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Consolidated Trust Deed
Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund
This Consolidated Trust Deed incorporates amendments made by all Deeds of Amendment up
to and including Deed of Amendment No 34 and was adopted by Deed of Amendment No 34
Consolidation Effective Date: 1 July 2016
Aliens 101 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel +61 3 9614 1011 Fax +61 3 9614 4661 www.allens.com.au
© Aliens, Australia 2016
Aliens is an independent partnership operating in alliance with Linklaters LLP.
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1. Definitions and Interpretation 5
2. The Fund 15
2A. Membership Divisions 16
2B. Operational Rules 16
3. Admission of Members 17
3A. Member Fund Choice 20
4. Election 22
5. Contributions 22
6. Benefits 26
6A. Application of Interest/Declared Earning Rates and Unit Pricing Provisions 33
6B. Interest and Declared Earning Rate 35
6C. Special Rates 36
6D. Unitisation 36
7. Special Arrangements 38
8. Overriding Requirements and Family Law Provisions 38
8A. MySuper 48
9. Temporary Cessation of Employment and Leave Without Pay 53
10. Alternative Payment or Forfeiture of Entitlements 53
11. Dismissal for Defalcation or Misconduct 54
12. National or Other Schemes 55
13. Termination, Reduction or Suspension of Employer Contributions 56
13A. Termination, Non-payment or Inadequacy of QAL Employer Contributions 57
13B. Winding Up, Dissolution or Cessation of Business of QAL Employers59
13C. Excess or Insufficiency of QAL Assets 60
14. Termination of Fund 60
15. Deductions from Benefits 61
16. Proof of Qualification 61
17. Transfer from Employ of one Employer to Employ of Another or Transfer to an Overseas Associated Employer 62
18. Transfers from Other Funds 63
19. Transfers to Other Funds 63
20. Trustee 67
21. Delegation by Trustee 69
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22. Advice to Trustee 70
23. Accounts and Audit 70
24. Actuarial Requirements 70
25. Appointment of Secretary 71
26. Investment of Fund and Additional Powers of Trustee 71
26A. Sub-Fund and Investment Pools 74
27. Admission and Release or Liquidation of Associated Employers 75
28. Exercise of Powers by Corporations and Exercise of Powers by Employers in Receivership 76
29. Powers of Employer not Affected 77
30. Expenses 77
31. No Personal Claim 77
32. Amendments 77
33. Availability of Deed 79
34. Severance of Void Provisions 79
Schedule 1 — Accumulation Division 81
A. Rio Tinto Accumulation Members 81
Schedule 2 — Defined Benefit Division 92
B. Defined Benefit Members 92
Schedule 3 108
Accumulation Division (QAL Wages Fund DC Members and Deferred Account Members) Defined Benefit Division (QAL Wages Fund DB Members) 108
C. Former Members of Queensland Alumina Wages Employees Superannuation Fund 108
Schedule 4 123
Accumulation Division (QAL Staff Fund DC Members and Deferred Account Members) Defined Benefit Division (QAL Staff Fund DB Members) 123
D. Former Members of Queensland Alumina Management Staff Superannuation Fund 123
Schedule 5 — Defined Benefit Division 139
E. Former Members of North Superannuation Fund 139
Schedule 6 - Accumulation Division 140
F. Personal Members 140
Schedule 7 — Retirement Division 148
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G. Account Based Pensioners & Transition to Retirement Pensioners (TRAP Pensioners) 148
Schedule 8 — Defined Benefit Division (Alcan DB Members) 153
H. Alcan DB Members 153
Schedule 9— Admission of Associated Employers (Clause 27) 162
Form of Admission Agreement for Associated Employers 162
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Date This Trust Deed is made the fourteenth day of December 1979
Parties
Rio Tinto Services Limited (ACN 004 219 738)1 a company incorporated under the
law of the State of Victoria and having its registered office at 95 Collins Street,
Melbourne in the said State (Principal Employer) of the one part and
Rio Tinto Staff Fund Pty Limited (ACN 005 599 422)2 a company incorporated
under the law of the State of Victoria and having its registered office at 95 Collins
Street, Melbourne (Trustee) of the other part.
Recitals
The Principal Employer has decided to establish a superannuation fund to be known
as the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund3 (Fund) for the purpose of providing
superannuation benefits for:
(i) certain of its employees and certain of the employees of other employers
who being eligible as provided in this Deed participate in the Fund, and
(ii) for the dependants of such employees.
