PART 3
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SUPERANNUATION BENEFITS PAID FROM COMPLYING PLANS ETC
History
Part 3 heading inserted by SLI No 103 of 2007, reg 3 and Sch 1 item 3, applicable in relation to a financial year that starts on or after 1 July 2007.
Division 307
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Key concepts relating to superannuation benefits
History
Div 307 inserted by SLI No 90 of 2007, reg 4 and Sch 2 item 1, effective 1 July 2007.
Subdivision 307-D
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Superannuation interests
History
Subdiv 307-D inserted by SLI No 90 of 2007, reg 4 and Sch 2 item 1, effective 1 July 2007.
REGULATION 307-200.03
MEANING OF SUPERANNUATION INTERESTS
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TREATING A SUPERANNUATION INTEREST AS 2 OR MORE SUPERANNUATION INTERESTS (PUBLIC SECTOR SCHEMES)
307-200.03(1)
For subsection
307-200(1)
of the Act, this regulation explains how to treat a superannuation interest in a public sector superannuation scheme as 2 or more superannuation interests.
307-200.03(2)
The interest is to be treated as 2 interests if:
(a)
the superannuation benefit that is to be paid from the scheme is sourced:
(i)
partly from contributions made into the scheme or earnings on those contributions; and
(ii)
partly from 1 or more other sources; or
(b)
the superannuation benefits that are to be paid from the scheme are sourced:
(i)
partly from contributions made into the scheme or earnings on those contributions; and
(ii)
partly from 1 or more other sources.
307-200.03(3)
For subregulation (2), the interests are:
(a)
an interest that consists of the contributions made into the scheme and the earnings on those contributions; and
(b)
an interest that consists of the remainder of the amount sourced from the other source or sources.
307-200.03(4)
For this regulation, an amount specified in a notice given under subsection
307-285(1)
of the Act by the trustee of a scheme is not included as contributions made into the scheme or earnings on those contributions.
History
Reg 307-200.03(4) substituted for reg 307-200.03(4) and (5) by SLI No 202 of 2007, reg 3 and Sch 1 item 5, effective 1 July 2007. Reg 307-200.03(4) formerly read:
307-200.03(4)
In addition to the interests identified in accordance with paragraphs (3)(a) and (b), if:
(a)
the superannuation provider offers an income stream; and
(b)
the rules of the fund do not allow the transfer of amounts between different categories of lump-sum amounts and amounts that form part of, or can be used to purchase, a superannuation income stream; and
(c)
the rules of the fund (as in effect on 5 September 2006) did not allow a specified amount held in the plan:
(i)
to form part of that superannuation income stream; or
(ii)
to be used for the purpose of purchasing a superannuation income stream offered by the provider;
the superannuation interest is also to be treated as the further interests described in subregulation (5).
307-200.03(5)
(Repealed by SLI No 202 of 2007)
History
Reg 307-200.03(4) substituted for reg 307-200.03(4) and (5) by SLI No 202 of 2007, reg 3 and Sch 1 item 5, effective 1 July 2007. Reg 307-200.03(5) formerly read:
307-200.03(5)
For subregulation (4), the following separate interests are created:
(a)
the amount transferred or rolled into the plan from another plan is to be treated as 1 superannuation interest;
(b)
each other amount to which subregulation (4) relates is to be treated as 1 superannuation interest to the extent to which the amount is subject to different requirements regarding the rules, terms or conditions relating to the way it can be cashed or paid as compared to the amounts mentioned in paragraphs (3)(a) and (b);
(c)
if:
(i)
paragraph (b) applies to more than 1 amount; and
(ii)
each of those amounts is subject to different requirements regarding the rules, terms or conditions relating to the way it can be cashed or paid as compared to the amount mentioned in paragraph (a);
each of those amounts is to be treated as a separate superannuation interest.
Reg 307-200.03 inserted by SLI No 90 of 2007, reg 4 and Sch 2 item 1, effective 1 July 2007.