Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
"prescribed amount" , in relation to a State employee, means the amount paid to the employee from the State Fund upon his ceasing to be a contributor to that fund other than any amount so paid:
(a) in respect of contributions paid by him to the State Fund for reserve units of pension;
(b) in respect of contributions paid by him to the State Fund by way of voluntary savings; or
(c) that is of a kind determined by the Board to be excluded from the prescribed amount.
"relevant date" , in relation to a State employee, means the date on which he becomes employed by the Commonwealth or an approved authority.
"State employee" means a person who:
(a) becomes employed by the Commonwealth or by an approved authority before 1 July 1976 in such circumstances as are specified by the Minister by a determination in writing made for the purposes of this definition, whether before or after his becoming so employed; and
(b) was, immediately before the relevant date, a contributor to a State Fund.
"State Fund" means a fund or account established under the law of a State to provide superannuation or other similar benefits for persons employed in the Public Service, the Railway Service or any other service of that State.
(2) In this Part, a reference to contributions paid by a State employee to a State Fund for reserve units of pension is a reference to contributions paid by a State employee to a State Fund that are of a similar nature to contributions under this Act for reserve units of pension.
(3) In determining, for the purposes of this Part, the number of units of pension (including, where necessary, a fraction of a unit) that will entitle a State employee to benefits equivalent to those related to contributions to the State Fund, the Board shall disregard:
(b) the provisions of this Act that authorize the payment, in any circumstances, of benefits to or in relation to the spouse or a dependant of a contributor to the Fund; and
(c) the rules governing the operation of the State Fund that authorize the payment, in any circumstances, of benefits to or in relation to the spouse or a dependant of a contributor to the State Fund.
(4) In the application of a Part of this Act other than this Part to or in relation to a State employee:
(a) a reference in such a Part to an employee as defined by section 4 shall be read as including a reference to a State employee; and
(b) a State employee shall be deemed to have become an employee for the purposes of this Act on the relevant date.