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State Authorities Superannuation Regulation 2025
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25 Payment of family law superannuation entitlements—the Act, s 45K(b), (e) and (f)
(1) An amount of a non-contributor spouse’s family law superannuation entitlement that must be paid or released by STC must be released when, or as soon as practicable after, the details referred to in section 24(4)(b)(i) are received.
(2) If the amount must be transferred or rolled over, the amount must be transferred or rolled over—
(a) to a complying superannuation fund or an RSA nominated by the non-contributor spouse under this part within 30 days after the nomination is made, or
(b) if no nomination is made within the period prescribed by section 23—to the Aware Super Fund within 30 days after the end of the period.
(3) STC must, within 28 days after taking an action specified in subsection (1) or (2), give the contributor and non-contributor spouse a written notice stating the following—
(a) that STC paid, released, transferred or rolled over the family law superannuation entitlement,
(b) the amount of the entitlement,
(c) how the amount was calculated,
(d) in the notice given to the contributor—the estimated amount of adjustment made to the benefit of the contributor,
(e) in the notice given to the non-contributor spouse, if the amount was transferred or rolled over to a superannuation fund or RSA—the name and contact details of the superannuation fund or RSA.
Note—
Under the Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2025 of the Commonwealth, section 98, STC may charge reasonable fees in relation to payment splits, payment flags, flag lifting and other related matters. The fees are payable in equal parts by the contributor and the non-contributor spouse.