107AInterpretation

#### 107A Interpretation (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears: > prescribed amount, in relation to a State employee, means the amount paid to the employee from the State Fund upon his ceasing to be a contributor to that fund other than any amount so paid: (a) in respect of contributions paid by him to the State Fund for reserve units of pension; (b) in respect of contributions paid by him to the State Fund by way of voluntary savings; or (c) that is of a kind determined by the Board to be excluded from the prescribed amount. > relevant date, in relation to a State employee, means the date on which he becomes employed by the Commonwealth or an approved authority. > State employee means a person who: (a) becomes employed by the Commonwealth or by an approved authority before 1 July 1976 in such circumstances as are specified by the Minister by a determination in writing made for the purposes of this definition, whether before or after his becoming so employed; and (b) was, immediately before the relevant date, a contributor to a State Fund. > State Fund means a fund or account established under the law of a State to provide superannuation or other similar benefits for persons employed in the Public Service, the Railway Service or any other service of that State. (2) In this Part, a reference to contributions paid by a State employee to a State Fund for reserve units of pension is a reference to contributions paid by a State employee to a State Fund that are of a similar nature to contributions under this Act for reserve units of pension. (3) In determining, for the purposes of this Part, the number of units of pension (including, where necessary, a fraction of a unit) that will entitle a State employee to benefits equivalent to those related to contributions to the State Fund, the Board shall disregard: (b) the provisions of this Act that authorize the payment, in any circumstances, of benefits to or in relation to the spouse or a dependant of a contributor to the Fund; and (c) the rules governing the operation of the State Fund that authorize the payment, in any circumstances, of benefits to or in relation to the spouse or a dependant of a contributor to the State Fund. (4) In the application of a Part of this Act other than this Part to or in relation to a State employee: (a) a reference in such a Part to an employee as defined by section 4 shall be read as including a reference to a State employee; and (b) a State employee shall be deemed to have become an employee for the purposes of this Act on the relevant date.