Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SUPERANNUATION (RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS) ACT 1993 - SECT 15D

             (1)  The Tribunal cannot deal with a complaint under section 14A, 15A or 15B to the extent that it relates to excluded subject matter.

             (2)  The Tribunal cannot deal with a complaint under section 14A unless the complainant, or the person through whom the complainant claims to have an interest in the life policy fund to which the complaint relates, was admitted to the fund on or after the day on which the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Legislation Amendment Act 1995 receives the Royal Assent (the Assent day ).

             (3)  Subsection (2) does not imply that if a person was admitted as a member of a life policy fund (however described) before the Assent day, that person, or a person claiming an interest in the fund through the first‑mentioned person, cannot make a complaint under section 14, whether before, on or after that day, about the decision of the trustee to admit the first‑mentioned person as a member of the fund.

             (4)  The Tribunal cannot deal with a complaint under section 15A unless the interest of the complainant, or of the person through whom the complainant claims to have that interest, in the annuity policy to which the complaint relates:

                     (a)  was acquired on or after the Assent day; or

                     (b)  was varied on or after the Assent day whether or not it was acquired on or after that day.

             (5)  The Tribunal cannot deal with a complaint under section 15B unless the interest of the complainant, or of the person through whom the complainant claims to have that interest, in the annuity policy to which the complaint relates, was acquired on or after the Assent day.

Note:          See section 3 for the definition of excluded subject matter .