Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1991 No. 130, 1991 - SECT 16

16. (1) Section 51 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "Minister" and substituting "Board";
(b) by omitting from subsection (1A) "Minister" and substituting "Board";
(c) by omitting from subsection (2) "Minister" and substituting "Board";

   (d)  by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

"(2A) The Minister may, in writing, formulate principles with respect to the
giving by the Board of directions for the purposes of subsection (1).

"(2B) The Minister must give to the Chairperson of the Board a copy of any
principles formulated under subsection (2A).

"(2C) In considering whether to give a direction for the purposes of
subsection (1) and whether to give a direction subject to conditions, the
Board must have regard to any such principles that are in force.";

   (e)  by omitting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsection:

"(6) A person who is on leave of absence without pay for reasons related to:

   (a)  the birth of a child of the person or of the spouse of the person; or

   (b)  the termination (otherwise than by child-birth) of a pregnancy of the
        person; or

   (c)  the adoption of a child by the person; is taken, for the purposes of
        this section, not to be absent during that period on leave of absence
        without pay.".

(2) A direction given by the Minister for the purposes of subsection 51 (1) of
the Principal Act that was in force immediately before the commencement of
this section is taken, after that commencement, to have been made by the
Commonwealth Superannuation Board of Trustees No. 2 for the purposes of
subsection 51 (1) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.