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Superannuation (PSS)
Maximum Benefits (2015-2016)
Determination 2015

I, STEPHEN PAUL WHITTON, Director, APS Technical Team, Position No. 44, and Delegate of Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, pursuant to rules 5.6.5 and 5.7.7 of the PSS Rules, in the Schedule to the Deed in force under section 4 of the Superannuation Act 1990, DETERMINE as follows:

Dated  22 May 2015

S WHITTON
Delegate of Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation

1 Name of Determination

    This Determination is the Superannuation (PSS) Maximum Benefits
    (2015-2016) Determination 2015.

2 Commencement

       This determination takes effect on 1 July 2015.

3 Maximum Benefits – Lump Sums

    For rule 5.6.5 of the PSS Rules, the table in rule 5.6.1 has effect, for the financial year starting on 1 July 2015, as if the amounts specified in the following table were substituted for the amounts specified in that table:

Table – Maximum Benefits

Average Salary            Maximum Benefit

Less than $69,500.00      $695,000.00

$69,500.00 and over       10 times average salary

    4                    Maximum Benefits – AFP Lump Sums

    For rule 5.7.7 of the PSS Rules, the table in rule 5.7.1 has effect, for the financial year starting on 1 July 2015, as if the amounts specified in the following table were substituted for the amounts specified in that table:

Table – AFP Preliminary Maximum Benefits –         Lump Sums
Average Salary                                                Preliminary Maximum Benefit

Less than $69,500.00                                          $695,000.00

$69,500.00 and over                                           10 times average salary

    5                     Maximum Benefits – AFP Pensions

    For rule 5.7.7 of the PSS Rules, the table in rule 5.7.2 has effect, for the financial year starting on 1 July 2015, as if the amounts specified in the following table were substituted for the amounts specified in that table:

Table – AFP Preliminary Maximum Benefits – Pensions

Final Average Salary                                  Preliminary
                                                      Maximum Benefit

Less than $69,500.00                                  $973,000.00

$69,500.00 and over                                   14 times average salary