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Remuneration Authority Act 1977

17: Provisions relating to Parliamentary and judicial superannuation

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"Rules about changing superannuation for Parliament and judges"

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When you look at the law about superannuation for Parliament and judges, you see it talks about how some rules can be changed. The Authority can make decisions that modify or replace some rules in the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956. Before the Authority makes these decisions, they must talk to the Government Superannuation Fund Authority.

You need to know that these decisions can start on the day they are made or on a different day. If no date is given, the decision starts on the day it is made. The Authority's decisions must be shared with the public, like when they decide on salaries for members of Parliament.

When the Authority makes a decision about superannuation, it does not affect the main rules in the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, unless the decision says it does. The Authority can decide to pay superannuation subsidies from public money, following the rules in the Act.

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17Provisions relating to Parliamentary and judicial superannuation

  1. Any determination under section 12(1)(b) or section 12B(2)(a) may contain provisions which modify, or are to apply instead of, provisions of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956.

  2. Before making a determination under section 12(1)(b) or section 12B(2)(a) in respect of rights under the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, the Authority shall consult with the Government Superannuation Fund Authority concerning the substance and form of the Authority's proposed determination.

  3. Repealed

  4. Any determination made under section 12(1)(b) or section 12(1)(ba) or section 12B(2), and any provision of any such determination, may be made so as to come into force on a date to be specified in that behalf in the determination, being the date of the making of the determination or any other date, whether before or after the date of the making of the determination or the date of the commencement of this section.

  5. Every such determination, and every provision of any such determination, in respect of which no date is specified shall come into force on the date of the making of the determination.

  6. Where a determination made under section 12(1)(ba) or section 12B(2)(b) requires or allows for, in relation to any person, the payment out of public money of any superannuation subsidy, that subsidy may in accordance with, and within any limits prescribed by, this Act and any such determination be paid out of public money without further appropriation than this section.

  7. Every determination under section 12(1)(b) or section 12(1)(ba) shall be made known in accordance with section 16 as if it were a determination in respect of the salaries and allowances of members of the House of Representatives.

  8. Except to the extent that a determination under section 12(1)(b) or section 12B(2)(a) modifies, or is expressed to be in substitution for, any provision of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, nothing in any such determination shall affect the provisions of that Act.

Notes
  • Section 17: replaced, on , by section 5 of the Higher Salaries Commission Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 66).
  • Section 17(2): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
  • Section 17(2): amended, on , by section 40 of the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 47).
  • Section 17(3): repealed, on , by section 82 of the Financial Markets Authority Act 2011 (2011 No 5).