Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00286:section:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00286
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7
Character Range: 13818–15105

7  Statutory offices
 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a statutory office is:
 (a) an office established by or under:
 (i) an Act; or
 (ii) regulations made under an Act; or
 (iii) a law of a Territory; or
 (b) an office specified in a written declaration made by the Minister under this paragraph.
Note: For specification by class, see subsection 13(3) of the Legislation Act 2003.

Declarations
 (2) A declaration under paragraph (1)(b) is a legislative instrument.
 (3) Despite anything in regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 44(2)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003, section 42 (disallowance) of that Act applies to a declaration under paragraph (1)(b) of this section.
 (4) A declaration under paragraph (1)(b) may be expressed to commence on a day not earlier than 12 months before the making of the declaration.
 (5) If:
 (a) a declaration is made under paragraph (1)(b); and
 (b) before the start of the 12‑month period ending immediately before the making of the declaration, basic employer contributions were accepted or purportedly accepted in respect of a holder of the office to whom the declaration relates;
the declaration may be expressed to commence on a day not earlier than the earliest day on which those contributions were accepted or purportedly accepted.