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](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) 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. > > > (3) A reference in this Division to— > > > > > (a) a superannuation allowance payable under a section of this Act is, and shall be deemed always to have been, a reference to the allowance so payable, as varied by or under any of the provisions of this or any other Act, > > > > > (b) the retirement of a member of the police force includes, and shall be deemed always to have included, a reference to the discharge of such a member, as referred to in section 7 (1), and > > > > > (c) the discharge of a member of the police force includes a reference to the retirement or resignation of such a member, as referred to in section 10. > > **s 14A:** Ins 1974 No 101, sec 3 (h). Am 1978 No 174, Schs 1 (3), 2 (9); 1979 No 133, Sch 1 (16); 1992 No 35, Sch 3.