Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Order 1991 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1991 No. 118 ————— Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Act 1988 SUPERANNUATION (GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EMPLOYEES) ORDER 1991 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section 1. Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Amendment of ArticlesoftheGovernmentOfficers’SuperannuationScheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Amendment of Article 5 (EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS) . . . . . . . . 4. Amendment of Article 9 (PRESERVATION AND OUTWARD PORTABILITY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1 1 1 2 ————— Short title 1. This order in council may be cited as the Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Order 1991. Amendment of Articles of the Government Officers’ Superannuation Scheme 2. The Articles of the Government Officer’s Superannuation Scheme are amended as set out in this order in council. Amendment of Article 5 (EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS) 3. After Article 5(2), insert —

2 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Order 1991 ‘Discretionary contributions ‘(2A) The Board may, in its absolute discretion, receive from any Employer, for and on behalf of any Employee of the Employer who has not attained the age of 65 years, amounts in addition to those referred to in Articles 5(1) and (2). ’. Amendment of Article 9 (PRESERVATION AND OUTWARD PORTABILITY) 4. Article 9(2)— omit all the words before the Table, insert — ‘(2) Despite Article 9(1), if a member elects, under section 3B of the State Service Superannuation Act 1972, to become a member of the scheme within the meaning of the Superannuation (State Public Sector) Act 1990, then— (a) so much of the amount standing to the credit of the member’s account as represents the member’s Accumulated Employer Contributions is to be transferred to the Government Superannuation Provision Fund kept by the Treasurer; and (b) the remainder of the amount (if any) standing to the credit of the account is to be transferred to the State Public Sector Superannuation Fund. ‘(3) Despite Article 9(1), if— (a) a member who becomes an employee of Griffith University elects under section 8(2) of the GriffithUniversityandQueenslandConservatoriumofMusicAmalgamationandMiscellaneous Amendments Act 1991 to become a member of the Superannuation Scheme for Australian Universities; or (b) a member who is employed by one of the educational institutions specified in the following Table elects, under section 3B of the State Service Superannuation Act 1972, to become a member of the Superannuation Scheme for Australian Universities; then the amount standing to the credit of the member’s account is to be transferred to the Trustee of the Tertiary Education Superannuation Scheme. ’.

3 Superannuation (Government and Other Employees) Order 1991 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 31 October 1991. 2. Published in the Gazette on 2 November 1991. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Treasury Department. The State of Queensland 1991