Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 (NSW)

Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906 No 28

An Act to amend the Police Regulation Act 1899.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act, commencement and definitions (1) This Act may be cited as the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906. (1A) This Act shall commence on 1 February 1907. (2) In this Act, except to the extent that the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires— approved employment benefit means a benefit provided to a member of the NSW Police Force at the cost of the member's employer (being a benefit of a private nature) that is approved by the Minister, with the concurrence of the Treasurer, for the purposes of this section in relation to the member or a class of employees of which the member is a member. attributed salary of office of a contributor at any time means— (a) if the contributor is a full-time member of the police force at the time, the salary of office of the contributor at that time, or (b) if the contributor is a part-time member of the police force at the time, the salary of office that would be payable to the contributor at that time if employed as a full-time member of the police force. Aware Super Fund has the same meaning as Fund has in the Aware Super Act 1992. Board means the State Authorities Superannuation Board referred to in section 4 of the Superannuation Administration Act 1991. Commonwealth taxation law means a law of the Commonwealth providing for the levying and collection of a tax. contributor means contributor to the Fund. equivalent full-time service means the cumulative total of all periods worked by a contributor as a member of the police force (as a full-time member of the police force or a part-time member of the police force, or both) expressed as the nearest equivalent period of full-time service. equivalent service ratio is defined in section 6. executive officer means a member of the NSW Police Force who is— (a) a police executive officer, or (b) a member of the police force who is an office holder nominated for the purposes of section 11A of the Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Act 1975, or (c) a Public Service senior executive within the meaning of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013. (d) (Repealed) family law superannuation legislation has the same meaning as it has in Part 4A. family law superannuation payment has the same meaning as it has in Part 4A. full-time member of the police force means a member of the police force whose salary ratio is equal to 1. Fund means the Police Superannuation Fund established by this Act. hurt on duty, in relation to a member of the police force, means injured in such circumstances as would, if the member were a worker within the meaning of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, entitle the member to compensation under that Act. member of the police force means a police officer within the meaning of the Police Act 1990 or a member of the NSW Police Force who was a contributor immediately before being transferred to an administrative office under section 67 of that Act. part-time member of the police force means a member of the police force whose salary ratio is less than 1 but at least 0.1. penalty, in relation to a Commonwealth taxation law, includes (but is not limited to)— (a) a penalty rate of taxation under that law, and (b) the loss of a concessional rate of taxation under that law. police executive officer means an executive officer within the meaning of Part 5 of the Police Act 1990. police force means that part of the NSW Police Force which consists of members of the police force within the meaning of this Act. Police Medical Board means the Police Medical Board established under section 15A. relevant Commonwealth superannuation standard means a standard that would be applicable under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 of the Commonwealth if the Fund was a regulated superannuation fund under that Act. remuneration includes allowances and other benefits. salary of office, in relation to a member of the NSW Police Force other than an executive officer, means the sum of— (a) the remuneration ordinarily received by the member as the ordinary pay of the member's rank and position, not including— (i) an amount paid for overtime or as a bonus, or (ii) a relieving allowance, or (iii) an allowance paid instead of the supply of a uniform, or (iv) an expense allowance or an allowance for travelling, subsistence or other similar expenses, or (v) a climatic, disability or living allowance paid when stationed or residing at a particular place, or (vi) an allowance for equipment, or (vii) remuneration of a kind prescribed by the regulations as exempt for the purposes of this paragraph, or (viii) in respect of any period during which the member takes extended leave (or leave in the nature of extended leave) otherwise than on full pay, such part of the remuneration received by the member as exceeds the salary of office (within the meaning of this definition) that he or she would have received had he or she taken leave on full pay, unless the regulations otherwise provide, and (a1) if salary sacrifice contributions are made in respect of the member, the amounts payable for those contributions under section 5AD (3) (a) and (b), and (b) if approved employment benefits are provided to the member, the cost of providing the approved employment benefits, as determined by the Minister, with the concurrence of the Treasurer, expressed as an annual rate. salary of office, in relation to an executive officer, has the meaning set out in section 1AA. salary ratio of a contributor during a period means the number ascertained by dividing the salary of office of the contributor at the commencement of the period by the attributed salary of office of the contributor at that commencement. salary sacrifice contribution—see section 5AD (2). spouse of a member or former member of the police force who has died means the surviving spouse (including widow or widower) of the member or former member. STC means the SAS Trustee Corporation continued under the Superannuation Administration Act 1996. superannuation contributions surcharge means the superannuation contributions surcharge imposed under the Superannuation Contributions Tax Imposition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth. superannuation guarantee shortfall has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.