Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2020C00213:clause:3_20qd:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2020C00213
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 20QD (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 36864–39556

20QD  Payment in respect of inactive low‑balance accounts

Provider must pay Commissioner
 (1) A superannuation provider must pay the Commissioner (for the Commonwealth) the amount worked out under subsection (2) in respect of a person if:
 (a) an account is an inactive low‑balance account as at the end of an unclaimed money day; and
 (b) the account is held by the provider on behalf of the person; and
 (c) the account is still an inactive low‑balance account at the time (the calculation time) immediately before the earlier of:
 (i) the time (if any) the payment is made; and
 (ii) the time at which the payment is due and payable (assuming that the payment must be made).
The amount is due and payable at the end of the scheduled statement day for the unclaimed money day.
Note 1: For State or Territory public sector superannuation schemes, see sections 20QG and 20QH.
Note 2: Subsection 20QE(2) makes it an offence not to comply with a requirement under this subsection.
Note 3: The amount the superannuation provider must pay the Commissioner is a tax‑related liability for the purposes of the Taxation Administration Act 1953. Division 255 in Schedule 1 to that Act deals with payment and recovery of tax‑related liabilities. Division 284 in that Schedule provides for administrative penalties connected with such liabilities.
Note 4: The Commissioner may defer the time at which the amount is due and payable: see section 255‑10 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.
Note 5: Section 20QJ provides for refunds of overpayments by the superannuation provider to the Commissioner.
 (2) The amount payable in respect of the person is the amount that would have been payable by the superannuation provider if:
 (a) for a fund that is a regulated superannuation fund—the person had requested that the balance held in respect of each inactive low‑balance product in the account be rolled over or transferred to a complying superannuation fund (within the meaning of the SIS Act); and
 (b) for a fund that is an RSA or approved deposit fund—the person had requested that the balance held in the account be rolled over or transferred to a complying superannuation fund (within the meaning of the SIS Act).
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (2):
 (a) work out the amount that would have been payable at the calculation time; and
 (b) assume that the request were made before the calculation time; and
 (c) assume that the inactive low‑balance member had not died before the calculation time.

Family Law payment splits
 (4) If, as a result of a payment split that applies in relation to the account, the non‑member spouse (or his or her legal personal representative if he