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FAMILY LAW (SUPERANNUATION) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 67 Information about interests in self managed superannuation funds (Act s 90XZB, s 90YZR)

FAMILY LAW (SUPERANNUATION) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 67

Information about interests in self managed superannuation funds (Act s 90XZB, s 90YZR)

  (1)   This regulation applies in relation to a superannuation interest of a member of a self managed superannuation fund unless regulation   68A applies in relation to the interest.

  (2)   For subsections   90XZB(3) and 90YZR(3) of the Act and subject to subregulation (5), the information about the superannuation interest that must be provided to an applicant by the trustee of the plan is as follows:

  (aa)   if the interest is an unsplittable interest, a statement to that effect;

  (a)   a statement indicating whether the interest is subject to a payment split or payment flag and, if the interest is subject to a payment split (other than under a superannuation agreement, flag lifting agreement or splitting order in relation to which the non - member spouse's entitlement has been satisfied as required by Division   2.2), the information mentioned in subregulation (4);

  (b)   the date of commencement of the member's service period, within the meaning of subsection   995 - 1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 ;

  (c)   the date when the member first became a member of the plan;

  (d)   if the interest was in the payment phase at the appropriate date and the member is receiving ongoing pension payments--the payment phase information in relation to the interest mentioned in subregulation (3);

  (e)   if the interest was in the growth phase at the appropriate date and the trustee has given information, under Division   2.5 of the SIS Regulations, to each member of the plan that the plan is to be reconstructed or terminated--a statement to this effect;

  (ea)   if the application for information specifically requests the trustee to provide information about the withdrawal benefit in relation to the member--the withdrawal benefit in relation to the member at the date when the information is provided;

Note:   If an application for information specifically requests the information mentioned in paragraph   (ea) to be provided, the trustee is not required to provide any other information to the applicant under this regulation--see paragraph   (5)(a).

  (f)   if requested by the applicant, a copy of the governing rules of the plan;

  (g)   details of any fees that may be charged by the trustee under paragraph   59(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (f).

  (3)   For paragraph   (2)(d), the payment phase information in relation to the superannuation interest is:

  (a)   if the ongoing pension payments in respect of the interest are in respect of an allocated pension--the withdrawal benefit in relation to the member at the appropriate date; and

  (aa)   if the ongoing pension payments are in respect of a market linked pension--the market linked pension account balance at the appropriate date; and

  (b)   in any other case:

  (i)   the amount of annual pension benefit payable to the member at the appropriate date; and

  (ii)   a statement indicating whether the pension benefit is a lifetime pension or a fixed - term pension; and

  (iii)   if the pension is a fixed - term pension:

  (A)   the date when the pension payments commenced; and

  (B)   the length of the term; and

  (iv)   a statement indicating whether the pension benefit is indexed and, if so, the method of indexation.

Note:   The trustee is not required to provide the information mentioned in paragraph   (a) or subparagraph   (b)(i) unless a record of it is in the trustee's possession, power or control--see paragraph   (5)(b).

  (4)   For paragraph   (2)(a), the information that must be provided in relation to each payment split to which the superannuation interest is subject (other than under a superannuation agreement, flag lifting agreement or splitting order in relation to which the non - member spouse's entitlement has been satisfied as required by Division   2.2) is as follows:

  (a)   the operative time for the payment split;

  (b)   if the payment split is under subparagraph   90XJ(1)(c)(i) or (ii) or 90YN(1)(c)(i) or (ii) of the Act, or under a splitting order made under paragraph   90XT(1)(a) or 90YY(1)(a) of the Act, and the interest was in the payment phase at the appropriate date--the amount that, under subregulation   58(6) or 58D(3), a person is entitled to be paid from each splittable payment that becomes payable in respect of the interest;

  (c)   if the payment split is under subparagraph   90XJ(1)(c)(i) or 90YN(1)(c)(i) of the Act, or under a splitting order made under paragraph   90XT(1)(a) or 90YY(1)(a) of the Act, and the interest was in the growth phase at the appropriate date:

  (i)   the base amount specified in the relevant superannuation agreement or flag lifting agreement in relation to the interest; and

  (ii)   if applicable, the adjusted base amount at the appropriate date;

  (d)   if the payment split is under subparagraph   90XJ(1)(c)(ii) or 90YN(1)(c)(ii) of the Act and the interest was in the growth phase at the appropriate date:

  (i)   the amount set out in the document served on the trustee under paragraph   90XI(1)(b) or 90YM(1)(b) of the Act; and

  (ii)   if applicable, the adjusted base amount at the appropriate date;

  (e)   if the payment split is under subparagraph   90XJ(1)(c)(iii) or 90YN(1)(c)(iii) of the Act or under a splitting order made under paragraph   90XT(1)(b) or 90YY(1)(b) of the Act--the specified percentage that is to apply to any splittable payment that becomes payable in respect of the interest.

  (5)   The trustee is not required to provide information mentioned in this regulation to an applicant in any of the following circumstances:

  (a)   if the application for information specifically requests the trustee to provide the information mentioned in paragraph   (2)(ea) to the applicant, the trustee is not required to provide any other information mentioned in this regulation to the applicant;

  (b)   the trustee is not required to provide the information mentioned in paragraph   (3)(a) or subparagraph   (3)(b)(i) to the applicant unless a record of that information is in the trustee's possession, power or control.