The Trustee has agreed to act as the first Trustee of the Fund as is testified by its
execution of this Deed.
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSETH THAT a superannuation fund to be known as the
Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund3 is hereby established with effect from the twenty first day
of May 1979 and shall be controlled and administered by the Trustee in accordance with the
following provisions:
1. Definitions and Interpretation
(1) This Deed and the Rules are governed and construed and takes effect in
accordance with the law of the State of Victoria.
(2) The headings in this Deed and the Rules are for convenience only and do not
affect the interpretation of it.
Formerly known as C.R.A. Services Limited.
2
Formerly known as C.R.A. Group Staff Fund Pty. Limited.
3 Originally known as the CRA Group Staff Superannuation Fund.
A.
B.
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(3) In the interpretation of this Deed and the Rules words importing the singular
number include the plural and vice versa and words importing one gender include
the other genders unless the context otherwise requires.
(4) If any dispute or doubt as to the interpretation of any of the provisions of this Deed
and the Rules or as to the rights of Members there under shall arise the decision of
the Trustee shall be final and conclusive.
(5) References to any statutory enactment, regulation, rule, by-law or other law or a
provision thereof (collectively called a 'law') shall include that law as amended or
re-enacted from time to time and any law which replaces the same or has the
same effect in whole or in part (whether or not passed or approved by the same
legislative body or other authority and whether or not incorporating or adopting any
law previously in force) and shall also include any regulations, determinations,
rulings or guidelines laid down or made by any person or authority under the
authority of such a law.
(5A) A reference to the Tax Act includes a reference to the Income Tax Assessment Act
1997 of the Commonwealth of Australia, and a reference to a provision of the Tax
Act includes a reference to a corresponding provision of the Income Tax
Assessment Act 1997 of the Commonwealth of Australia.
(6) Schedules to this Deed form part of this Deed.
(7) In the interpretation of this Deed and the Rules the words and expressions
following shall unless the context otherwise requires have the following meanings:
Account Based Pensioner has the meaning given to it in Rule G.2 of Schedule 7.
Accrued Default Amount has the meaning given to it in the SIS Act.
Actuary means the person, firm or company appointed for the time being by the
Trustee as Actuary to the Fund pursuant to Clause 24.
Alcan DB Member has the meaning given to it in Rule H.2 of Schedule 8.
Alcan Fund means the Alcan Gove Superannuation Plan which was established
by a trust deed dated 22 December 1975 (as amended).
Alcan Fund Deed means the governing rules of the Alcan Fund in force
immediately prior to the Alcan Transfer Date.
Alcan Transfer Date means 1 May 2009 or such other date determined by the
Trustee as being the date on which the members and beneficiaries of the Alcan
Fund were transferred to the Fund.
Approved Benefit Arrangement means a fund or benefit arrangement, other than
the Fund, to which a payment may be made from the Fund, or from which a
payment may be accepted into the Fund, without causing the Fund to be in breach
of or to fail to comply with any applicable requirement under Superannuation Law
regarding the portability or preservation of benefits, including without limitation
another superannuation fund, an approved deposit fund and a deferred annuity.
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Associated Employer means any company, partnership, organisation or
association (whether incorporated or otherwise) which has been admitted to
participation in the Fund as provided in Clause 27 and includes any company
partnership organisation or association (whether incorporated or otherwise)
carrying on business in succession to it or in amalgamation with it but does not
include such a company partnership organisation or association which has ceased
to participate in the Fund as provided in Clause 27.
Auditor means the auditor appointed from time to time by the Trustee as Auditor to
the Fund pursuant to Clause 23.
Binding Nomination means a nomination which:
(a) has been given to the Trustee by a Member;
(b) is in a form acceptable to the Trustee;
(c) requires the Trustee to pay the benefits payable on death to eligible
persons of the Member as nominated by the Member; and
(d) complies with Superannuation Law and any conditions specified by the
Trustee from time to time.
In this definition eligible persons means the Dependants and legal personal
representatives of the Member.
Child in relation to a Member, means:
(a) a child, an adopted child, a stepchild or an ex-nuptial child of the Member
and any child of the Member born after the death of the Member;
(b) a child of the Member's Spouse; and
(c) someone who is a child of the Member within the meaning of the Family
Law Act 1975.
