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MILITARY SUPERANNUATION AND BENEFITS DECLARATION (NO. 6) 1996 NO. 169

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 169

ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND PERSONNEL

MILITARY SUPERANNUATION AND BENEFITS ACT 1991

MILITARY SUPERANNUATION AND BENEFITS DECLARATION (No. 6)

The Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991 ("the Act") makes provision in Part 8 for the payment of a retention benefit to certain members of the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme ("the Scheme') who have completed 15 years of continuous eligible service. The purpose of the benefit is to induce members to serve for another 5 years to their 20 year point An "eligible member" is defined in section 30 of the Act to include: an officer who holds the rank not lower than Major or equivalent (or who was previously an enlisted member); an enlisted member who holds the rank of Sergeant or equivalent; or a member declared by the Minister to be an eligible member.

Members who fail to satisfy the minimum rank requirement and are in employment categories where the normal opportunities for promotion do not exist have been declared to be eligible members by the Minister. These employment categories, referred to as specified categories, are listed in the Minister's declarations.

The purpose of this Declaration is to declare the Navy employments of Aviation Pilot and Communications-Signals and the Air Force employments of Non Destructive Inspection Technician and Advanced Aircraft Structural Fitter as specified categories.

Clause 1. Citation

This clause is formal.

Clause 2. Eligible Members

This clause defines who is an eligible member for the purposes of the Declaration.

Schedule

The Schedule lists the four employment categories declared as specified categories.

Commencement

The Declaration comes into operation on the date of gazettal.