Southern State Superannuation Regulations 2009
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Division 1—General 25A—Definitions (section 21A of Act) (1) For the purposes of the definition of designated member in section 21A of the Act, the following members are prescribed: (a) a police member; (b) a member employed by SA Ambulance Service to whom regulation 18 applies. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of eligible fund in section 21A of the Act, Super SA Select is prescribed. 25B—Transfer of funds (section 21B of Act) (1) Subject to subregulation (2), only 1 application to transfer funds may be made by a member under section 21B(1) of the Act in a financial year. (2) The Board may permit a member to make more than 1 application to transfer funds under section 21B(1) of the Act in a financial year if the Board considers that the member's circumstances are exceptional. (3) An application to transfer funds under section 21B(1) of the Act may not be made in relation to an amount that is less than the minimum transfer amount fixed by the Board for the purposes of this regulation. (4) If a member applies to the Board under section 21B of the Act to transfer an amount standing to the credit of an account maintained by the Board on behalf of the member to Super SA Select, the Board may not accept the application unless the member is a member of Super SA Select at the time the application is made. (5) For the purposes of section 21B(3)(a) of the Act, $25 000 is prescribed as the minimum amount. (6) The Board may determine the eligible contribution account or accounts from which amounts are to be deducted on behalf of a member for the purposes of section 21B of the Act. 25C—Exclusion from operation of section 21C of Act Pursuant to section 21C(1)(c) of the Act, persons who are members of the Triple S scheme solely by virtue of regulation 9(2), (5) or (8) are excluded from the operation of that section. 25D—Employer obligations (section 21E of Act) A notification required to be given by a person's employer to the Board under section 21E(3) of the Act must be given within 14 days of the day on which the employer first makes a contribution to the person's selected fund. 25E—Matters affecting eligibility of funds (section 21F of Act) (1) For the purposes of section 21F(c) of the Act, the prescribed period is 14 days from the day on which the person receives a fund selection notice from their employer (as required under section 21E(1)(c) of the Act). (2) If, under section 21F of the Act, section 21 of the Act applies to a person as if a fund selection had not been made by the person, the person will, if they are not already a member of the Triple S scheme, become a member of the scheme on the day on which a contribution is first made on behalf of the member to the Treasurer by the member's employer pursuant to section 21 of the Act. 25F—Commencement of membership if direction given under section 21G of Act If a person who gives a direction under section 21G(1) of the Act becomes a member of the Triple S scheme by virtue of subsection (3)(a) of that section, the person's membership of the scheme commences on the day on which the member's employer first makes a contribution on behalf of the member in accordance with subsection (3)(b) of that section. 25G—Fund selection takes effect when first contribution made For the purposes of these regulations, if a person makes or varies a fund selection, the selection or variation takes effect on the day on which a contribution is first made by the employer of the person who made the selection or variation to the person's selected fund in accordance with the requirements of the Act.