Commencing Date means 21 May 1979.
Constitutional Corporation has the meaning given to it in the SIS Act.
Deed means this Trust Deed as amended from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of this Trust Deed.
Defined Benefit Member means a person who was admitted to membership of the
Fund prior to the Transfer Date (other than as a Defined Contribution Member or a
Limited Member) or who was admitted after the Transfer Date with the approval of
the Principal Employer as a Defined Benefit Member pursuant to Clause 3(1) and
who has not elected to become a Defined Contribution Member pursuant to Clause
4(1) or 4(2).
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Defined Contribution Member means:
(a) a person who was admitted to membership of the Fund as a Defined
Contribution Member;
(b) a Defined Benefit Member or an Alcan DB Member who has elected to
become a Defined Contribution Member under Clause 4(1) or 4(2); and
(c) an Alcan DB Member to whom Rule H.7(2) of Schedule 8 applies.
Dependant in relation to a Member, means any one or more of the following:
(a) the Spouse of the Member;
(b) any Child of the Member;
(c) any person with whom the Member has an interdependency relationship
(within the meaning of the SIS Act) (or in the case of a deceased Member
was in such an interdependency relationship at the time of the Member's
death); and
(d) any other person who, in the opinion of the Trustee, is in any way
dependent upon the Member (or in the case of a deceased Member was
so dependant at the time of the Member's death).
Disqualified Person in relation to an individual or a body corporate (as the case
may be), has the meaning given to it in the SIS Act.
Election Date means 30 September 1993.
Eligible III-Health Member means a Member who was an Employee and a
Member on 31 December 2013 and did not cease to be an Employee or a Member
between that date and the date on which the Member ceased to be in the
employment of the Employer as a result of III-health.
Eligible Spouse means a person who, at the time contributions or Splittable
Contributions in respect of the person are made, received or allocated by the
Trustee (as the case may be), is the Spouse (as defined in Schedule 6) of a
person who is a Member.
Employee means a person who is in the employ of an Employer and who is
classified by that Employer as an Employee for the purposes of this Deed or the
Rules or comes within a category of Employees which is so classified and includes
a person in respect of whom an Employer has a Superannuation Charge obligation
and who is classified by that Employer as an Employee for the purposes of this
Deed or the Rules or comes within a category of Employees which is so classified.
Employer means the Principal Employer or any Associated Employer and in
respect of an Employee means the Employer in whose employ such Employee is
for the time being engaged.
Existing Fund means as the case may be any one or more of the following:
(a) the C.R.A. Staff Provident Fund; and
(b) the C.R.A. Staff Women's Provident Fund; and
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(c) the B.H.A.S. Staff Provident Fund; and
(d) the B.H.A.S. Women's Staff Provident Fund; and
(e) the N.B.H.C. Staff Provident Fund; and
(f) the Sulphide Staff Provident Fund; and
(g) any other superannuation fund or arrangement which the Principal
Employer may declare to be an Existing Fund for the purposes of this Deed
or the Rules.
Fee Rules has the meaning given to it in the SIS Act.
Fund means the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund established under this
Deed.
Fund Membership means in relation to a Member the most recent uninterrupted
period during which he has been a Member in the employ of one or more of the
Employers.
General Fee Rules has the meaning given to it in the SIS Act.
III-health means in relation to a Member other than a QAL Member, physical or
mental ill-health (not amounting to Total and Permanent Disablement) caused
through illness, infirmity or accident which, in the opinion of the Trustee after
consideration of medical evidence, any statement from the Employer and such
other matters as the Trustee thinks fit, renders the Member unable to perform:
(a) his normal duties for the Employer before he ceased normal active
employment with the Employer; and
(b) the duties of any other position with the Employer for which the Employer
considers him to be reasonably suited and which is offered to him by the
Employer,
such duties being as determined and advised to the Trustee by the Employer.
Insurer means any insurer or assurer with whom the Trustee effects a policy or
policies of insurance or assurance in accordance with Clause 26(3)(j).
Limited Member has the meaning given to it in Rule A.2 of Schedule 1.
Mandated Employer Contributions has the meaning given to it under
Superannuation Law.
Member means a person who has been accepted for membership of the Fund and
continues to be a Member of the Fund.
