Victorian Current Acts

PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND SUPERANNUATION ACT 1968

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title, commencement and division  
   2.      Purpose  
   3.      Definitions  

   PART 2--PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES AND THE BUDGET

           Division 1--Statement of Principles

   4.      Outline of Division  
   4A.     Fair and reasonable recompense for public duties  
   4B.     Good faith and integrity  
   4C.     Personal responsibility and accountability  

           Division 2--Salaries, work-related parliamentary allowances and other allowances

   6.      Members' salaries and allowances and work-related parliamentary allowances  
   7.      Calculation of salaries and allowances under section 6  
   7A.     Salary sacrifice  
   7B.     Imposition of fine  
   7C.     Assembly Suspension Fines Fund  
   7D.     Council Suspension Fines Fund  
   7E.     Separation payment  
   7EA.    Separation payment—finding of serious parliamentary misconduct, improper conduct or detrimental action  

           Division 3--The Budget

   7F.     The Budget  
   9.      Application of Consolidated Fund  

           Division 4--Monitoring, compliance and enforcement provisions relating to work-related parliamentary allowances and the Budget

   9A.     Value for money  
   9B.     Dominant purpose test  
   9C.     Member must not make claims or use or incur expenses in breach of Tribunal Guidelines or terms or conditions  
   9D.     Travel allowance to be claimed as a reimbursement  
   9E.     Claim for work-related parliamentary allowance or under the Budget  
   9F.     Relevant Officer may request further information  
   9G.     Relevant Officer must make determination  
   9H.     Member may appeal  
   9I.     Prescribed details to be published  
   9J.     Information to be included in annual report  

           Division 5--Regulations and guidelines

   9K.     Regulations  
   9L.      Minister may make guidelines  

           Division 6--Transitional provisions

   9M.     Purpose of this Division  
   9N.     Application of Act  

           Division 7--Review

   9O.     Minister to conduct review  

   PART 3--THE SCHEME

           Division 1--Preliminary

   10.     Definitions  
   10A.    Registration of names of adult children  
   10B.    Payment of children's and adult children's allowances  
   14.     Deduction from salaries of members  

           Division 2--Existing benefits scheme

   14A.    Application of Division  
   15.     Members' superannuation benefit  
   16.     Right to convert part of entitlement to lump sum entitlement  
   17.     Pension on retirement on grounds of ill health  
   18.     Entitlements on death of member  
   18AA.   Board's discretion to determine qualifying partners  
   18A.    Re-instatement of pension cancelled on the ground of re‑marriage  
   18B.    Superannuation guarantee  
   20.     Entitlements on resuming membership  
   21.     Certain persons may elect to be subject to this Part  

           Division 3--New benefits scheme

   21A.    Application of this Division  
   21B.    Transfer entitlement  
   21C.    Benefits  

           Division 3A--Family Law provisions

   21CA.   Definitions  
   21CB.   Accrued benefit multiple  
   21CC.   Obligation on Board  
   21CD.   Reduction of benefit  
   21CE.   Board may provide additional information  
   21CF.   Commutation rights not affected  
   21CG.   Charging of fees  

           Division 4--General provisions

   21D.    Payment of benefits subject to specified standards  
   22.     Provision where Commonwealth pension payable  
   23.     Entitlement to pension  
   23A.    Early release of benefits  
   24.     Transfer of preserved benefit  
   24A.    Money owing to the Scheme  
   24B.    Person may request Board to reconsider decision  
   24C.    Specified standards  
   24D.    Surcharge debt account  
   24E.    Commutation of pension to meet surcharge liability  
   24EA.   Commutation of pension to meet a superannuation interest taxation liability  
   24F.    Disclosure of contents of medical reports  
   25.     Regulations  

   PART 4--PARLIAMENTARY ACCUMULATION SUPERANNUATION ARRANGEMENTS

           Division 1--Preliminary

   26.     Definitions  
   27.     Meaning of complying superannuation fund  
   28.     Meaning of new arrangements entry time  
   29.     Meaning of new arrangements contribution period  

           Division 2--State's obligations to make contributions

   30.     Persons to whom this Division applies  
   31.     The State's obligations to make contributions  

           Division 3--Choice of funds

   32.     Meaning of fund—includes schemes and accounts  
   33.     When may a person choose a fund?  
   34.     The nature of the choice  
   35.     How to make a choice  
   36.     Duration of a choice notice  
   37.     Variation of a choice notice  
   38.     Revocation of a choice notice  
   39.     Obligation to notify person of right to choose a fund  

           Division 4--The default fund

   40.     Declaration of the default fund  

           Division 5--Miscellaneous

   41.     Salary sacrifice  
   42.     Appropriation  
   43.     Regulations  

   PART 5--GENERAL

   44.     Construction provision  
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