3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

accumulated funded contributions, in relation to a person who has ceased to be a member, means the sum of:

(a) the person’s accumulated member contributions (within the meaning of the Rules); and
(b) the person’s accumulated funded employer contributions (within the meaning of the Rules).

approved authority means:

(a) an authority or body (other than Australian Airlines Limited) that was, immediately before the commencement of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme, an approved authority for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1976 (other than any such authority or body declared, in writing, by the Minister not to be an approved authority for the purposes of this Act); and
(b) an authority or body (not being an approved authority by virtue of paragraph (a)) that is declared, in writing, by the Minister to be an approved authority for the purposes of this Act and is:
(i) a body corporate incorporated for a public purpose by an Act or regulations made under an Act or by a law of a Territory; or
(ii) an authority or body, not being a body corporate, established for a public purpose by, or under, an Act or regulations made under an Act or by or under a law of a Territory; or
(iii) a company or other body corporate incorporated under an Act or a law of a State or Territory, being a company or body corporate in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest; or
(iv) an authority or body (whether established by or under an Act or regulations made under an Act or by or under a law of a Territory or otherwise, and whether a body corporate or not) financed wholly or substantially, either directly or indirectly, by money provided by the Commonwealth; or
(v) a company or other body corporate incorporated under an Act or a law of a State or Territory, being a company or body corporate in which:
(A) an authority or body referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), or that is an approved authority by virtue of paragraph (a), has; or
(B) the Commonwealth and one, or more than one, such authority or body together have; or
(C) 2 or more such authorities or bodies together have;
a controlling interest.

associate benefit means a benefit that is payable under provisions of the Trust Deed that are authorised by subsection 5A(1).

Board means the board, called the Australian Reward Investment Alliance, established by section 20, as in force before its repeal by item 216 of Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2011.