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. > CSC (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) has the same meaning as in the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011. > CSS has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 1976. > CSS Fund has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 1976. > designated employer has the meaning given by section 3AA. > permanent employee means a person employed in a permanent capacity by the Commonwealth or by an approved authority, but does not include a person who is engaged or appointed for employment outside Australia only, not being a person who is included in a class of persons approved by the Minister, in writing, for the purposes of this definition. > PSSAP has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 2005. > PSSAP Fund has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 2005. > PSS Fund means the Fund established, and vested in CSC, by the Trust Deed. > Note: From 1 July 2011, the Fund is vested in CSC. > PSS invalidity pensioner means a person who is an invalidity pensioner as defined by the Rules. > Public Sector Superannuation Scheme means the superannuation scheme established by the Trust Deed. > Rules means the Rules for the administration of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme set out in the Schedule to the Trust Deed. > State authority means an authority or body, whether corporate or not, established by a State, or by or under a law of a State. > statutory office means: (a) an office established by an Act, by regulations made under an Act or by a law of a Territory; or (b) an office declared, in writing, by the Minister to be a statutory office for the purposes of this Act. temporary employee means a person employed, otherwise than in a permanent capacity, by the Commonwealth or by an approved authority, but does not include a person engaged or appointed for employment outside Australia only (other than such a person who is declared, in writing, by the Minister to be a person to whom this definition applies). > Trust Deed means the deed referred to in section 4 and includes that deed as subsequently amended.