Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations
- (S.R. 2017, NO. 11)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Determination of preservation age
5. Application of regulations
PART 2 - Administration
6. Functions and powers of Commission
7. Provision of information
PART 3 - Fund
8. Operation of Fund
9. Investment of Fund
10. Actuarial investigations of Fund
11. Minister's guarantee
12. Accounts and records
PART 4 - Membership, Contributions and Benefits of Contributory
Scheme Division 1 - Preliminary
13. Calculation of salary sacrifice contributions
Division 2 - Membership
14. Exemption from contributing
15. Commission may exempt persons from contributing to Fund
16. Exemption from contributing for certain permanent employees
17. Purchase of certain periods of service
18. Recognition of service prior to commencement day
Division 3 - Contributions
19. Obligation of certain employees to contribute
20. Retrospective increase of rate of contributions
21. Commencement and cessation of contributions
22. Time and manner of paying contributions
23. Rates of contributions and related matters
24. Leave and compulsory superannuation contributions at contributor cost
25. Leave and optional superannuation contributions at contributor cost
26. Leave and optional superannuation contributions at full actuarial cost
27. Interest and contributions paid for taxation
28. Contributors' accounts
29. Deductions against contributors' accounts for death and disability
cover
Division 4 - Lump sum benefits
30. Interpretation of Division 4
31. Calculation of prospective service for contributors employed otherwise
than full-time
32. Adjustment of service and salary for contributors employed otherwise
than full-time
33. Benefit on early retirement of contributors
34. Benefit on redundancy or compulsory retirement
35. Savings for entitlements of certain contributors under Retirement
Benefits Act 1982
36. Benefit for full benefits contributors on death, terminal medical
condition or retirement due to total and permanent incapacity
37. Benefit for limited benefits contributors on death, terminal medical
condition or retirement due to total and permanent incapacity
38. Benefit payable on resignation or dismissal of contributors
39. Benefit payable on death or retirement after retirement age
40. Preservation of contributions
41. Payment of preserved benefits
42. Minimum benefit for 2.5% contributors
43. Supplemental lump sum benefit payable in certain cases
Division 5 - Interim pensions
44. Interim invalidity pensions
45. Interim pensions for surviving partners
Division 6 - Prescribed arrangements
46. Declaration of prescribed arrangement
47. Application of prescribed arrangements to contributors
PART 5 - Powers and Duties of Commission Division 1 - Compulsory
preservation accounts and investment accounts
48. Establishment of compulsory preservation accounts
49. Establishment of investment accounts
Division 2 - Payment of benefits
50. Time and manner of benefit payments
51. Release of preserved benefits
52. Early release of benefits
53. When Commission may make determination allowing early release of
money
54. Payment if beneficiary incapable
55. Payment if beneficiary bankrupt
56. Unclaimed benefits
Division 3 - Overdue contributions and overpayment of pensions
57. Recovery of overdue contributions and payments
58. Overpayment of pensions or benefits
PART 6 - Pensions
59. Conversion of lump sum benefits to pensions
60. Payment of pensions if lump sum converted
61. Pension conversion factors
62. Pensions payable to surviving partners
62A. Provisional surviving partner pension
63. Half-yearly adjustments to pensions
64. Duration of pensions
65. Time and manner of payment of pensions
66. Right of certain pensioners to commute pensions to lump sum
67. Amounts of pensions to be rounded off
67A. Commission may make certain deductions from pensions
PART 7 - Taxation, Preservation and Payment of Lump Sum and Pension
Benefit Entitlements
68. Calculation of notional contributions surcharge amounts
69. Calculation of notional taxed contributions
70. Provision of information
71. When benefit entitlements become payable
72. Contributions and benefit entitlements subject to taxation
73. Provision of certain information by Commission
74. Establishment of surchargeable contributions debt account
75. Right of members to pay into surchargeable contributions debt
accounts
76. Reduction of benefit entitlements
PART 8 - Family Law (Splitting of Superannuation Interests)
77. Interpretation of Part 8
78. Application of Part 8
79. Objects of Part 8
80. Duty of Commission to give effect to splitting instruments under
Family Law Act
80A. Commission to determine certain policies and procedures in respect of
payment splits
81. Accounts for non-member spouse
82. Commutation of pension on death of non-member spouse
83. Effect of benefit under splitting instruments
84. Fees for administration of Part 8
85. Provision of information by Commission
PART 9 - Financial
86. Determination of employer component of benefits
86A. Provision of proportion and periods for purposes of section 61(5) of
Act
87. Payments to Fund by Minister
88. Payments to Fund in respect of benefits reduced under Part 7
89. Provision for certain State authorities
90. Provision for payments by the State
91. Apportionment of employer liability
92. Determination of interest rates
PART 10 - Discretionary Powers of Commission Division 1 - Reduction
