Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651:section:4:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 13720–16472

to parliamentary allowance, and includes any period by which the period of service of the person is deemed to be increased by virtue of subsection 22Q(4).
retiring allowance, in relation to a person, means the retiring allowance payable to the person under this Act and, in the case of a person who ceased or ceases to be a member after 30 June 1980, includes additional retiring allowance (if any) payable to the person under subsection 18(9).
salary, in relation to a Minister of State, means Ministerial salary (within the meaning of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017), excluding any portion determined under subsection 45(5) of that Act as not being salary for the purposes of this Act.
spouse has a meaning affected by section 4C.
superannuation guarantee safety‑net amount has the meaning given by section 16A.
surcharge has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Contributions Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997.
surchargeable contributions means surchargeable contributions (within the meaning of the Superannuation Contributions Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997) that are attributable to the operation of this Act.
surcharge debt account, in relation to a person who has held office as a member, means the surcharge debt account that was kept for the person (while he or she held that office) under section 16 of the Superannuation Contributions Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997 and that related to the person's surchargeable contributions.
surcharge deduction amount, in relation to a person:
 (a) who has held office as a member; and
 (b) to or in respect of whom benefits become payable under this Act;
means the surcharge deduction amount that is specified in the determination made by the Trust, under section 4E, in relation to the person.
Trust means the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust established under this Act.
trustee means one of the trustees who constitute the Trust, and includes a Minister performing the powers and functions of the Finance Minister as a trustee.
 (2) A reference in this Act to the contributions of a person does not include a reference to any contributions that have been refunded to him or her and have not been repaid by him or her.
 (3) A reference in this Act to a superannuation scheme shall be read as a reference to a superannuation or retirement scheme, however established, other than the retirement scheme constituted by the provisions of this Act.
 (4) For the purposes of this Act, a benefit payable to or in respect of a member under a superannuation scheme shall not be taken to have been based partly on contributions under the scheme by the employer by reason only that the benefit included interest upon contributions made under the scheme by the