Contents

Part 1                           Preliminary                                                                 

                        1       Name of regulations [see Note 1]                                     6

                        2       Commencement                                                              6

                        3       Interpretation                                                                   6

Part 2                           Allowances                                                                 

                        4       Interpretation                                                                   7

                        5       Certain allowances to be treated as salary                        8

                        6       Payment of allowance of a prescribed kind on a regular basis          10

                        7       Circumstances where part of salary or wages not to be treated as salary for purposes of Act                                                                                    12

                        8       Salary for purposes of determination of certain benefits 13

Part 2A                        Employees in receipt of shift allowance             

                      8A       Interpretation                                                                 15

                      8B       Payment of shift allowance on a regular basis                19

                      8C       Circumstances where part of salary or wages not to be treated as salary for purposes of Act                                                                                    19

                      8D       Annual rate of salary of eligible employee who has received shift allowance on a regular basis during period of 12 months                                            19

                      8E       Annual rate of salary on last day of service of certain persons who have ceased to be eligible employees                                                                    25

Part 2B                       Employees in receipt of expenses of office allowance

                      8F       Interpretation                                                                 34

                      8G       Part of salary or wages not to be treated as salary for purposes of Act        34

                      8H       Final annual rate of salary                                              34

Part 2C                       Employees in receipt of certain payments        

                        8I       Interpretation                                                                 36

                       8J       Part of salary or wages not to be treated as salary for purposes of Act -- location allowance or overtime payment                                                          36

                      8K       Final annual rate of salary in case of location allowance or overtime payment            36

Part 2D                       Employees in receipt of staff (member of parliament) allowance or departmental liaison officer allowance               

                      8M       Interpretation                                                                 38

                      8N       Election -- Parliamentary employment allowance            39

Part 2E                        Flexible remuneration packages                          

Division 1                     Total employment cost packages                                    

                      8P       Interpretation                                                                 41

                      8Q       Executive employees -- flexible remuneration packages 42

                    8QA       Higher duties allowances                                               43

Division 2                     Other flexible remuneration packages                             

                    8QB       Certain payments not to be treated as salary                  44

Part 2EA                    Employees under certain agreements or determinations       

                    8QC       Interpretation                                                                 45

                   8QD       Annual rate of salary (Act, s 5 (3))                                  46

Part 2F                        Certain employees who transfer to repatriation institutions  

                      8R       Interpretation                                                                 47

                      8S       Persons to whom this Part applies                                 47

                       8T       Annual rate of salary                                                      48

                      8U       Eligible allowances                                                        48

Part 2G                       Senior Officers' allowance                                     

                      8V       Definitions                                                                    50

                     8W       Circumstances in which Senior Officers' allowance to be treated as salary     50

                      8X       Payment of Senior Officers' allowance on a regular basis 51

                      8Y       Part of salary or wages not treated as salary in certain circumstances           52

                      8Z       Senior Officers' allowance not treated as salary for determination of certain benefits 53

Part 3                           Temporary employees                                            

                        9       Interpretation                                                                 55

                       10       Circumstances where part of salary or wages of temporary employee not to be treated as salary                                                                                    56

                       11       Final annual rate of salary of certain temporary employees 59

Part 4                           Employees on leave of absence                          

                       12       Interpretation                                                                 61

                       13       Salary of certain eligible employees on leave of absence without pay           62

                       14       Maximum rate of salary payable to eligible employees undertaking employment with approved organisations                                                                65

                       15       Salary of certain eligible employees undertaking employment during the period of leave of absence without pay                                                      66

                       16       Salary for purposes of determination of certain benefits 69

                       17       Annual rate of salary of certain employees where anniversary of birth occurs during period of leave of absence etc                                                     70

Part 5                           Miscellaneous                                                           

                       18       Eligible employees transferred outside the Australian Public Service 72

                       19       Variation of salary with retrospective effect                    72

                       20       Annual rate of salary of certain redeployed eligible employees etc    75

                       21       Annual rate of salary of certain eligible employees in Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation                                                   78

                       22       Annual rate of salary of employees remunerated under incentive schemes     80

                       23       Performance pay, bonuses and commissions                 81

Schedule 1                   Percentage rates for certain eligible employees           82

Part 1                              Employees of certain authorities or bodies                     82

Part 2                              Persons appointed or employed under certain laws         82

