Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C01039:schedule:1:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C01039
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 10904–13798

entry level profile must not be used by an RSA provider after 31 December 2013, or if applicable, the alternative transition in completion date as notified to the RSA provider under paragraph 2.2.2(a).

4.         Contribution transitional arrangements

4.1       Contribution transition-in period

    (a)        For the purposes of this Schedule, the contribution transition-in period means the period between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2017.

    (b)        Alternate electronic file formats described in paragraphs 4.2(b) and 4.2(c) must not be used by an employer or an RSA provider after 30 June 2017.

         4.2       Contribution transition-in arrangements – circumstances where electronic file formats that do not conform to the Standard can be used

Medium to large employer

    (a)          For the period 1 July 2014 until 2 November 2014, a medium to large employer may send the information required by regulation 5.07 in the Retirement Savings Accounts Regulations 1997 to an RSA provider in an electronic file format that does not conform with the Standard provided that:

     (i)   the information is sent in a format the RSA provider has advised the employer it can accept, and

     (ii) any payment associated with that information is made using an electronic payment method that the RSA provider has advised the employer it can accept.

    (b)          On and after 3 November 2014 and until 30 June 2017, contributions transaction messages dealt with by the document referred to in Schedule 4(a) may be sent by a medium to large employer to an RSA provider in an electronic file format that does not conform with the Standard, provided that they agree in writing that the following conditions are satisfied:

     (i)   the terms and definitions used in the alternate file format align with the relevant terms and definitions specified in the document referred to in Schedule 2;

     (ii) any payment associated with the contributions message conform with a method specified in the document referred to in Schedule 3; and

     (iii)                    alternative data elements and business rules (if any) are documented to show how the business rules and data requirements used in the alternate format align with the business rules and data requirements specified in the document referred to in Schedule 4(a).

Small employer

    (c)  On and after 1 July 2015 and until 30 June 2017, contributions transaction messages dealt with by the document referred to in Schedule 4(a) may be sent by a small employer to an RSA provider in an electronic file format that does not conform with the Standard, provided that they agree in writing that the following conditions are satisfied:

     (i) the terms and definitions used in the alternate file format align with the relevant terms and definitions specified in the document referred to in Schedule 2;

     (ii) any