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SUPERANNUATION (PSS) APPROVED AUTHORITY INCLUSION DECLARATION NO. 14 1994 NO. 398

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 398

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Finance

Superannuation Act 1990

Declaration under paragraph (b) of the definition of "Approved Authority" in section 3

The Superannuation Act 1990 (the 1990 Act) makes provision for and in relation to an occupational superannuation scheme, the Public Sector Superannuation (PSS) scheme, for persons employed by the Commonwealth and certain other persons.

Persons eligible to contribute under the 1990 Act include certain persons employed by an approved authority. In accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of "approved authority" in section 3 of the 1990 Act, an approved authority includes an authority or body that is declared in writing by the Minister for Finance to be an approved authority for the purposes of the Act, being an authority or body of a kind described in the definition.

Section 45 of the 1990 Act provides that such a declaration is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and a Statutory Rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903.

The Australian International Hotel School was established by the Canberra Institute of Technology Act 1987 and commenced employing staff from 1 December 1994. It is a body of a kind described in the definition of approved authority in subsection 3 of the 1990 Act. It is appropriate that the body be declared to be an approved authority for the purposes of that Act to enable its employees to remain or become members of the PSS scheme.

The declaration contained in the Statutory Rule, and cited as Superannuation (PSS) Approved Authority Inclusion Declaration No. 14, declares the Australian International Hotel School to be an approved authority for the purposes of the 1990 Act with effect from 1 December 1994.