Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996

Queensland Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Act 1988 SUPERANNUATION (GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEES) NOTICE 1996 Reprinted as in force on 7 March 1997 (includes amendments up to SL No. 18 of 1997) Reprint No. 1B This reprint is prepared by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy

Information about this reprint This notice is reprinted as at 7 March 1997. The reprint shows the law as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before that day (Reprints Act 1992 s 5(c)). The reprint includes a reference to the law by which each amendment was made—see list of legislation and list of annotations in endnotes. This page is specific to this reprint. See previous reprints for information about earlier changes made under the Reprints Act 1992. A table of earlier reprints is included in the endnotes. Also see endnotes for information about— • when provisions commenced • editorial changes made in earlier reprints.

Queensland SUPERANNUATION (GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEES NOTICE 1996 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Persons approved to be members of scheme—Act, s 34A(1)(a) . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Persons excluded from membership of scheme—Act, s 34A(1)(b) . . . . . . 4 SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 EMPLOYER ENTITIES SCHEDULE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 PERSONS EXCLUDED FROM MEMBERSHIP OF SCHEME ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 Table of earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

s1 3 s4 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 SUPERANNUATION (GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEES NOTICE 1996 [as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 7 March 1997] ˙ Short title 1. This notice may be cited as the Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 . ˙ Commencement 2. This notice commences on 1 February 1996. ˙ Definition 3. In this notice— “unit of the State public sector” has the meaning given by the Superannuation (State Public Sector) Act 1990 . ˙ Persons approved to be members of scheme—Act, s 34A(1)(a) 4.(1) A person is approved to be a member of the scheme if subsections (2) and (3) apply to the person. (2) This subsection applies to a person if the person— (a) is employed by or under the State; or (b) works under a contract with a unit of the State public sector that is wholly or principally for the person’s labour; or (c) holds, or performs the duties of, an appointment, office or position under a law of the State; or (d) is employed by an entity mentioned in schedule 1. (3) This subsection applies to a person if the person—

s5 4 s5 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 (a) regularly works at least 10 hours a week for the person’s employer and receives a regular salary for the employment; or (b) receives a yearly salary from the person’s employer that equals, or is at least, 50% of the tax-free threshold for taxation purposes under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cwlth); or (c) receives a salary of at least $450 a month. (4) This section has effect subject to section 5. ˙ Persons excluded from membership of scheme—Act, s 34A(1)(b) 5. A person mentioned in schedule 2 is excluded from membership of the scheme.

5 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 ¡ SCHEDULE 1 † EMPLOYER ENTITIES section 4(2)(d) 1. Queensland Sugar Corporation 2. Brisbane Market Trust 3. Gladstone Port Authority 4. Queensland Institute of Medical Research 5. Toowoomba Grammar School 6. Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing 7. Townsville Grammar School 8. South Bank Corporation 9. National Trust of Queensland 10. Queensland Livestock and Meat Authority 11. Board of Trustees of Newstead House 12. Queensland Investment Corporation 13. Rockhampton Port Authority 14. Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre Limited 15. South East Queensland Water Board 16. Raine Island Corporation 17. Dumaresq—Barwon Border Rivers Commission 18. Ports Corporation of Queensland 19. Tertiary Entrance Procedures Authority 20. Queensland Performing Arts Trust 21. Q Invest Limited

6 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 22. Isis Cane Protection and Productivity Board 23. Royal Queensland Theatre Company 24. Supreme Court Library 25. Mt Gravatt Community Options Association Incorporated 26. Building and Construction Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Authority 27. Gladstone Area Water Board 28. Board of Architects of Queensland 29. Board of Senior Secondary School Studies 30. Queensland Blind Industrial Centre 31. Brisbane Grammar School 32. Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees 33. Queensland Fire Service 34. WorkCover Queensland

