PART 12A
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TRANS-TASMAN RETIREMENT SAVINGS PORTABILITY
History
Pt 12A inserted by SLI No 105 of 2013, reg 4 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 1 July 2013.
Division 1
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General
History
Div 1 inserted by SLI No 105 of 2013, reg 4 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 1 July 2013.
REGULATION 12A.01
12A.01
PURPOSE OF PART 12A
This Part sets out matters to implement the Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand on Trans-Tasman Retirement Savings Portability, signed at Brisbane on 16 July 2009.
Note 1:
The Arrangement does not cover all complying superannuation funds. A number of types of superannuation funds and schemes are excluded (for example, self managed superannuation funds and defined benefit interests in defined benefit funds): see regulation
12A.03
.
Note 2:
Amounts covered by the Arrangement are:
(a) payments received by complying superannuation funds from KiwiSaver schemes on or after the day the Arrangement comes into force for Australia; and
(b) superannuation benefits paid to KiwiSaver scheme providers by complying superannuation funds on or after the day the Arrangement comes into force for Australia; and
(c) amounts paid between participating Australian funds if the member
'
s benefits include any New Zealand-sourced amount; and
(d) superannuation benefits paid to an individual from an interest that includes any New Zealand-sourced amount; and
(e) amounts paid by the Commissioner of Taxation to a KiwiSaver scheme provider under the
Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999
.
See regulation
12A.03
.
Note 3:
The matters in this Part are also relevant to Division
312
of Part
3-30
of the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, which provides for the taxation treatment of retirement savings to which the Arrangement relates.
History
Reg 12A.01 amended by FRLI No F2021L01616, reg 4 and Sch 1 items 4 and 5, by substituting
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amount; and
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for
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amount.
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in para (d) of note 2 and inserting para (e) in note 2, effective 11 December 2021.
Reg 12A.01 inserted by SLI No 105 of 2013, reg 4 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 1 July 2013.