Superannuation Benefit (Interim
Arrangement) (Continuous Service)
Regulations 1988
Statutory Rules 1988 No. 266 as amended
made under the
Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988
This compilation was prepared on 1 October 2005
taking into account amendments up to SLI 2005 No. 207
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
Contents
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Contents
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Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
Classes of persons for determining qualifying
service
Notes
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Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
These Regulations are the Superannuation Benefit (Interim
Arrangement) (Continuous Service) Regulations 1988.
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Classes of persons for determining qualifying service
For the purposes of paragraph 5 (2) (b) of the Superannuation
(Productivity Benefit) Act 1988, each of the following classes
of persons is prescribed:
(a) persons employed on a relief basis by Aboriginal Hostels
Limited (a company incorporated in the Australian Capital
Territory) including persons employed:
(i) to perform the functions of hostel managers and
assistant hostel managers;
(ii) as nurses; and
(iii) to perform duties in relation to catering, cleaning
and security;
(b) persons employed in the Department of the Arts, Sport,
the Environment, Tourism and Territories, in connection
with the administration of the Australian Capital Territory,
as:
(i) Administrative Services Officers Class 1 (Assistants
and Attendants) at community facilities; or
(ii) Community Service Order Officers;
(c) persons employed by the Australian Capital Territory
Health Authority on a casual on-call basis;
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(d) persons employed by the A.C.T. Institute of Technical and
Further Education other than on a full-time basis;
(e) persons employed by the Australian Capital Territory
Schools Authority on a relief basis as:
(i) teachers; or
(ii) school assistants to perform clerical functions;
(f) persons employed in the Attorney-General’s Department:
(i) as Casual Court Reporting Typists;
(ii) as Casual Reporters; or
(iii) on a part-time basis as attendants in a court or
tribunal;
(g) persons engaged by the Statistician under the Statistics
Regulations to conduct interviews and perform other
related functions to assist the Statistician in the collection
of statistical information;
(h) persons employed by the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation on a part-time basis under:
(i) the ABC General Order 12/D/1, Clause 14 of
Journalists (ABC News) Award 1984; or
(ii) the ABC General Order 12/D/1, Clause 14 of
Musicians (ABC) Award 1985;
(i) persons employed by the Australian Institute of
Criminology on a temporary basis to provide research
assistance to a particular employee or employees;
(j) persons employed by the Australian Institute of Family
Studies as specialist assistants;
(k) persons employed by the Australian Maritime College on
a temporary basis to perform academic or general
functions;
(l) persons employed by the Australian National Railways
Commission on a full-time basis to carry out track
maintenance or train operations or both;
(m) persons employed in the Australian Taxation Office:
(i) on a seasonal basis as Administrative Services
Officers (Class 1) to perform general clerical
functions or data entry functions or both; or
(ii) on a relief basis as tea attendants;
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(n) persons employed by the Australian Telecommunications
Commission as manual assistants;
(o) persons employed on a part-time, temporary or fixed-term
basis in connection with the performance of the functions
and duties, and the excercise of the powers, of the
Australian Trade Commission;
(p) persons employed by the Canberra Institute of the Arts on
a part-time, semester-by-semester basis as teachers;
(q) persons employed in the Department of Finance on a relief
basis as tea attendants;
(r) persons employed in the Department of Immigration,
Local Government and Ethnic Affairs on a relief basis as
telephone interpreters for the Telephone Interpreter
Service;
(s) persons employed in the Department of the House of
Representatives during Parliamentary sittings:
(i) as Parliamentary Officers (Administrative Service
Officers, Class 1 or 2) to perform keyboard work;
(ii) as Parliamentary Security Attendants; or
(iii) as casual keyboard staff;
(t) persons employed in the Department of the Prime Minister
and Cabinet during Parliamentary sittings to perform
clerical and keyboard work for Parliamentary Liaison
Officers;
(u) persons employed in the Department of the Senate:
(i) on a full-time or relief basis, during Parliamentary
sittings, as Parliamentary Security Attendants,
Grade 1; or
(ii) on a full-time basis, during Parliament sittings, to
assist Parliamentary committees;
(v) persons employed in the Department of Transport and
Communications on a relief basis:
(i) as seagoing ships’ crew; or
(ii) as lighthouse keepers;
(w) persons employed by the Health Insurance Commission on
a regular relief basis;
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(x) persons employed in the High Court of Australia:
(i) while the Court is in session, as Court Reporting
Typists; or
(ii) as casual attendants;
(y) persons appointed as Associate Commissioners of the
Productivity Commission on a temporary, part-time basis;
(z) persons employed in the Joint House Department:
(i) during Parliamentary sittings as catering assistants
or catering tradespersons; or
(ii) on a part-time basis as guides;
(za) persons employed by the Law Reform Commission on a
part-time, relief basis as word processors;
(zb) persons employed by the Special Broadcasting Service as:
(i) editors, subtitlers or translators;
(ii) Journalists, Grade A, B or A1;
(iii) Broadcasters, Class 1, 2 or 3;
(iv) Operational Officers, Grade 1, 2, 3 or 4;
(v) Technical Officers, Grade 1 or 2;
(vi) Senior Technical Officers, Grade 1, 2 or 3; or
(vii) Administrative Service Officers;
(zc) persons employed in the Office of the Supervising
Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region on a temporary
basis to undertake routine laboratory, field and
administrative duties;
(zd) persons employed in the Department of Defence on a
casual basis as:
(i) bar attendants; or
(ii) butchers; or
(iii) catering attendants; or
(iv) cleaners employed under the Naval Defence Act
1910; or
(v) cleaners, general duties; or
(vi) cooks; or
(vii) head cooks; or
(viii) gardeners; or
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(ix) gardener’s labourers; or
(x) labourers; or
(xi) assistant printers; or
(xii) security officers; or
(xiii) storemen; or
(xiv) stores assistants;
(ze) persons employed in Medicare Australia on a regular relief
basis.
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Notes to the Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) (Continuous Service)
Regulations 1988
Table of Instruments
Notes to the Superannuation Benefit (Interim
Arrangement) (Continuous Service)
Regulations 1988
Note 1
The Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) (Continuous Service)
Regulations 1988 (in force under the Superannuation (Productivity
Benefit) Act 1988) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules
1988 No. 266 is amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on
1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative
instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative
Instruments. From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to
exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series).
Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number.
Table of Instruments
Year and
number
Date of
notification
in Gazette or
FRLI registration
Date of
commencement
1988 No. 266
1989 No. 181
1990 No. 43
1998 No. 114
2005 No. 207 (a)
4 Nov 1988
6 July 1989
27 Feb 1990
27 May 1998
19 Sept 2005 (see
F2005L02673)
4 Nov 1988
6 July 1989
27 Feb 1990
27 May 1998
1 Oct 2005 (see r. 2)
(a)
Application,
saving or
transitional
provisions
—
—
R. 4 [see Table A]
—
Select Legislative Instrument 2005 No. 207 was made under the Civil Aviation Act
1988, the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997, the Customs
Administration Act 1985, the Family Law Act 1975, the Financial Management and
Accountability Act 1997, the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988, the Freedom
of Information Act 1982, the Health Insurance Act 1973, the Health Insurance
Commission Act 1973, the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, the Lands
Acquisition Act 1989, the Maternity Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1973,
the Medical Indemnity Act 2002, the National Health Act 1953, the Ombudsman Act
1976, the Privacy Act 1988, the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987, the Public Works
Committee Act 1969 and the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988.
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(Continuous Service) Regulations 1988
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Notes to the Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) (Continuous Service)
Regulations 1988
Table of Amendments
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted
am. = amended
rep. = repealed
rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected
How affected
R. 1 .....................................
R. 2 .....................................
rs. 2005 No. 207
am. 1989 No. 181; 1990 No. 43; 1998 No. 114; 2005
No. 207
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Notes to the Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) (Continuous Service)
Regulations 1988
Table A
Table A
Application, saving or transitional
provisions
Statutory Rules 1998 No. 114
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Application of amendment
4.1 The amendment made by subregulation 3.2 has effect from the
commencement of the Productivity Commission Act 1998.
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