in salary
93. Interpretation of Division 1
94. Reduction in salary of certain contributors
Division 2 - Miscellaneous powers of Commission
95. Determination of questions arising under regulations
96. Power of Commission to determine invalidity
96A. Determination of terminal medical condition
97. Broken service
98. Medical examinations for entitlement to full benefits
99. Medical examinations for interim invalidity pensioners
99A. Reduction or suspension of interim invalidity pensions in certain
cases
100. False or misleading information
101. Power of Commission to reinstate lost rights
102. Power of Commission to grant pensions or lump sums not in
accordance with regulations
PART 11 - Review of Commission's Decisions
103. Commission not subject to direction
104. Statutory hearing
105. Right to apply to Supreme Court for declaration as to validity
106. Appeal against decisions, determinations or orders of Commission
PART 12 - Miscellaneous and Supplemental
107. Reduction or withholding of benefits
108. Pensions and benefits not assignable
109. Determination of surviving partner
110. Payment of benefits on death of Fund member
111. Duties of responsible officers and Commission to provide information
112. Contributors seconded to Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or
private sector
113. Pensions and benefits not office of profit under Crown
114. Proof of service of notices and documents
115. Applications for pensions and lump sum payments
115A. Revocation of elections made by persons
116. Power of Commission to seek further information
117. Power of Commission to withhold payment of benefits
118. Savings and transitional provisions
PART 13 - Tasmanian Ambulance Service Superannuation Scheme Division
1 - Preliminary
119. Interpretation of Part 13
120. Final average salary
121. Salary
122. Application of regulations to members
Division 2 - Operation of Fund
123. Operation of the TASS Fund
124. Taxation provision account
125. Investment income reserve account
Division 3 - Membership
126. Membership of TASS Scheme
127. Establishment of members’ accounts
128. Death and incapacity cover
Division 4 - Contributions
129. Contributions
130. Obligations of members to contribute
131. Time and manner of paying contributions
132. Temporary absences
133. Part-time employment
Division 5 - Benefits
134. Benefit payment standards
135. Transfer of benefit to RSA or complying superannuation scheme
136. Retirement benefit
137. Reductions in salary
138. Death benefit
139. Permanent incapacity
140. Temporary incapacity
141. Leaving service
142. Augmentation
143. Minimum benefit
144. Members whose date of admission is on or before 30 June 1996
Division 6 - Financial provisions
145. Fixing of scheme earning rate
146. Time and manner of benefit payments
147. Taxation of contributions and lump sum benefits
148. Notional taxed contributions
149. Establishment of surchargeable contributions debt account
150. Provision of certain information to and by the Commission
151. Ambulance Service to provide Commission with certain information about
members
152. Certificates
Division 7 - General provisions
153. Payment on death or permanent incapacity
154. Making of elections, directions, claims or applications
155. Recovery of money owing to Scheme
156. Payment without grant of probate
157. Provision of information to Minister
158. Arrangements to be made for dealing with inquiries or complaints in
relation to TASS Scheme
PART 14 - State Fire Commission Superannuation Scheme Division 1 -
Preliminary
159. Interpretation of Part 14
160. Meaning of salary
161. Meaning of service
162. Application of regulations to members
Division 2 - Operation of SFCS Fund
163. Operation of SFCS Fund
164. Taxation provision account
165. Investment income reserve account
Division 3 - Membership
166. Membership of SFCS Scheme
167. Establishment of members’ accounts
168. Death and incapacity cover
Division 4 - Contributions
169. State Fire Commission superannuation contributions
170. Obligations of members to contribute
171. Time and manner of paying contributions
172. Leave of absence
173. Part-time employees
Division 5 - Benefits
174. Benefit payment standards
175. Transfer of benefit out of scheme
176. Minimum benefit
177. Reductions in salary
178. Normal retirement benefit
179. Late retirement benefit
180. Early retirement benefit
181. Leaving the service
182. Entitlement to death or permanent incapacity benefit
183. Temporary incapacity pension
184. Former scheme benefit
Division 6 - Financial provisions
185. Fixing of interest rates
186. Time and manner of benefit payments
187. Taxation of contributions and lump sum benefits
188. Notional taxed contributions
189. Establishment of surchargeable contributions debt account
190. Provision of information by Commission
191. Tasmania Fire Service to provide Commission with certain information
about members
192. Scheme solvency certificates
Division 7 - General provisions
193. Payment on death or permanent incapacity
194. Making of elections, directions, claims or applications
195. Recovery of money owing to Scheme
196. Payment without grant of probate
197. Provision of information to Minister
198. Arrangements to be made for dealing with inquiries or complaints in
relation to SFCS Scheme
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SCHEDULE 3
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