No. 134, 2008
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 2
3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 3
4............ Entitlements from 1 July 2008........................................................... 3
Schedule 1--Finance and Deregulation amendments 5
Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 5
Schedule 2--Attorney‑General's amendments 13
Part 1--Amendment of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 13
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 13
Part 2--Amendment of other Acts 16
Federal Magistrates Act 1999 16
Part 3--Regulations 21
Schedule 3--Defence amendments 22
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 22
Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 24
Schedule 4--Treasury amendments 29
Part 1--Superannuation law 29
Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997 29
Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995 29
Superannuation (Government Co‑contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003 30
Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 31
Part 2--Taxation law 35
Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 35
Part 3--Application of amendments of the Family Law Act 1975 37
Schedule 5--Prime Minister and Cabinet amendments 38
Governor‑General Act 1974 38
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--Superannuation) Act 2008
No. 134, 2008
An Act to amend the law in relation to superannuation, and for related purposes
[Assented to 4 December 2008]
The Parliament of Australia enacts: