Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SUPERANNUATION (RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS) ACT 1993 No. 80, 1993 - SECT 3

3. (1) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this Act
has the same meaning as in the Supervision Act.

(2) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"complainant" means a person who has made a complaint under section 14;

"complaint" means a complaint that has been made under section 14;

"disability", in relation to a person, has the same meaning as in the
Disability Discrimination Act 1992;

"excluded complaint" means:

   (a)  a complaint about a decision of the trustee of a fund that is declared
        by the regulations to be a fund to which this Act does not apply; or

   (b)  a complaint about a matter declared by the regulations to be a matter
        about which complaints may not be made under this Act;

"excluded subject matter", in relation to a complaint, means that is declared
by the regulations to be excluded subject matter for the purposes of this Act;

"Federal Court" means the Federal Court of Australia;

"fund" means a regulated superannuation fund or an approved deposit fund;

"party", in relation to a complaint, has the meaning given by section 18;

"party's representative" means an officer or agent who is representing a party
in accordance with section 23;

"review meeting" means a meeting under Part 6 to review the decision of the
trustee to which the complaint relates;

"Supervision Act" means the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993;

"Tribunal" means the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal established by section
6;

"Tribunal Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Tribunal;

"Tribunal member" means a member of the Tribunal and includes the Tribunal
Chairperson.

"trustee", in relation to a complaint, means the trustee of the fund to which
the complaint relates;
Note 1: In relation to the definition of "trustee" see also the definition of

"trustee" in section 10 of the Supervision Act.
Note 2: For definitions of "approved deposit fund", "Commissioner", "excluded
approved deposit fund", " excluded fund", " excluded superannuation fund",

"function" and "regulated superannuation fund" see section 10 of the
Supervision Act.