First State Superannuation Amendment Regulation 2008 (NSW)

2008 No 382

New South Wales

First State Superannuation

Amendment Regulation 2008

under the

First State Superannuation Act 1992

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the First State Superannuation Act 1992.

JOHN WATKINS, M.P.,

Minister for Finance

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the First State Superannuation Regulation 2008 so as to prescribe certain employment for the purposes of section 8 (5) (a) of the First State Superannuation Act 1992. That section exempts employers from having to make superannuation contributions for certain employees in relation to employment of a kind prescribed by the regulations. In lieu of superannuation such employees receive a payment in addition to their salary or wages equivalent to what they would have received in superannuation.
This Regulation is made under the First State Superannuation Act 1992, including sections

8 (5) (a) and 15 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 106 of 29 August 2008, page 8322	Page 1
2008 No 382
Clause 1	First State Superannuation Amendment Regulation 2008

First State Superannuation Amendment Regulation

2008

under the

First State Superannuation Act 1992

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the First State Superannuation Amendment
Regulation 2008.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 5 September 2008.

3 Amendment of First State Superannuation Regulation 2008

The First State Superannuation Regulation 2008 is amended by inserting after clause 4:

4A	Exempted employment
(1) The following employment is prescribed for the purposes of section 8 (5) (a) of the Act:

(a)	employment as an election official under the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912,
(b)	employment as an electoral official under the Local Government Act 1993,

but only if the person’s appointment under the Act concerned is limited to employment at a polling place on a polling day for an election conducted under that Act.

(2) In this clause:
polling day means the day on which an election under the
Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912 or the
Local Government Act 1993 is conducted.
polling place means a place appointed by the Electoral
Commissioner to be a polling place for the purpose of
taking a poll at an election under the Parliamentary
Electorates and Elections Act 1912 or the Local
Government Act 1993.

BY AUTHORITY