Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SUPERANNUATION ACT 1976 - SECT 159

  (1)   This section applies to:

  (a)   an approved authority; and

  (b)   any other authority or body:

  (i)   whose staff consists of persons engaged under the Public Service Act; and

  (ii)   that has been declared by the Minister to be an authority or body to which this section applies; and

  (c)   an authority (other than an approved authority) or body whose staff include a person or persons mentioned in paragraph   (ec) of the definition of eligible employee in subsection   3(1).

  (2)   If the Minister so determines, an authority or body to which this section applies must make payments to the Commonwealth in respect of any person who:

  (a)   is, or was at any time:

  (i)   in the case of an approved authority--employed by that authority; or

  (ii)   in the case of an authority or body referred to in paragraph   (1)(b)--a member of the staff of the authority or body; and

  (b)   is an eligible employee, or was an eligible employee during the period when the person was employed by, or was a member of the staff of, the authority or body.

  (3)   Payments that an authority or body is required to make in respect of a person under subsection   (2) are to be made:

  (a)   at such times as the Minister determines; and

  (b)   in such amounts, or at such rates, as the Minister determines, having regard to the benefits that are or may become payable, or have been paid, to or in respect of the person.

  (4)   An authority or body that is required to make a payment under subsection   (2) may apply for that purpose any money under its control.

  (5)   For the purposes of this section, the holder of a statutory office whose remuneration is paid by an authority or body is taken to be employed by that authority or body.