Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this Act
—
actuary means a fellow or accredited member of the
Institute of Actuaries of Australia, or any other person with actuarial
knowledge and experience who is approved by the Treasurer;
benefit means a benefit paid or payable under a
scheme, whether paid or payable as a lump sum, pension, allowance or annuity
or in any other form;
Board means the Government Employees
Superannuation Board under section 5;
Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001
(Commonwealth);
Employer means —
(a) the
Crown; or
(b) the
Government of Western Australia; or
(c) a
Minister of the Crown; or
(d) an
authority, body or person prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
Fund means the Government Employees Superannuation
Fund under section 14;
GES Act means the
Government Employees Superannuation Act 1987 as in force immediately before
this Act came into operation;
Member means a member of a scheme;
scheme , except in section 30, means a
superannuation scheme established or continued under this Act;
subsidiary means a body determined under
subsection (3) to be a subsidiary of the Board;
Treasurer’s guidelines means guidelines
issued by the Treasurer under section 33(2).
(2) For the purposes
of this Act, a person who —
(a)
holds an office or position established or continued under a written law; or
(b) is
appointed to an office or position by the Governor, a Minister, an Employer or
a person who works for an Employer,
is taken to work for
an Employer.
(3) Part 1.2 Division
6 of the Corporations Act applies for the purpose of determining whether a
body is a subsidiary of the Board.
[Section 3 amended: No. 18 of 2006 s. 6; No. 25 of
2007 s. 5 and 19(2); No. 35 of 2011 s. 6 and 31.]