Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

If the Regulator suspends all of the trustees of a superannuation entity, the Regulator must appoint a constitutional corporation or an individual to act as the trustee during the period of the suspension. The appointee is called the acting trustee.

If the Regulator removes all of the trustees of a superannuation entity, the Regulator must appoint a constitutional corporation or an individual to act as the trustee until the vacancy in the position of trustee is filled. The appointee is called the acting trustee.

The Regulator must not appoint an individual as the acting trustee of a superannuation entity unless the governing rules of the entity provide that the sole or primary purpose of the entity is the provision of old‑age pensions.

If:

there is a group of individual trustees of a superannuation entity; and

the Regulator suspends or removes all of the trustees; and

the Regulator is satisfied that any one or more of the persons who were suspended or removed is a fit and proper person to be appointed as the acting trustee;

In deciding whether it is satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (4)(c) in relation to a person who is or has been a trustee of a registrable superannuation entity, the Regulator may also take into account any criteria for fitness and propriety that are relevant to the trustee set out in the prudential standards.