Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00783:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00783
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1109–3896

3  Interpretation

 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

actual unit contribution, in relation to a prescribed pensioner, means the number of units of pension in respect of which pension was payable to the pensioner immediately before the commencing date.

actual unit entitlement:
 (a) in relation to a prescribed pensioner, not being a non‑contributory pensioner, means:
 (i) the number of units of pension that, at the prescribed time, was, in accordance with the scale set out in subsection (1) of section thirteen of the Superannuation Act 1922 or of that Act as amended and in force at that time, applicable to an annual salary equal to his annual salary at that time; or
 (ii) his actual unit contribution;
  whichever is the greater; and
 (b) in relation to a prescribed pensioner, being a non‑contributory pensioner, means:
 (i) the number of units of pension that was, in accordance with the scale set out in subsection (1) of section thirteen of the Superannuation Act 1922, applicable to an annual salary equal to his annual salary at the time of his retirement; or
 (ii) four units of pension;
  whichever is the less.

additional unit entitlement, in relation to a prescribed pensioner, means the number of units of pension, if any, by which his adjusted unit entitlement exceeds his actual unit entitlement.

adjusted unit entitlement, in relation to a prescribed pensioner, means the number of units of pension that, in accordance with the scale set out in subsection (1) of section thirteen of the Superannuation Act 1922‑1954, is applicable to an annual salary equal to his notional annual salary.

non‑contributory pensioner means a person to whom, immediately before the commencing date, a pension was payable (otherwise than as a widow) by virtue of section nine or section fourteen of the Superannuation Act (No. 2) 1956.

notional annual salary, in relation to a prescribed pensioner, means such annual salary as the Treasurer, having regard to general increases in the rates of salaries of contributors that occurred after the prescribed time, determines to be the salary that, as at the nineteenth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑four:
 (a) in the case of a pensioner who is not a non‑contributory pensioner—corresponded with the annual salary that was payable to him at the prescribed time; or
 (b) in the case of a pensioner who is a non‑contributory pensioner—corresponded with:
 (i) the annual salary that was payable to him at the prescribed time; or
 (ii) the minimum annual salary that, at the commencement of the Superannuation Act 1922, entitled an employee to contribute for four units of pension;
  whichever is the less.

prescribed pensioner means:
 (a) a person to whom, immediately before the commencing date,