Part 3                              Persons holding certain offices                                      82

Notes                                                                                                          84

 

  

Notes to the Superannuation (CSS) Salary Regulations 1978

Note 1

The Superannuation (CSS) Salary Regulations 1978 (in force under the Superannuation Act 1976) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1978 No. 282 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments

Year and number	Date of notification in Gazette or FRLI registration	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
1978 No. 282	29 Dec 1978	1 July 1976
1981 No. 5	29 Jan 1981	29 Jan 1981	--
1985 No. 204	29 Aug 1985	29 Aug 1985	--
1985 No. 326	5 Dec 1985	5 Dec 1985	--
1986 No. 43	1 Apr 1986	1 Apr 1986	--
1986 No. 49	15 Apr 1986	15 Apr 1986	--
1987 No. 70	6 May 1987	6 May 1987	--
1988 No. 171	8 July 1988	8 July 1988	--
1988 No. 231	22 Sept 1988	22 Sept 1988	--
1988 No. 250	21 Oct 1988	21 Oct 1988	--
1988 No. 350	21 Dec 1988	21 Dec 1988	--
1989 No. 77	4 May 1989	4 May 1989	--
1990 No. 128	19 June 1990	19 June 1990	--
1991 No. 167	28 June 1991	1 July 1990	--
1991 No. 312	16 Oct 1991	16 Oct 1991	--
1991 No. 466	19 Dec 1991	19 Dec 1991	--
1992 No. 169	25 June 1992	25 June 1992	--
1992 No. 219	30 June 1992	1 July 1992	--
1992 No. 266	26 Aug 1992	26 Aug 1992	--
1992 No. 290	11 Sept 1992	11 Sept 1992	--
1992 No. 397	16 Dec 1992	16 Dec 1992	--
1992 No. 427	24 Dec 1992	24 Dec 1992	--
1993 No. 4	29 Jan 1993	29 Jan 1993	--
1993 No. 102	3 June 1993	3 June 1993	--
1994 No. 18	18 Feb 1994	18 Feb 1994	--
1994 No. 249	7 July 1994	7 July 1994	--
1994 No. 273	26 July 1994	26 July 1994	--
1995 No. 32	8 Mar 1995	8 Mar 1995	--
1995 No. 275	26 Sept 1995	26 Sept 1995	--
1995 No. 348	23 Nov 1995	23 Nov 1995	--
1995 No. 407	19 Dec 1995	19 Dec 1995	--
1996 No. 8	31 Jan 1996	31 Jan 1996	--
1996 No. 204	17 Sept 1996	17 Sept 1996	--
1997 No. 188	1 July 1997	1 July 1997	--
1999 No. 29	2 Mar 1999	2 Mar 1999	--
2006 No. 54	23 Mar 2006 (see F2006L00801)	27 Mar 2006 (see r. 2)	--
2008 No. 79	16 May 2008 (see F2008L01467)	28 Mar 2008 (see r. 2)	--
2009 No. 169	30 June 2009 (see F2009L02609)	1 July 2009 (see r. 2)	--
2011 No. 131	30 June 2011 (see F2011L01374)	1 July 2011 (see r. 2)	--

