Parliamentary Superannuation Act 2004

Default Fund (Parliamentary Superannuation) Declaration 2004

I, NICHOLAS HUGH MINCHIN, Minister for Finance and Administration, pursuant to section 17 of the Parliamentary Superannuation Act 2004 (the Act), do hereby:

(a)                declare that the Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST), a superannuation fund established pursuant to a Trust Deed dated 22 June 1990 and a complying superannuation fund within the meaning of section 4 of the Act, is the default fund for the purposes of the Act; and

(b)               specify the day on which this Declaration is signed as the date of effect of this Declaration. 

Dated this  16th day of August 2004.

Nick Minchin

Minister for Finance and Administration