Retirement Benefits (Parliamentary Superannuation) Amendment Regulations 2009


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Retirement Benefits (Parliamentary Superannuation) Amendment Regulations 2009

I, the Lieutenant-Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Retirement Benefits Act 1993 .

2 October 2009

E. C. CRAWFORD

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL AIRD

Treasurer

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Retirement Benefits (Parliamentary Superannuation) Amendment Regulations 2009 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations are taken to have taken effect on 1 January 2009.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Retirement Benefits (Parliamentary Superannuation) Regulations 2002 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "college or university;" from paragraph (d) of the definition of child and substituting "college, university or other educational or training institution;".

5.    Regulation 27 amended (Commencement and cessation of children's pensions)

Regulation 27(2) of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting "college or university," and substituting "college, university or other educational or training institution,";
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) "college or university –" and substituting "college, university or other educational or training institution –".

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 7 October 2009

These regulations are administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Retirement Benefits (Parliamentary Superannuation) Regulations 2002 consequent on the enactment of the Education and Training (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 , the Education and Training (Tasmanian Academy) Act 2008 and the Education and Training (Tasmanian Polytechnic) Act 2008 .