First State Superannuation Amendment (Australian Rail Track Corporation) Order 2008 (NSW)

2008 No 168

New South Wales

First State Superannuation

Amendment (Australian Rail Track

Corporation) Order 2008

under the

First State Superannuation Act 1992

MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 7 of the First State Superannuation Act 1992, make the following Order.

Dated, this 4th day of June 2008.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

JOHN WATKINS, M.P.,

Minister for Finance

Explanatory note
The First State Superannuation Act 1992 provides for certain former employees of Rail Infrastructure Corporation, RailCorp and the State Rail Authority who become employees of Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ARTC) to continue to be members of the First State Superannuation Scheme in certain circumstances. The object of this Order is to amend the First State Superannuation Act 1992 to extend this opportunity to former employees of those bodies who become employees of ARTC not later than 31 December 2008. Currently, the opportunity is only available to former employees who become employees of ARTC not later than 31 December 2007.

This Order is made under section 7 of the First State Superannuation Act 1992.

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First State Superannuation Amendment (Australian Rail

Track Corporation) Order 2008

under the

First State Superannuation Act 1992

1      Name of Order

This Order is the First State Superannuation Amendment (Australian
Rail Track Corporation) Order 2008.

2      Commencement

This Order is taken to have commenced on 31 December 2007.

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The First State Superannuation Act 1992 is amended by omitting paragraph (a) of the matter relating to the Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd in Schedule 1 and by inserting instead:

(a) become employees of Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd on or after 1 June 2004 and not later than 31 December 2008, and

BY AUTHORITY