Minimum Account Balance means $5,000 or such other amount (if any) as is
determined by the Trustee from time to time (whether in relation to Members
generally or in relation to any particular Member or category of Members or in
relation to any particular purpose or purposes of the Fund).
Minimum Interest Rate Conditions means the conditions (if any) set by the
Principal Employer from time to time for the purposes of Schedule 6 and Rule B.7A
and B.8 and notified to the Trustee.
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Minimum Interest Rate Contributions means in relation to a Defined Benefit
Member or a former Defined Benefit Member (as the case may be) any capital sum
or additional contribution paid to the Fund in respect of the Member from the
Unitisation Date to 30 June 2010 under Rule B.7A or B.8 (in the case of a Defined
Benefit Member) or Schedule 6 (in the case of a former Defined Benefit Member)
where the capital sum or additional contribution (as the case may be) is paid to the
Fund via the Associated Employer's payroll system in accordance with the
Principal Employer's policy from time to time, being the policy notified to the
Trustee by the Principal Employer.
MySuper Interest means, in relation to a Member, the extent of the Member's
interest in the Fund that is attributable to a MySuper Product offered by the
Trustee.
MySuper Law means the Superannuation Law, Superannuation Requirements
and Prudential Standards with which or which, in the opinion of the Trustee, this
Deed, the Rules, the Trustee or the Fund must comply or satisfy (or with which or
which in the opinion of the Trustee, this Deed, the Rules, the Trustee or the Fund
should comply) in relation to a MySuper Product, a MySuper Member or a
MySuper Interest.
MySuper Member has the meaning given to it in the SIS Act and includes the
Members designated as such under clause 8A(2).
MySuper Product has the meaning given to it in the SIS Act.
MySuper Rules means the rules (if any) established by the Trustee under clause
8A(9).
Non-Unitised Deferred Account Member means a former Defined Benefit
Member who the Trustee determines from time to time to be a Non-Unitised
Deferred Account Member.
Normal Latest Contribution Date means in relation to a Member, the date of the
75th birthday of the Member or such later age as may be determined by the
Employer.
Normal Retirement Date means in relation to a Member the date on which he
attains the age of 65 years.
North Fund Pensioner has the meaning given to it in Rule E.2 of Schedule 5.
Operational Risk Reserve has the meaning given to it in clause 8(13).
Operational Rules means the rules (if any) prescribed by the Trustee under
Clause 2B, as amended and for the time being in force.
Participant means for the purposes of Clauses 6B and 26A, a Member including
(for the avoidance of any doubt):
(a) a Rio Tinto Deferred Account Member;
(b) a QAL Wages Deferred Account Member;
(c) a QAL Staff Deferred Account Member;
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(d) a Personal Member; and
(e) an Account Based Pensioner.
Personal Member has the meaning given to it in Rule F.2 of Schedule 6.
Prescribed Law means a law of a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of
section 22B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Prescribed Period means the period determined by the Trustee from time to time
(whether in relation to Members generally or in relation to any particular Member or
category of Members or in relation to any particular purpose or purposes of the
Fund).
Preservation Age means in relation to a Member at any time, the age which
applies in respect of that Member at that time under Superannuation Law as the
age limit for the preservation of that Member's benefits.
Principal Employer means Rio Tinto Services Limited or any company
partnership organisation or association (whether incorporated or otherwise)
carrying on business in succession to it or in amalgamation with it which agrees to
assume the obligations of the Principal Employer under this Deed and the Rules.
Prudential Standards means the prudential standards made by the Australian
Prudential Regulatory Authority under the SIS Act.
QAL Assets means at any date the assets of the Fund, or (if the Trustee so
determines) the value of the assets of the Fund, which in the opinion of the Trustee
(having regard to the advice of the Actuary) represent the assets transferred to the
Fund from the QAL Funds as at the QAL Transfer Date as adjusted at the relevant
date to take account of contributions and transfers from other Approved Benefit
Arrangements received by the Fund, investment returns, tax expenses, benefit
payments and transfers to other Approved Benefit Arrangements and any other
income or outgoings or other adjustments which in the opinion of the Trustee
(having regard to the advice of the Actuary) relate to the QAL Members and the
Spouse Account Members of QAL Members.
QAL Employer means:
(a) the QAL Principal Employer; and
(b) any other Employer nominated by agreement of the QAL Principal
Employer, the Principal Employer and the Trustee.
