Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00261:section:52:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00261
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 52 (pt 10/48)
Character Range: 56513–59451

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CALCULATION OF ELIGIBLE SERVICE

SCHEDULE 7

CALCULATION OF FINAL AVERAGE SALARY

SCHEDULE 8

CALCULATION OF EMPLOYER BENEFIT

SCHEDULE 9

CALCULATION OF MEMBER BENEFIT

SCHEDULE 10

TRANSFER VALUE

SCHEDULE 11

RATES OF INTEREST APPLICABLE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN UNFUNDED AMOUNTS
Military Superannuation and Benefits Rules
Part 1—Preliminary

Citation
1. These Rules may be cited as the Military Superannuation and Benefits Rules.
Definitions and interpretation
2. (1) The following expressions are defined or interpreted, for the purposes of these Rules, in the Glossary in Schedule 1. Unless otherwise stated, the expressions are in Part 1 of the Schedule.

Actuary
Board
calendar month
child
classification
Committee
contribution
Department
eligible child
eligible service
Emergency Forces
employer benefit
final average salary
financial year
foreign service member
Fund
funded employer benefit
higher duties allowance
invalidity
invalidity pension
invalidity pensioner
invalidity retiree
lump sum maximum benefit limit
MBL member
member
member benefit
membership
month
Parliamentary Candidates Act
pension
pension maximum benefit limit
Permanent Forces
prescribed fee
prescribed year
previous contributions
previous legislation
relevant percentage
relevant period
relevant provision
Reserve Forces
resign to contest an election (see Part 2)
retirement (see Part 3)
retirement pensioner
retiring age (see Part 4)
salary
Scheme
service
service allowance
service offence
spouse (see Part 5)
spouse's pension
Statistician
total benefit
transferred person
transfer value
unfunded preserved benefit
1948 Act
1973 Act
1973 Scheme
1973 Scheme recipient member
1973 Scheme re‑entrant
1973 Scheme retirement pensioner
1991 Scheme
1991 Scheme re‑entrant
(2) Interpretations of the following matters, for the purposes of these Rules, are provided in Parts 6 to 9 of Schedule 1:
Part 6 Parts of speech and grammatical forms
Part 7 Number
Part 8 Reckoning of time
Part 9 Attainment of particular age.
Part 2—Contributions

Contributions by members
3. (1) A member is required to pay a contribution each fortnight in accordance with this Division.
(2) Where contributions by a member fall due during a period when he or she is on leave without pay, the member, or a person acting on his or her behalf, is to pay those contributions:
     (a) each fortnight; or
     (b) in such instalments and at such times as CSC approves; or
     (c) with the approval of CSC, in a lump sum.
Amount of contributions
4. (1) Subject to subrule (2), the amount of the contribution payable by a member in a fortnight is an amount equal to the relevant percentage of the amount of the salary paid to the member in that fortnight.
(2) Where a member elects under subrule (10) to vary the amount of the contribution payable by him or her, that election has effect in relation to the first salary fortnight in relation to which it can be applied in the ordinary