Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2004C00170:reg:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2004C00170
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 1/8)
Character Range: 1237–4410

3                     After the definition of basic contributions in subsection (1) insert the following definition:
                      'basic work period, in relation to an eligible employee, means the period that is, under the terms and conditions of employment of the eligible employee, the period in relation to which a number of hours specified in, or ascertained in accordance with, those terms and conditions of employment, are to be taken to be the normal hours of duty of the eligible employee.'.

                      After the definition of orphan pension in subsection (1) insert the following definition:
                      'partial contributor means:
                               (a) an eligible employee who became, on his or her first day of service, an approved part-time employee and has continued to be, and is, such a part-time employee;
                               (b) an eligible employee (other than an eligible employee referred to in paragraph (a)) who is an approved part-time employee and:
                                   (i) who has been an approved part-time employee for a continuous period of more than 12 months; or
                                   (ii) in respect of whom the Commissioner, being satisfied that there is a likelihood that the eligible employee will continue to be an approved part-time employee for a continuous period that, together with the immediately preceding period (if any) during which the eligible employee has continuously been an approved part-time employee, will exceed a period of 12 months, has given a certificate to that effect specifying the day (not being a day earlier than the day on which the certificate is given) on which the first-mentioned period is to commence; and
                            (c) an eligible employee who:
                                   (i) is, and has been for a continuous period of not more than 12 months, employed on a full-time basis; and
                                   (ii) was, immediately before that period a person to whom paragraph (a) or (b) of this definition applied.'.
                      Omit the definitions of period of contributory service and period of prospective service, substitute the following definitions:
                      'period of contributory service, in relation to a person who has ceased to be an eligible employee, means:
                               (a) except where paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) applies — the aggregate of:
                                   (i) the period equal to the period commencing on the person's first day of service and ending on the person's last day of service less any period (excluding any part of it that is referred to in sub-subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E)) during that period when the person was a partial contributor, and less any period during that period:
                                      (A) when the person was on leave of absence without pay during a period in respect of which subsection 51 (1) applies to the person; or
                                      (B) when the person was absent from duty during a period in respect of which subsection 51A