7 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 ¡ SCHEDULE 2 † PERSONS EXCLUDED FROM MEMBERSHIP OF SCHEME section 5 1. A member of the State Public Sector Superannuation Scheme. 2. A person who is— (a) a person mentioned in section 4(2)(b) or (c); and (b) a member of another superannuation scheme approved by the Minister. 3. A person who is— (a) employed by Queensland Livestock and Meat Authority; and (b) a member of the Livestock and Meat Authority Staff Superannuation Scheme 4. A person who is a Supreme or District Court judge. 5. A person who— (a) is— (i) a commissioner under the Industrial Relations Act 1990 ; or (ii) a member of the Land Court; or (iii) employed under the Electricity Act 1994 ; and (b) is not a contributor to the State Service Superannuation Fund. 6. A person who— (a) is an employee of, or engaged by, a unit of the State public sector, while on leave from other employment; and (b) is a member of another superannuation scheme operated for the other employment and the State contributes, by agreement, to the

8 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 SCHEDULE 2 (continued) other scheme as the person’s employer. 7. A person who— (a) before 1 July 1991— (i) was employed by a university established under an Act; and (ii) has the status equivalent to, or higher than, a lecturer; and (iii) is eligible to contribute to a superannuation scheme for members of staff of the university; and (iv) is not a contributor to the State Service Superannuation Fund; or (b) on or after 1 July 1991— (i) began employment with, or was engaged by, a university established under an Act; and (ii) is not a contributor to the State Service Superannuation Fund. 8. An officer of the Legal Aid Commission who is a contributor to the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme established under the Superannuation Act 1976 (Cwlth).

9 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 † ENDNOTES ´ 1 Index to endnotes Page 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 Table of earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ´ 2 Date to which amendments incorporated This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). Accordingly, this reprint includes all amendments that commenced operation on or before 7 March 1997. Future amendments of the Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 may be made in accordance with this reprint under the Reprints Act 1992, section 49. 3 ´ AIA amd ch def div exp gaz hdg ins lap notfd om o in c p para prec pres prev = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Key Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations Acts Interpretation Act 1954 amended chapter definition division expires/expired gazette heading inserted lapsed notified omitted order in council page paragraph preceding present previous (prev) proc prov pt pubd R[X] RA reloc renum rep s sch sdiv SIA SL sub unnum = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = previously proclamation provision part published Reprint No.[X] Reprints Act 1992 relocated renumbered repealed section schedule subdivision Statutory Instruments Act 1992 subordinate legislation substituted unnumbered

10 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 ´ 4 Table of earlier reprints TABLE OF EARLIER REPRINTS [If a reprint number includes an arabic letter, the reprint was released in unauthorised, electronic form only] Reprint No. Amendments included Reprint date 1 none 2 February 1996 1A to SL No. 307 of 1996 7 November 1996 ´ 5 List of legislation Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 SL No. 10 notfd gaz 25 January 1996 pp 397–8 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification remaining provisions commenced 1 February 1996 (see s 2) as amended by— Superannuation (Government and Other (No. 1) 1996 SL No. 182 notfd gaz 28 June 1996 pp 1164–70 commenced on date of notification Employees) Amendment Notice Superannuation (Government and Other (No. 2) 1996 SL No. 273 notfd gaz 11 October 1996 pp 543–4 commenced on date of notification Employees) Amendment Notice Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Amendment (No. 3) 1996 SL No. 307 notfd gaz 1 November 1996 pp 868–9 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification remaining provisions commenced on 1 November 1996 (see s 2) Notice Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Amendment (No. 1) 1997 SL No. 18 notfd gaz 31 January 1997 pp 376–8 ss 1–2 commenced on date of notification remaining provisions commenced on 1 February 1997 (see s 2) Notice

11 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Notice 1996 ´ 6 List of annotations SCHEDULE 1—EMPLOYER ENTITIES amd 1996 SL No. 182 s 3; 1996 SL No. 273 s 3; 1996 SL No. 307 s 4; 1997 SL No. 18 s 4 © State of Queensland 1997