159Interpretation of Part 14

159 Interpretation of Part 14

(1)  In this Part –

award means an agreement or award certified or made on or after 1 July 1987 or any other arrangement which the State Fire Commission and the Commission agree should be treated as an award;

benefit means any entitlement paid, or authorised to be paid, by the Commission out of the SFCS Fund under these regulations to, or in respect of, a member, less the amount, if any, of Commonwealth taxation that is deducted from the entitlement in accordance with law;

date of admission, in relation to a member, means the date on which the member became a member of the former superannuation scheme;

employee means a person appointed or employed under the State Service Act 2000 to perform functions for the purposes of the Fire Service Act 1979 ;

employer contributions means contributions paid to the SFCS Scheme by the State Fire Commission in accordance with these regulations and includes contributions paid in respect of a member by the State Fire Commission in accordance with regulation 170(3) or under the former superannuation trust deed, a former SFCS trust deed or the SFCS Trust Deed;

Fire Brigades Scheme means the Fire Brigades Commission of Tasmania Retiring Allowance Death and Disablement Benefit Scheme established under the provisions of the Fire Brigades Regulations 1965 as in force immediately before 1 October 1973;

former interest rates means the interest rates declared from time to time by the former trustee under the former superannuation trust deed, a former SFCS trust deed or the SFCS Trust Deed;

former superannuation scheme means the State Fire Commission Superannuation Scheme as administered by the former trustee immediately before 24 June 2005;

former SFCS trust deed means a trust deed, other than the SFCS Trust Deed, entered into by the State Fire Commission in relation to the SFCS Scheme;