Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 12743–15473

3  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
additional contribution means an additional contribution payable under section 21, 64, 87, 89 or 93.
annual rate of pay, in relation to a member of the Defence Force on a particular day, means the amount, that, under the regulations, is the annual pay applicable to the member on that day.
Authority means the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority established by section 8, as in force before its repeal by item 44 of Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2011.
benefit means pension benefit, and includes the following:
 (a) a lump sum payment under subsection 32(2) or section 48;
 (b) a refund of contributions under section 56;
 (c) a release authority lump sum paid in relation to a release authority issued to a person under Subdivision 135‑A in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.
child, in relation to a deceased member of the scheme, includes:
 (a) a person who:
 (i) is an ex‑nuptial child of the member; or
 (ii) is, immediately before the member's death, a stepchild, an adopted child, a foster child or a ward, of the member; or
 (iii) was, immediately before the member's death, someone who would have been the stepchild of the member except that the member was not legally married to a spouse who survives the member; or
 (iv) is a child of the member within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975; and
 (b) a person who:
 (i) is a child or ex‑nuptial child of a spouse who survives the member; and
 (ii) was wholly or substantially dependent upon the member at the time of the member's death; and
 (c) a person who:
 (i) is, within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975, a child of a spouse who survives the member; and
 (ii) was wholly or substantially dependent upon the member at the time of the member's death.
child's pension means pension payable under Division 2 of Part VI.
Commissioner for Superannuation has the same meaning as Commissioner has in the Superannuation Act.
continuous full‑time Reservist has the meaning given by the Australian Defence Force Superannuation Act 2015.
contributing member means a member of the Defence Force who is making, or is required to make, or, but for section 18 or 18A, would be required to make, contributions under section 17.
contributions means contributions payable under section 17, and includes any additional contributions or previous contributions.
CSC (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) has the same meaning as in the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011.
date of commencement of the scheme means 1 October 1972.
decision has the same