Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SUPERANNUATION ACT 1985 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used in this Act

        (1)         In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — 

        associated employee means a person in the employment of an associated employer;

        associated employer means a body mentioned in Schedule 1 that is an associated employer under the regulations;

        Authority means the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia established by section 4 of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998 ;

        chief executive officer means the chief executive officer of the Authority, as referred to in section 19 of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998 ;

        Commissioner has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;

        Commonwealth Act means —

            (a)         the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 of the Commonwealth; or

            (b)         if another Act of the Commonwealth is prescribed for the purposes of this definition, that prescribed Act;

        Commonwealth standards means any standards prescribed by or under the Commonwealth Act;

        eligible Authority employee means a firefighter, or a person holding a prescribed office or of a prescribed class employed under section 19 or 20 of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998 ;

        Fire Brigades Board means the Western Australian Fire Brigades Board constituted under the Fire Brigades Act 1942 , as in force immediately before the coming into operation of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998 ;

        firefighter means an officer or member of a permanent fire brigade under the Fire Brigades Act 1942 and includes such an officer or member seconded for the time being to another employer;

        former Fire Brigades Board employee means a person formerly in the employment of the Fire Brigades Board;

        property means real and personal property of any nature and includes — 

            (a)         any estate share or interest in any property;

            (b)         any thing or chose in action; and

            (c)         money and money’s worth;

        Superannuation Board means the Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Board established under section 4;

        Superannuation Fund means the Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Fund established under section 5;

        the actuary means the actuary appointed under section 16.

        (2)         The Governor may amend Schedule 1 by order published in the Gazette .

        [Section 3 amended by No. 19 of 1992 s. 4; No. 26 of 1994 s. 5; No. 42 of 1998 s. 38; No. 38 of 2002 s. 66.]

        [Heading inserted by No. 38 of 2002 s. 67.]