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
R. 1........................................	am. 1995 No. 275
	rs. 1999 No. 29
Heading to Part I................. renumbered Part 1	am. 1992 No. 169
R. 3........................................	am. 1985 No. 326; 1992 No. 169
Part 2
Heading to Part II................ renumbered Part 2	am. 1992 No. 169
R. 4........................................	am. 1985 No. 326; 1988 No. 250
R. 5........................................	am. 1981 No. 5; 1988 No. 171; 1989 No. 77; 1992 No. 169
R. 6........................................	am. 1987 No. 70; 1992 No. 397
R. 7........................................	am. 1981 No. 5; 1987 No. 70; 1989 No. 77
R. 8........................................	am. 1987 No. 70
Part 2A
Heading to Part IIA............. renumbered Part 2A	am. 1992 No. 169
Part IIA..................................	ad. 1985 No. 326
R. 8A.....................................	ad. 1985 No. 326
R. 8B.....................................	ad. 1985 No. 326
R. 8C.....................................	ad. 1985 No. 326
R. 8D.....................................	ad. 1985 No. 326
	am. 1986 No. 49; 1991 No. 466
R. 8E.....................................	ad. 1985 No. 326
	am. 1986 No. 49; 1987 No. 70; 1991 No. 466
Part 2B
Heading to Part IIB............. renumbered Part 2B	am. 1992 No. 169
Part IIB..................................	ad. 1986 No. 43
R. 8F......................................	ad. 1986 No. 43
R. 8G.....................................	ad. 1986 No. 43
R. 8H.....................................	ad. 1986 No. 43
Part 2C
Heading to Part IIC............. renumbered Part 2C	am. 1992 No. 169
Part IIC..................................	ad. 1988 No. 171
R. 8I.......................................	ad. 1988 No. 171
	am. 1992 No. 169
R. 8J......................................	ad. 1988 No. 171
R. 8K.....................................	ad. 1988 No. 171
Part 2D
Heading to Part IID............. renumbered Part 2D	am. 1992 No. 169
Part IID..................................	ad. 1989 No. 77
R. 8M.....................................	ad. 1989 No. 77
R. 8N.....................................	ad. 1989 No. 77
Part 2E
Heading to Part 2E.............	rs. 1993 No. 102
Part 2E..................................	ad. 1992 No. 169
Division 1 of Part 2E
Heading to Div. 1 of........... Part 2E	ad. 1995 No. 275
R. 8P.....................................	ad. 1992 No. 169
	am. 1993 No. 102; 1994 No. 273; 1995 No. 275
R. 8Q.....................................	ad. 1992 No. 169
	am. 1992 Nos. 397 and 427
	rs. 1993 No. 102
	am. 1995 No. 32
R. 8QA..................................	ad. 1992 No. 397
Division 2 of Part 2E
Div. 2 of Part 2E..................	ad. 1995 No. 275
R. 8QB..................................	ad. 1995 No. 275
Part 2EA
Heading to Part 2EA..........	rs. 1999 No. 29
Part 2EA...............................	ad. 1997 No. 188
R. 8QC..................................	ad. 1997 No. 188
	am. 1999 No. 29
	rs. 2006 No. 54;
	am. 2008 No. 79
	rs. 2009 No. 169
R. 8QD..................................	ad. 1997 No. 188
	rs. 1999 No. 29
Part 2F
Part 2F..................................	ad. 1992 No. 219
R. 8R.....................................	ad. 1992 No. 219
R. 8S.....................................	ad. 1992 No. 219
	am. 1994 No. 249
R. 8T......................................	ad. 1992 No. 219
R. 8U.....................................	ad. 1992 No. 219
Part 2G
Part 2G.................................	ad. 1994 No. 18
R. 8V.....................................	ad. 1994 No. 18
R. 8W....................................	ad. 1994 No. 18
R. 8X.....................................	ad. 1994 No. 18
R. 8Y......................................	ad. 1994 No. 18
R. 8Z......................................	ad. 1994 No. 18
Part 3
Heading to Part III............... renumbered Part 3	am. 1992 No. 169
R. 9........................................	rs. 1985 No. 326
R. 10......................................	am. 1985 No. 326; 1987 No. 70
R. 11......................................	am. 1985 No. 326
Part 4
Heading to Part IV.............. renumbered Part 4	am. 1992 No. 169
R. 12......................................	am. 1986 No. 49; 1992 No. 266; 2011 No. 131
R. 13......................................	am. 1986 No. 49; 1991 Nos. 167 and 312; 1992 Nos. 266 and 290; 1993 No. 4; 2011 No. 131
R. 14......................................	am. 1986 No. 49; 1991 No. 466
R. 15......................................	am. 1986 No. 49; 1987 No. 70
R. 17......................................	am. 1981 No. 5; 1986 No. 49; 1987 No. 70
Part 5
Heading to Part V............... renumbered Part 5	am. 1992 No. 169
R. 18......................................	am. 1986 No. 49
R. 19......................................	rs. 1981 No. 5
	am. 1986 No. 49
R. 20......................................	ad. 1985 No. 204
	am. 1986 No. 49; 1990 No. 128
R. 21......................................	ad. 1988 No. 231
R. 22......................................	ad. 1988 No. 350
	am. 1993 No. 4
R. 23......................................	ad. 1994 No. 18
Schedule 1
Schedule 1..........................	ad. 1992 No. 169
	am. 1992 No. 427; 1993 No. 102; 1995 Nos. 32, 348 and 407; 1996 Nos. 8 and 204; 1997 No. 188