Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00288:section:82s:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00288
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 82S (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 140370–142905

82S  Category numbers of certain officers to be reduced
 (1) This section applies in relation to a member who is an officer at the time when he becomes a contributor, or becomes an officer after that time, and:
 (a) to or in respect of whom a transfer value or transfer values became payable in accordance with paragraph 82Q(1)(a) but in relation to whom section 82R does not apply; or
 (b) in relation to whom paragraph 82Q(1)(b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) applies, whether or not section 82R applies in relation to him.
 (2) For the purposes of this Act, the category number of a member in relation to whom this section applies is the number that, but for this section, would be his category number reduced by such number (if any) as is determined by the Authority.
 (3) In furnishing advice to the Authority in relation to the determination by the Authority, for the purposes of subsection (2), of a number in relation to a member, the Commonwealth Actuary shall have regard to actuarial principles and practice and shall take into account all relevant matters, including:
 (a) in respect of any transfer value referred to in paragraph 82Q(1)(a) or (b) that was, or would have become, payable to the member:
 (i) the amount of that transfer value; and
 (ii) the extent to which that transfer value was, or would have been, based upon contributions under the relevant superannuation scheme by the employer of the member and the extent (if any) to which it was, or would have been, based upon contributions by the member;
 (b) in respect of any pension referred to in paragraph 82Q(1)(c) or (d) that is, or would have become, payable to the member:
 (i) the amount that was the amount of that pension at the date on which he became an officer or the date on which he became a contributor, whichever was the later, or would have been the amount of the pension at that later date if the pension had become payable to the member; and
 (ii) whether, in the event of the death of the member leaving a widow or a child or children, any benefits would be payable under the relevant superannuation scheme to the widow or in respect of the child or children or would have been so payable if the pension had become payable to the member;
 (c) in respect of any deferred benefits referred to in paragraph 82Q(1)(e) or (f) that are, or would have become, applicable in respect of the member:
 (i) the nature of the deferred benefits;
 (ii) the circumstances in which the benefits were to become, or would have become, payable; and
 (iii) the amount of