencing on and including 1 April in that year and ending on and including 30 June in that year.

year means—

(a) the period commencing on and including 1 July 1973 and ending on and including 30 June 1974, or

(b) a subsequent period commencing on and including 1 July and ending on and including 30 June next following.

(2) Where a superannuation allowance is to be adjusted under this Division by reference to the adjustment percentage for a year, a reference (however expressed) in this Division to adjusting the allowance is a reference to—

(a) where the adjustment percentage is calculated in accordance with the formula set out in section 14B (1) (a)—increasing the allowance, or

(b) where the adjustment percentage is calculated in accordance with the formula set out in section 14B (1) (b)—reducing the allowance.