"approved authority" has the meaning given by section 8.

"basic employer contribution" has the same meaning as in the Rules.

"Board" has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 1990 .

"designated employer" has the meaning given by section 19.

"employed" has a meaning affected by section 6.

"exempt overseas employee" has the meaning given by subsection 5(2).

"invalidity", in relation to a person, means the person's inability, because of any mental or physical condition, to perform the duties of his or her employment or office.

"modifications" includes additions, omissions and substitutions.

"ordinary employer-sponsored member" of PSSAP has the meaning given by section 18.

"Parliamentary Department" means a Department of the Parliament.

"PSS" means the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme within the meaning of the Superannuation Act 1990 .

"PSSAP": see Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan .

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

"PSS Fund "has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 1990 .

"public sector employee" has the meaning given by section 5.

"Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan" or PSSAP means the superannuation scheme established by the Trust Deed.

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

"statutory office" has the meaning given by section 7.

"Trust Deed" means:

(a) the deed referred to in section 10; or
(b) if the deed is amended—the deed as so amended.