1Superannuation Act (No. 3) 1973

Superannuation Act (No. 3) 1973 No. 135 of 1973 AN ACT Relating to the Provision of Superannuation Benefits for Employees of the Darwin Community College. \[Assented to 13 November 1973\] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:— Short title and citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Superannuation Act (No. 3) 1973. (2) The Superannuation Act 1922-1971, as amended by the Superannuation Act 1973 and by the Superannuation Act (No. 2) 1973 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) Section 1 of the Superannuation Act (No. 2) 1973 is amended by omitting sub-section (4). (4) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Superannuation Act 1922-1973. Commencement. 2. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. (2) Section 3 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 19th July, 1973. Interpretation. 3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by omitting from the definition of “Approved authority” in sub-section (1) the words “and the Australian National University” and substituting the words “,the Australian National University and the Darwin Community College”; and (b) by inserting after sub-section (7) the following sub-section:— “(8) For the purposes of this Act, the Principal of the Darwin Community College shall be deemed to be employed by the College.”. Validation of certificates, &c., given in relation to Darwin Community College before date of Assent. 4. Any certificate, recommendation or direction given or made on or after 19th July, 1973, and before the date on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, and purporting to have been given or made for the purposes of sub-section 4 (6) of the Principal Act in relation to a person employed by the Darwin Community College, including the Principal of the College, shall be deemed to be, and to have been, as valid and effective as if the amendments of the Principal Act made by section 3 of this Act had been in force at the time when the certificate, recommendation or direction was given or made.