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Superannuation (PSS)
Maximum Benefits (2006-2007) Determination 2006

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No.

I,  MATTHEW ARTHUR CASTLE, Manager of the Australian Public Service Defined Benefit Schemes, Commonwealth Superannuation Administration, Position No. 44, and Delegate of the PSS Board, pursuant to rules B5.6.5 and B5.7.7 of Section B of the PSS Rules, DETERMINE as follows:

Dated               14 June 2006

Matthew Castle

Delegate of the PSS Board

1 Name of Determination

    This Determination is the Superannuation (PSS) Maximum Benefits
    (2006-2007) Determination 2006.

2 Commencement

       This determination shall take effect from and including 1 July 2006.

3 Maximum Benefits – Lump Sums

    For rules B5.6.5 and B5.7.7 of the PSS Rules, the tables in rules B5.6.1 and B5.7.1 have effect, for the financial year starting on 1 July 2006, as if the amounts specified in the following table were substituted for the amounts specified in those tables:

Table

Maximum Benefits

Average Salary                   Maximum Benefit
    Less than $49,366            $394,926
    $49,366 or more              8 times average salary
         but less than $78,980
    $78,980 or more              $157,960
         But less than $146,610  plus 6 times average salary
    $146,610 or more             $597,790
                                 plus 3 times average salary

4 Maximum Benefits – Pensions

    For rule B5.7.7 of the PSS Rules, the table in rule B5.7.2 have effect, for the financial year starting on 1 July 2006, as if the amounts specified in the following table were substituted for the amounts specified in that table:

Table

AFP Preliminary Maximum Benefits

Pensions

Final Average Salary              Preliminary Maximum Benefit
Less than $49,366                 $555,368
$49,366 or more                   11.25 times average salary
but less than $78,980
$78,980 or more                   $236,940
but less than $146,610            plus 8.25 times average salary
$146,610 or more                  $676,770
                                  plus 5.25 times average salary