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Superannuation Act 1976 - Declaration under subsections 134(1) and 145(11) (14/10/1976)

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What this does: The Minister (acting for the Treasurer) declares a set of named superannuation schemes to be "eligible" under s134(1) and "approved" under s145(11) of the Superannuation Act 1976, effective 1 July 1976. Who it affects: members, employers and administrators of the listed schemes. Why it matters: the declaration brings those schemes within Division 3 of Part IX and section 145’s regulatory and administrative regime, changing their legal recognition and associated reporting and compliance obligations.

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Superannuation Act 1976 - Declaration under subsections 134(1) and 145(11) (14/10/1976)

SUPERANNUATION ACT 2376

DECLARATION

I, Eric Laidlaw Robinson, Minister of State for Post and Telecommunications, acting for and on behalf of the Treasurer:-

(a) in pursuance of sub-section 134(1) of the Superannuation Act 1976, declare the superannuation schemes specified in the schedule to this Declaration to be eligible superannuation schemes for the purposes of Division 3 of Part IX of that Act;

(b) in pursuance of sub-section 145(11) of the Superannuation Act 1976, declare the superannuation schemes specified in the schedule to this Declaration to be approved superannuation schemes for the purposes of section 145 of that Act; and

(c) specify the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventy six as the day on which this Declaration is deemed to have come into force.

THE SCHEDULE

(i) The superannuation scheme constituted by the provisions of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948;

(ii) The superannuation scheme constituted by the provisions of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973;

(iii) The Commonwealth Hostels Provident Fund;

(iv) The Australian Services Canteens Organisation Superannuation Fund;

(v) The Australian Wool Corporation Provident Fund;

(vi) The Melbourne University Staff Superannuation Scheme;

(vii) The University of Sydney Professorial Superannuation System;

(viii) The University of Adelaide Superannuation Scheme;

(ix) The University of New England Professorial Superannuation System;

(x) The Superannuation System of the Flinders University of South Australia;

(xi) The La Trobe University No 1 Superannuation Scheme;

(xii) The Monash University Statute 3.6 Superannuation Scheme;

(xiii) The University of Tasmania Staff Superannuation and Additional Benefits Scheme;

(xiv) The University of Queensland Staff Superannuation Scheme.

Dated this fourteenth day of October 1976.

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1 Superannuation Act 1976 - Declaration under subsections 134(1) and 145(11) (14/10/1976)