Retirement Savings Accounts Regulations 1997

PART 4 - PAYMENT STANDARDS  

Division 4.5 - Spouse contributions-splitting amounts  

REGULATION 4.41   APPLICATION TO ROLL OVER, TRANSFER OR ALLOT AN AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS  

4.41(1)    


An RSA holder may, in a financial year, apply to the RSA provider to roll over, transfer or allot an amount of benefits, for the benefit of the RSA holder ' s spouse, that is equal to an amount of the splittable contributions made to that RSA provider by, for, or on behalf of the RSA holder in:

(a)    the last financial year that ended before the application; or

(b)    

the financial year in which the application is made - where the RSA holder ' s entire benefit is to be rolled over, transferred or cashed in that year.
Note:

This arrangement applies at the request of the RSA holder, and is not an arrangement by which the RSA holder ' s interest is subject to a payment split under Part VIIIB or VIIIC of the Family Law Act 1975 . Part 4A of these Regulations deals with those payment splitting arrangements.


4.41(2)    
However, the application is taken to be invalid:

(a)    if in the financial year in which it is made:


(i) the RSA holder has already made an application in respect of the relevant financial year; and

(ii) the RSA provider:

(A) is considering the application; or

(B) has given effect to that application; or

(b)    if the amount of benefits to which the application relates exceeds the maximum splittable amount; or

(c)    

subject to subregulation (3) , if, at the time of application:

(i) the RSA holder ' s spouse is aged 65 years of more; or

(ii) both:

(A) the RSA holder ' s spouse is aged between the relevant preservation age and 65 years; and

(B) the RSA holder ' s spouse satisfies the condition of release specified in item 101 of Schedule 2 .

4.41(3)    


Despite paragraph (2)(c) , an application is not taken to be invalid under that paragraph if the application includes a statement by the RSA holder ' s spouse to the effect that, at the time of application, the spouse:

(a)    is aged less than the relevant preservation age; or

(b)    both:


(i) is aged between the relevant preservation age and 65 years; and

(ii) does not satisfy the condition of release specified in item 101 of Schedule 2 .

4.41(4)    
The applicant must specify, in the application, the amount of the benefit from the following:

(a)    the RSA holder ' s taxed splittable contributions:

(b)    the RSA holder ' s untaxed splittable contributions;

that the RSA holder seeks to split for the benefit of the RSA holder ' s spouse.

Note:

An amount rolled over, transferred or allotted under this Division is a contributions-splitting superannuation benefit.



 

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