Appendix 3: Legislation amendments
Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948
This Act was amended by the Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (No. 165, 2007) to provide for the restoration of pensions for remarried widows or widowers.
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973
This Act was amended by the Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (No. 165, 2007) to provide for the restoration of pensions for remarried widows or widowers, to change the reversionary benefits for post-retirement marriages, and to insert a provision concerning family law superannuation splitting.
This Act was also amended by the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 (No. 26, 2008) to update a legislative reference to the statutory body responsible for the Superannuation Act 1990.
Family Law
The Family Law (Superannuation) Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 1) which commenced on 1 July 2007 (ComLaw Ref: F2007L01652 (Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 151)) amended the Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001 to take account of the Government’s ‘Better Super’ reforms.
The Regulations also specify that the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority is the trustee of the superannuation scheme constituted by the Defence Force (Superannuation) (Productivity Benefit) Determination.
ComLaw
Scheme legislation is available from the ComLaw website www.comlaw.gov.au.