Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The employer - sponsor contribution exception applies for a quarter to a member of regulated superannuation fund to, or in respect of, whom a benefit is provided by the fund under a choice product or MySuper product held by the member by taking out or maintaining insurance if:
(a) an employer - sponsor notifies the trustee of the fund in writing that the employer - sponsor will pay insurance fees relating to the benefit for the member; and
(b) the member is:
(i) an employee of the employer - sponsor, or an associate of the employer - sponsor; or
(ii) the relative or dependant of such an employee; and
(c) the quarter ends after the employer - sponsor notifies the trustee under paragraph (a); and
(d) the amount the employer - sponsor contributes to the fund for the quarter exceeds the amount that the employer - sponsor would need to contribute to avoid an individual superannuation guarantee shortfall for the member for the quarter; and
(e) that excess is equal to or greater than the insurance fees relating to the benefit for the quarter.
(2) In this section:
"quarter" means a period of 3 months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October.