State Authorities Superannuation Act 1987

For the purposes of this Act, salary, in relation to a contributor (other than an executive officer) means the sum of—

the remuneration, salary or wages payable in money to the contributor in the contributor’s capacity as a contributor, as reported to STC from time to time by the contributor’s employer, including—

a loading in respect of any shift allowance, as determined in accordance with the regulations, and

other allowances payable in money that are of a kind included within the value of leave paid on termination of employment, and

weekly workers compensation paid to the contributor as from a date determined by STC under subsection (1B),

if salary sacrifice contributions are made in respect of the contributor, the amounts payable for those contributions under section 19B, and

if approved employment benefits are provided to the contributor, the cost of providing the approved employment benefits, as determined by the Minister, with the concurrence of the Treasurer.

The weekly workers compensation to be treated as salary for the purposes of this Act does not include any amount by which the aggregate of—

the weekly workers compensation paid to an injured contributor, and

the salary actually paid to the contributor while partially incapacitated,

STC may determine a date as from which weekly workers compensation paid to a contributor is to be treated as salary for the purposes of this Act, being a date not earlier than—

1 April 1988 (the date of commencement of this Act), or

if the liability to pay weekly workers compensation in respect of the contributor first arose on a date later than 1 April 1988—that later date.

Despite subsection (1), the regulations may provide that the salary of an employee or class of employees (other than an executive officer) for the purposes of this Act is to be determined in the manner prescribed by the regulations.

A regulation may be made under subsection (1C) only if the Minister and the Treasurer certify in writing that—

there has been a change in the basis on which the remuneration of the employee or class of employees is determined, and

the effect of that change is to change the basis of remuneration to an annualised one, and

the effect of the regulation is not to reduce the benefits that would have accrued under this Act to the employee or class of employees, had there been no change in the basis of remuneration, and

the making of the regulation and associated arrangements will not result in a greater financial cost to the Government than if the regulation and associated arrangements were not made.

The excluded amounts or allowances are—

an amount paid for overtime or as a bonus, or an allowance instead of overtime,

except to the extent determined in accordance with the regulations, as referred to in subsection (1) (a)—an amount paid as shift allowance,

except to the extent that this section otherwise provides—a relieving allowance,

an expense allowance or an allowance for travelling, subsistence or other expenses,

an equipment allowance,

in respect of any period during which the contributor takes extended leave (or leave in the nature of extended leave) otherwise than on full pay, such part of the remuneration received by the contributor as exceeds the salary (within the meaning of subsection (1)) that he or she would have received had he or she taken leave on full pay,

an amount paid for rent or as a residence, housing or quarters allowance, and

an amount of weekly workers compensation excluded by subsection (1A).

If a contributor’s employer, or a person authorised to do so on behalf of the employer, certifies in writing to STC that a relieving allowance to be, or being, paid to the contributor in the contributor’s capacity as an employee is likely to be paid for a continuous period of 1 year (whether or not the period is partly before the date of the certificate), the allowance is, as from—

the date on which the certificate is lodged with STC, or

the date from which the allowance becomes payable,

If a relieving allowance has been paid to a contributor in the contributor’s capacity as an employee for a continuous period of 1 year that ends after the appointed day and, during that period, the allowance has not been treated as part of the contributor’s salary in accordance with subsection (3), the allowance shall, as from the expiration of that period of 1 year, be treated as part of the contributor’s salary while its payment to the contributor continues.

For the purposes of subsection (4), a reference to a continuous period of 1 year in relation to a contributor who is employed in an educational institution is to be read as a reference to the academic year of the institution.

If a contributor is on secondment to another employer, the salary of the contributor for the purposes of this Act is the salary paid or payable to the contributor by the other employer.

The Governor may, by order in writing, declare unconditionally, or subject to conditions, that subsection (7) applies—

to a contributor specified in the order who is on secondment but not to another employer, and

generally during the period of that secondment, or during such period as is specified in the order, being, in either case, a period commencing before, on or after the date of the order.

During the period in which this subsection is declared pursuant to subsection (6) to apply to a contributor on secondment, the contributor’s salary shall, for the purposes of this Act, be that paid or payable in respect of the employment to which he or she is seconded.

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