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Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) (Superannuation) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1)1

  Statutory Rules 2001 No. 3092

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973.
Dated 8 October 2001

  PETER HOLLINGWORTH
  Governor-General
  By His Excellency's Command

  JOHN FAHEY
  Minister for Finance and Administration
1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) (Superannuation) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) (Superannuation) Regulations

  Schedule 1 amends the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) (Superannuation) Regulations.

4 Application of amendments

 (1) The amendments made by Schedule 1 apply:
 (a) for the purpose of working out an increase in the amount of the annual pension that is payable immediately before:
 (i) the prescribed half-year (as defined in the amendment made by item [5] of Schedule 1) beginning on 1 January 2002; and
 (ii) each subsequent prescribed half-year; and
 (b) for any other purpose related to the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a).

 (2) To avoid doubt, the amendments made by Schedule 1 do not affect any increase in the amount of the annual pension that arose from the operation of any provision repealed or amended by Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 1

substitute

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) (Superannuation) Regulations 1973.

[2] Part X

omit

[3] Part XA, heading

substitute

Part XA Pension increases on and after 1 January 2002

[4] Subregulation 111A (1), before definition of pension

insert
first quarter, in relation to a half-year, means:
 (a) for a half-year beginning on 1 January in a year — the March quarter of the year; and
 (b) for a half-year beginning on 1 July in a year — the September quarter of the year.
half-year means a period of 6 months beginning on 1 January or 1 July in any year.

[5] Subregulation 111A (1), after definition of pension

insert
prescribed half-year means the half-year commencing on 1 January 2002 or a subsequent half-year.

[6] Subregulation 111A (1), definition of prescribed year

omit

[7] Subregulation 111A (2)

after
March quarter

insert
or September quarter

[8] Subregulation 111B (1)

omit each mention of
March quarter

insert
first quarter

[9] Subregulation 111B (1)

omit each mention of
year

insert
half-year

[10] Subregulation 111B (2)

omit
year

insert
half-year

[11] Subregulation 111B (3), definitions of A and B

omit each mention of
March quarter

insert
first quarter

[12] Subregulation 111B (3), definitions of A and B

omit each mention of
year

insert
half-year

[13] Subregulation 111C