STATE AUTHORITIES NON-CONTRIBUTORY SUPERANNUATION ACT 1987 - As at 27 January 2023 - Act 212 of 1987

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Definitions
• 4 Salary
• 4A Salary of executive officers
4B. (Repealed)
• 5 Employees of the Crown etc
• 6 Provisions respecting certain employees
• 7 Irregular employees
• 8 Persons not subject to Act

PART 2 - FUNDS

• 9 Funds etc
• 10 Reserves for employers
• 10A Additional payments by certain employers
• 10B Commonwealth co-contribution accounts
• 10C Additional employer contributions accounts
• 11 Adjustment of accounts and reserves for interest etc
• 11A Source of administration costs payments
• 12 Funds, accounts and reserves generally
• 13 Actuarial investigation

PART 3 - CONTRIBUTIONS BY EMPLOYERS

• 14 Contributions by employer under Part 1 of Schedule 1 (The Crown and other employers)
• 15 Contributions by employer under Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Local government and other authorities)
• 16 Contributions by employer under Part 3 of Schedule 1 (Hospitals and other bodies)
• 16A Additional contributions by certain public sector employers
• 17 Contributions for irregular employees
• 18 Basis and making of contributions
• 18A Acceptance of contributions
• 19 Transfer of employees
• 19A Variation of employer contributions
• 20 Application of payments

PART 4 - BENEFITS

• 20A Scheme closed for new employees
• 21 Definitions
• 22 Basic benefit
• 22A Commonwealth co-contribution benefit
• 22B Additional employer contributions benefit
• 23 When benefits are payable
• 23A Benefit on attaining 65
• 23B Effect on other benefits
• 24 Benefit to be preserved
• 24A Preservation of benefit for employees aged 55 years and over in certain circumstances
• 24B Competing claims for spouses' or de facto partners' benefits
• 25 Preservation of benefit
• 25A Power of STC to purchase annuities etc out of benefit payable under this Act
• 26 Interest
• 26A Power of STC to reduce benefits to offset certain tax liabilities of a fund maintained under section 9 (1)
• 26AA Restoration of death benefit previously reduced to offset contribution tax liabilities
• 26AB Power of STC to reduce benefits for no-TFN tax
• 26B Benefits not payable if conversion election made
• 26BA Effect of revocation of conversion election

PART 4A - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR NON-CONTRIBUTING EMPLOYEES

• 26C Definitions
• 26D Contributing employees not affected
• 26E Non-contributing employees to have deferred accrued benefit instead of basic benefit
• 26F Deferred accrued benefit to be preserved on transfer of employment
• 26G Increase in benefit for non-contributing employees who cease employment before start of FSS Scheme
• 26H Transfers of contributions to FSS Scheme
• 26I Preservation of deferred accrued benefits

PART 4AA - PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRIVATISATION OF EMPLOYERS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

• 27AA Preservation of benefit for employees affected by Government initiatives
• 27AB Adjustment of employer liability on Government initiative taking effect
• 27AC Employer liabilities after Government initiative takes effect
• 27ACA Regulations relating to liabilities during transfer period

PART 4B - TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PRESERVED BENEFITS

• 27AD Transfer of eligible preserved benefits and associated preserved benefits

PART 4C - DEATH OR INCAPACITY BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS

• 27AE Definitions
• 27AF Application of Part
• 27AG Provision to be made with respect to death or incapacity benefits for firefighters

PART 4D - PROVISIONS RELATING TO FAMILY LAW SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION

• 27AH Definitions
• 27AI Payment of benefits where superannuation interests affected by flagging order or payment split
• 27AJ Payment splits
• 27AK Reduction of benefits of employee spouses
• 27AL Regulations

PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

• 27 Employers and employees
• 28 Employer to provide information
• 29 Employee or claimant to provide information
• 30 Assignment etc of benefit
• 31 Payment without grant of probate etc
• 31A Restriction on manner of payment of benefit
• 32 Recovery of money owing to STC
• 32A Payment where beneficiary is missing
• 33 Payment where beneficiary incapable
• 33A Information that must be disclosed to employees
• 33B Disputes
• 34 Regulations
• 35 Savings and transitional provisions
• SCHEDULE 1
• SCHEDULE 2
• SCHEDULE 3
• SCHEDULE 4
• SCHEDULE 5