Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MILITARY SUPERANNUATION AND BENEFITS ACT 1991 - SECT 3

             (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"associate benefit" means a benefit that is payable under provisions of the Trust Deed that are authorised by section 5A.

"Board" means the Military Superannuation and Benefits Board of Trustees No. 1 established by section 18.

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board.

"Commissioner" means the person who for the time being:

                     (a)  holds the office of; or

                     (b)  is acting as;

Commissioner for Superannuation under Part II of the Superannuation Act 1976 .

"DFRDB Act" means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 .

"Fund" means the fund established, and vested in the Board, by the Trust Deed.

"Rules" means the Rules for the administration of the Scheme set out in the Schedule to the Trust Deed.

"Scheme" means the superannuation scheme established by the Trust Deed.

"Trust Deed" means the deed referred to in section 4 and includes that deed as subsequently amended under section 5.

"trustee" means a person who holds office as a trustee of the Board and includes the Chairperson.

             (2)  Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or expression:

                     (a)  defined, for the purposes of the Rules, in Schedule 1 to the Rules; and

                     (b)  used in a provision of this Act other than the Deed;

has in that provision the same meaning as it has in the Rules.