Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00825:section:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00825
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 2/7)
Character Range: 20362–23146

relation to a person, being the widow, widower, wife or husband of a deceased contributor or a deceased pensioner, a child of the person who is:
 (i) a child of the kind referred to in subparagraph (a)(i);
 (ii) a child of the kind referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii); or
 (iii) a child:
 (A) of the kind referred to in sub‑subparagraphs (a)(iii)(A) and (B); and
 (B) who was born before the death of the contributor or pensioner and, in the opinion of the Commissioner, was wholly or substantially dependent upon the contributor or pensioner immediately before that death;
Employee means a person employed in a permanent capacity by the Commonwealth, who is by the terms of his employment required to give his whole time to the duties of his employment, and includes a person employed under section 81D or 81P of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922‑1947 who, immediately prior to his becoming so employed, was a contributor to a State Fund as defined by section 101 of this Act, but does not include a person who is a Judge as defined by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Judges' Pensions Act 1968.
pension includes associate pension under section 93DB.
Reconsideration Advisory Committee means a Committee established under section 128.
Salary means salary or wages, and includes the value of allowances such as allowances for rent, house allowed rent free, light, fuel, rations, and fees allowed regularly as emoluments of office, but does not include bonuses, overtime payments, or allowances for forage, equipment, climatic disadvantages, cost of living or travelling expenses.
Service means service under, or employment by, the Commonwealth or an approved authority and, in relation to any qualifying period of employment, includes:
 (a) continuous service as a member of the Permanent Navy, the Regular Army or the Permanent Air Force; and
 (b) where an employee is transferred from the service of a State or Territory to the service of the Commonwealth, such permanent service of the employee under the State or Territory as is continuous with his service under the Commonwealth.
The Board means the Superannuation Board constituted by this Act.
The Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Fund means the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Fund established under the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948‑1968.
The Fund means the Superannuation Fund established under this Act.
The maximum age for retirement means the age of sixty‑five years, or, in the case of a contributor the age for whose retirement is fixed by law at an earlier age than sixty‑five years, the age so fixed.
The new Superannuation Fund means the Superannuation Fund established by the Superannuation Act 1976.
The Provident Account means the Provident Account established under Part V.
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