(1)

In these Orders:

"Act" means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 .

"Family Law Act "means the Family Law Act 1975 .

"first quarter", in relation to a half-year, means:

(a)

for a half-year beginning on 1 January in a year — the March quarter of the year; and

(b)

for a half-year beginning on 1 July in a year — the September quarter of the year.

"FLS Regulations" means the Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001 .

"half-year" means a period of 6 months beginning on 1 January or 1 July in any year.

"prescribed half-year" means the half-year commencing on 1 January 2002 or a subsequent half-year.

"Statistician" means the Australian Statistician.

(2) An expression that is used in these Orders and defined in section 49A of the Act has the meaning given by that section.

Note
Section 49A of the Act defines expressions including non-member spouse , operative time and transfer amount . Some expressions are defined in section 49A to have the same meaning as in the Family Law Act.