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This Declaration may be cited as the Superannuation (PSS) Approved Authority Exclusion Declaration.
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This Declaration changes the Superannuation Act 1990 by declaring a specified list of public bodies not to be "approved authorities" under the Act, so they cannot act as sponsoring employers for the Public Sector Superannuation (PSS) scheme. It affects employees and administrators of those named organisations by removing eligibility via that employer route; membership, contribution and administrative responsibilities will instead follow other statutory or contractual arrangements (see section 4 and the Act’s section 3).
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This Declaration may be cited as the Superannuation (PSS) Approved Authority Exclusion Declaration.
In this Declaration, unless the contrary intention appears:
the Act means the Superannuation Act 1990.
Each of the following authorities and bodies is declared,
under paragraph (a) of the definition of approved authority in section 3 of the Act, not to be an approved authority for the purposes of the Act:
Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority
Aboriginal Hostels Limited
Australian Airlines Limited
Australian Defence Industries Pty. Ltd.
Australian Maritime College
Australian National University
Australian Postal Corporation
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Charles Darwin University
Menzies School of Health Research
Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service
Northern Territory of Australia
Power and Water Corporation (established under the laws of the Northern Territory)
Telstra Corporation Limited
Tourism NT
University of Canberra
University College, being the college established by the University of New South Wales within the Australian Defence Force Academy.
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This Declaration may be cited as the Superannuation (PSS) Approved Authority Exclusion Declaration.
In this Declaration, unless the contrary intention appears:
the Act means the Superannuation Act 1990.
Each of the following authorities and bodies is declared,
under paragraph (a) of the definition of approved authority in section 3 of the Act, not to be an approved authority for the purposes of the Act:
Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority
Aboriginal Hostels Limited
Australian Airlines Limited
Australian Defence Industries Pty. Ltd.
Australian Maritime College
Australian National University
Australian Postal Corporation
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Charles Darwin University
Menzies School of Health Research
Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service
Northern Territory of Australia
Power and Water Corporation (established under the laws of the Northern Territory)
Telstra Corporation Limited
Tourism NT
University of Canberra
University College, being the college established by the University of New South Wales within the Australian Defence Force Academy.