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Superannuation (State Public Sector) Regulation 2023
sec.5Meaning of superannuable salary
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### sec.5 Meaning of superannuable salary
The superannuable salary of an employee who is not a member of the Legislative Assembly means the total worked out under section 4 (1) , other than the following—
amounts for over-award payments, shift loadings or commissions;
an amount paid to the employee by way of fee or allowance, unless the Governor in Council decides the amount is to be included for the purposes of this paragraph.
The superannuable salary of an employee who is a member of the Legislative Assembly means the total of the following—
the salary paid to the employee under the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal Act 2013 , section 41 ;
any additional salary paid to the employee under the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal Act 2013 , section 42 .
However, if a unit of the State public sector and an employee of the unit make an agreement under section 15 , the superannuable salary of the employee, for the purposes of calculating the employer contributions payable by the unit, means the superannuable salary agreed on.
Terms used in subsection (1) (a) have the same meanings as they have in the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cwlth) , section 6 (1) , definition ordinary time earnings .
(sec.5-ssec.1) The superannuable salary of an employee who is not a member of the Legislative Assembly means the total worked out under section 4 (1) , other than the following— amounts for over-award payments, shift loadings or commissions; an amount paid to the employee by way of fee or allowance, unless the Governor in Council decides the amount is to be included for the purposes of this paragraph.
(sec.5-ssec.2) The superannuable salary of an employee who is a member of the Legislative Assembly means the total of the following— the salary paid to the employee under the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal Act 2013 , section 41 ; any additional salary paid to the employee under the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal Act 2013 , section 42 .
(sec.5-ssec.3) However, if a unit of the State public sector and an employee of the unit make an agreement under section 15 , the superannuable salary of the employee, for the purposes of calculating the employer contributions payable by the unit, means the superannuable salary agreed on.
(sec.5-ssec.4) Terms used in subsection (1) (a) have the same meanings as they have in the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cwlth) , section 6 (1) , definition ordinary time earnings .
- (a) amounts for over-award payments, shift loadings or commissions;
- (b) an amount paid to the employee by way of fee or allowance, unless the Governor in Council decides the amount is to be included for the purposes of this paragraph.
- (a) the salary paid to the employee under the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal Act 2013 , section 41 ;
- (b) any additional salary paid to the employee under the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal Act 2013 , section 42 .