SCHEDULE 2 - Consequential Amendments

Section 14

Ambulance Service Act 1982

1.    Section 3 is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting the definitions of Commonwealth Acts and Constitutional Corporation ;

(b) by omitting the definition of Superannuation Scheme ;

(c) by omitting the definitions of trust deed and Trustee .

2.    Section 23 is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

(3)  The statement of accounts prepared by the Director under this section is to include a certificate by the Director that, if it is the case, the Director has met his or her obligations under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 of the Commonwealth in respect of any Ambulance member who is, or becomes, a member of an RSA or a complying superannuation scheme to which the Director contributes.

(4)  The Director is to include in the statement of accounts any other prescribed information relating to any other superannuation scheme or RSA in cases where persons appointed or employed under the State Service Act 2000 are performing functions for the purposes of this Act.

(5)  In this section –

Ambulance member has the same meaning as in the Retirement Benefits (Tasmanian Ambulance Service Superannuation Scheme) Act 2006 ;

complying superannuation scheme means the Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme established under section 7 of the Public Sector Superannuation Reform Act 1999 or a superannuation scheme that is a complying superannuation fund for the purposes of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 of the Commonwealth;

RSA means a Retirement Savings Account within the meaning of the Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997 of the Commonwealth.

3.    Sections 41 , 41A and 41B are repealed.

4.    Section 42(2) is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) "Director;" and substituting "Director; and" ;

(b) by omitting paragraphs (d) and (e) .

Public Sector Superannuation Reform Act 1999

1.    Section 3(1) is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting "Commission;" from paragraph (e) of the definition of Agency and substituting "Commission; or" ;

(b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (e) in the definition of Agency :

(f) the Tasmanian Ambulance Service;

(c) by omitting "Commission;" from paragraph (f) of the definition of Agency manager and substituting "Commission; or" ;

(d) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (f) in the definition of Agency manager :

(g) the Director of Ambulance Services;

(e) by inserting the following definition after the definition of Agency manager :

Ambulance member means a person appointed or employed under the State Service Act 2000 to perform functions for the purposes of the Ambulance Service Act 1982 ;

(f) by omitting the definition of employee and substituting the following definition:

employee means a person, other than a person who is excluded from the application of the Principal Regulations, who is employed in any position or capacity –

(a) as a State Service officer or State Service employee; or

(b) by a prescribed authority; or

(c) by a State-owned company; or

(d) by another body or person carrying on an industry or undertaking for or on behalf of the State –

and includes –

(e) a police officer, trainee and junior constable as defined in the Police Service Act 2003 ; and

(f) a Fire Service member who is first appointed or employed on or after 1 July 2005; and

(g) a Fire Service member appointed before 1 July 2005 who is not a member of the superannuation scheme continued by the Trust Deed in force under section 4 of the Retirement Benefits (State Fire Commission Superannuation Scheme) Act 2005 ; and

(h) an Ambulance member who is first appointed or employed on or after 30 June 2006; and

(i) an Ambulance member appointed before 30 June 2006 who is not a member of the superannuation scheme continued by the Trust Deed in force under section 4 of the Retirement Benefits (Tasmanian Ambulance Service Superannuation Scheme) Act 2006 ;