Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SUPERANNUATION ACT 1990 No. 38, 1990 - SECT 8

8. (1) A temporary employee (other than a temporary employee referred to in
paragraph 6 (1) (e), (f) or (g)) may elect, by writing in a form approved by
the Board, to become a member of the Superannuation Scheme.

(2) If a temporary employee who makes an election:

   (a)  is employed under a contract for a term of not less than3
months; or

   (b)  has, during the period of 2 years immediately before the
election, been a temporary employee, a permanent employee or
the holder of a statutory office for a period that is not less, or for
periods that together are not less, than 3 months; or

   (c)  has a transfer value from another superannuation scheme
(other than the scheme established under the Superannuation Act 
1976 ) that the temporary employee intends to pay into the Fund; the election
has effect from and including the day on which it is made.

(3) If subsection (2) does not apply in relation to the temporary employee,
the election has effect immediately after the end of the day on which the
temporary employee has completed:

   (a)  if paragraph (b) does not apply - a period of employment of 3
months; or

   (b)  if during any period or periods within 2 years before the
commencement of his or her present employment, the temporary
employee was a permanent employee, a temporary employee or
the holder of a statutory office - a period of employment that
together with the first-mentioned period or periods is equal to 3
months.