Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Declaration No. 3 (Cth)

Statutory  Rules  1990   No. 174 ¹

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Declaration under the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988

I, RALPH WILLIS, Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Declaration under paragraph 3E (1) (b) of the Superannuation
(Productivity Benefit) Act 1988.

Dated 20 June 1990.

RALPH WILLIS

Minister for Finance

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^{DECLARATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 3E (1)(b) OF THE}

^{SUPERANNUATION (PRODUCTIVITY BENEFIT) ACT 1988}

Citation

1.   This Declaration may be cited as “Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Declaration No. 3”.

Commencement

1. This Declaration takes effect from 1 July 1990.

Rate to be used

3.   For the purpose of paragraph 3E(2) (a) of the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988, the rate of 0.1355, being the rate expressed as a decimal per annum that is the assessed secondary market yield last published by the Reserve Bank before 1 June 1990 in respect of 10-year non-rebate Treasury Bonds, is specified.

Specified formula

4.   For the purpose of paragraph 3E (1)(b) of the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988, the declared second interest factor for the financial year commencing on 1 July 1990 is to be ascertained using the following formula:

where:

“Interest” means the interest rate specified in clause 3;

“Days” means:

(a)  in the case of an employee who becomes a fund          employee—the number of days between the day following

the last day of the last pay period of the employee ending before 1 July 1990 and the day on which an amount first becomes payable under section 4F of that Act and

including both of those days;

(b)  in the case of an employee who becomes entitled to          receive an interim benefit under section 6 of that Act— the number of days between the day following the last  day of the last pay period of the employee ending before  1 July 1990 and the day on which the employee became entitled to receive the benefit; or

(c)  in the case of an employee who neither becomes a fund employee nor becomes entitled to receive an interim benefit – the number of days between the date of the day following the last day of the last pay period of the employee ending before 1 July 1990 and 30 June 1991.

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NOTE

1.      Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 June 1990.