Superannuation Act 1922

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

in relation to a deceased contributor or deceased pensioner, a child of the contributor or pensioner who is:

under the age of 18 years; or

a child:

who has reached the age of 18 years but is under the age of 21 years; and

who is receiving full‑time education at a school, college or university; or

a child:

who has reached the age of 21 years but is under the age of 25 years; and

who is receiving full‑time education at a school, college or university; and

where the child was born before the death of the contributor or pensioner—who was living with, or, in the opinion of the Commissioner, was wholly or substantially dependent upon, the contributor or pensioner immediately before that death; and

where the child was born after the death of the contributor or pensioner—who, in the opinion of the Commissioner, would have been living with, or wholly or substantially dependent upon the contributor or pensioner immediately before that death if the child had been born before that death; and

in relation to a person, being the widow, widower, wife or husband of a deceased contributor or a deceased pensioner, a child of the person who is:

a child of the kind referred to in subparagraph (a)(i);

a child of the kind referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii); or

a child:

of the kind referred to in sub‑subparagraphs (a)(iii)(A) and (B); and

who was born before the death of the contributor or pensioner and, in the opinion of the Commissioner, was wholly or substantially dependent upon the contributor or pensioner immediately before that death;

continuous service as a member of the Permanent Navy, the Regular Army or the Permanent Air Force; and

where an employee is transferred from the service of a State or Territory to the service of the Commonwealth, such permanent service of the employee under the State or Territory as is continuous with his service under the Commonwealth.

A person, other than a person who has been retired on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties, who is or becomes employed by the Commonwealth shall not be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be employed otherwise than in a permanent capacity by reason only that his appointment was or is on probation and has not been confirmed.

References in this Act to the retirement of an employee upon his attaining the age of sixty‑five years shall include the case of an employee whose retirement takes place on the day before he attains the age of sixty‑five years.

A reference in this Act to the pension, or to the number of units of pension, for which a contributor is contributing or for which he is a contributor shall be read as including a reference to any units of pension or fractions of a unit of pension for which he has completed payment of contributions and, unless the contrary intention appears, shall, subject to section 73 of the Superannuation Act 1959 and section 33 of the Superannuation Act 1963, also be read as including a reference to any units of pension in respect of which the whole or a part of his contributions has been deferred by virtue of either of those sections.

Subject to this Act, where, in pursuance of this Act, an employee becomes liable, or elects, to contribute for or in respect of a unit of pension or an additional unit of pension, or a fraction of a unit of pension or of an additional unit of pension, he shall be deemed to be a contributor for or in respect of that unit or additional unit, or that fraction of a unit or of an additional unit, as from the date when he becomes liable to contribute, or elects to contribute, as the case may be.

Where an employee has been or is appointed, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, for a term of years to a statutory office under the Commonwealth, he shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to continue to be an employee so long as he continues to be employed by the Commonwealth in that office (whether during or after the expiration of the term for which he was appointed) or in any other statutory office under the Commonwealth to which he may be appointed for a term of years.

A reference in subsection (3) to a statutory office does not include a reference to a statutory office the holder of which is not required by the terms of his appointment to give the whole of his time to the duties of his office.

Where a person is the holder for a term of years of a statutory office under the Commonwealth (whether his appointment was made before or is made after the commencement of this subsection) and, by the terms of his appointment, that person is required to give the whole of his time to the duties of his office, the Minister may direct that that person be deemed to be an employee within the meaning of this section, and that person shall be deemed to be such an employee as from the date of the direction or from such earlier date (not being a date earlier than the date of appointment to the statutory office) as the Board determines.

Where:

a person employed by the Commonwealth otherwise than in a permanent capacity is by the terms of his employment required to give the whole of his time to the duties of his employment;

that person has been so employed for a continuous period of not less than three years; and

the Public Service Board, or, on appeal from the Public Service Board, the Minister, certifies that that person’s employment is likely to be continued for a period of at least seven years;

Where:

a person employed by the Commonwealth under the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Act 1956 otherwise than in a permanent capacity is by the terms of his employment required to give the whole of his time to the duties of his employment;

that person has been so employed for a continuous period of not less than three years; and

the Director‑General of Security certifies that that person’s employment is likely to be continued for a period of at least seven years;

Where:

a person referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (5) or paragraph (a) of subsection (5A) was, during any period prior to the commencement of his employment by the Commonwealth, employed in employment within or outside Australia upon the termination of which:

a transfer value within the meaning of Division 2 of Part XA became payable to or in respect of him after the commencement of this subsection under a superannuation scheme applicable in relation to that employment;

a prescribed pension within the meaning of that Division became payable to him under such a scheme; or

any deferred benefits within the meaning of that Division became applicable in respect of him after the commencement of this subsection under such a scheme;

if the prior employment was employment in relation to which subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) applies—an amount equal to the amount of the transfer value referred to in that subparagraph has been paid to the Board in accordance with subsection (1) of section 119J;

The modifications referred to in subsection (5B) are as follows:

any period of the prior employment shall be deemed, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (5) or paragraph (b) of subsection (5A), as the case may be, to have been a period of employment of the same nature as the employment of the person referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection and to have been continuous with that employment;

if the total of the periods of the prior employment is more than three years but less than ten years—the reference in paragraph (c) of subsection (5) or subsection (5A), as the case may be, to seven years shall be read as a reference to the difference between ten years and the total of the periods of the prior employment; and

if the total of the periods of the prior employment is not less than ten years—subsection (5) or subsection (5A), as the case may be, has effect as if paragraph (c) of that subsection were omitted.

Subject to subsection (7), where a person employed by an approved authority is required by the terms of his employment to give the whole of his time to the duties of his office and:

the approved authority certifies that the person’s employment is likely to be continued for a period of at least seven years;

the person was, immediately prior to the commencement of his employment by the approved authority, a contributor to a Public Service Superannuation Fund as defined by section 108; or

the person was, during any period prior to the commencement of his employment by the approved authority, employed in employment within or outside Australia upon the termination of which:

a transfer value within the meaning of Division 2 of Part XA became payable to or in respect of him after the commencement of this subsection under a superannuation scheme applicable in relation to that employment;

a prescribed pension within the meaning of that Division became payable to him under such a scheme; or

any deferred benefits within the meaning of that Division became applicable in respect of him after the commencement of this subsection under such a scheme;

Where, in the case of a person referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (6), the total of the periods of the prior employment referred to in that paragraph was less than seven years, that subsection does not apply in relation to that person unless the approved authority certifies that the person’s employment is likely to be continued for a period that is not less than the difference between seven years and the total of the periods of his prior employment.

For the purposes of this Act, the Principal of the Darwin Community College shall be deemed to be employed by the College.

For the purposes of subsection (6) in its application in relation to Aboriginal Hostels Limited, that body shall be deemed to be constituted under an Act administered by the Minister administering the Aboriginal Land and Waters (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986.

Where a person was born on 29 February in any year, then, in any subsequent year that is not a leap year, the anniversary of the birth of the person shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to occur on 1 March of that subsequent year.