QAL Equitable Share means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund Member as at any
date the amount determined by the Trustee, after obtaining the advice of the
Actuary, to be that person's equitable share of the QAL Assets as at that date.
QAL Funds means the QAL Wages Fund and the QAL Staff Fund.
QAL Member means a QAL Staff Fund Member and a QAL Wages Fund Member.
QAL Principal Employer means Queensland Alumina Limited (ACN 009 725 044)
or any company, partnership, organisation or association (whether incorporated or
otherwise) which is Queensland Alumina Limited's successor.
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QAL Staff Deferred Account Member has the meaning given to Deferred
Account Member in Rule D.2 of Schedule 4.
QAL Staff Fund means the Queensland Alumina Management Staff
Superannuation Fund which was established by a trust deed dated 5 March 1991
(as amended).
QAL Staff Fund DB Member has the meaning given to it in Rule D.2 of
Schedule 4.
QAL Staff Fund DC Member has the meaning given to it in Rule D.2 of
Schedule 4.
QAL Staff Fund Member means a Member referred to in Rule D.1(2) of
Schedule 4.
QAL Staff Fund Rules means the governing rules of the QAL Staff Fund in force
immediately prior to the QAL Transfer Date.
QAL Transfer Date means 1 January 2003.
QAL Wages Deferred Account Member has the meaning given to Deferred
Account Member in Rule 0.2 of Schedule 3.
QAL Wages Fund means the Queensland Alumina Wages Employees
Superannuation Fund which was established by a trust deed dated 4 March 1968
(as amended).
QAL Wages Fund DB Member has the meaning given to it in Rule 0.2 of
Schedule 3.
QAL Wages Fund DC Member has the meaning given to it in Rule 0.2 of
Schedule 3.
QAL Wages Fund Member means a Member referred to in Rule 0.1(2) of
Schedule 3.
QAL Wages Fund Rules means the governing rules of the QAL Wages Fund in
force immediately prior to the Transfer Date.
Regulator means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and/or the
Australian Securities and Investments Commission, as the context requires, and
includes any other statutory authority that replaces either of them or which
otherwise has powers under Superannuation Law to regulate the Fund.
Rio Tinto Accumulation Member has the meaning given to it in Rule A.2 of
Schedule 1.
Rio Tinto Deferred Account Member has the meaning given to Deferred Account
Member in Rule A.2 of Schedule 1.
Rules means the rules contained in a Schedule as amended from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of this Trust Deed.
Salary means in relation to a Member the annual remuneration at which the
Member is employed by the Employer or such other amount as the Employer shall
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notify to the Trustee in relation to a particular Member but except to the extent
approved from time to time by the Employer does not include overtime bonuses
commissions or allowances or other emoluments of a like nature or any amounts
which are paid to the Member by way of additional remuneration by an Employer
as a result of the exercise of any power or discretion which has the effect of
reducing or terminating the Member's contribution obligation or the Employer's
contribution or other obligation in relation to the Member under this Deed or the
Rules.
Secretary means the person company partnership or organisation (if any)
appointed from to time by the Trustee as Secretary to the Fund pursuant to Clause
25.
WS Act means the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 of the
Commonwealth of Australia and includes any regulations prescribed under it.
Splittable Contribution has the meaning given to it under Superannuation Law.
Spouse in relation to a person, means:
(a) another person who is legally married to the person (or in the case of a
deceased person was legally married to them at the time of their death);
(b) another person (whether of the same or a different sex) with whom the
person is in a relationship that is registered under a Prescribed Law as a
prescribed kind of relationship (or in the case of a deceased person was in
such a registered relationship at the time of the person's death); and
(c) another person who, although not legally married to the person, lives with
the person on a genuine domestic basis in a relationship as a couple for
the purposes of the SIS Act (or in the case of a deceased person was in
such a relationship at the time of the person's death).
Spouse Account Member has the meaning given to it in Rule F.2 of Schedule 6.
Superannuation Charge means a Superannuation Guarantee Charge imposed
pursuant to the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act 1992 or any other charge,
levy or tax payable by an Employer in respect of a Member pursuant to a Federal
or State Law which imposes a charge, levy or tax upon Employers if the minimum
level of superannuation benefit (whether by way of minimum level of contributions
or otherwise) is not provided in respect of an Employee within the meaning of the
relevant legislation.
Superannuation Complaints Tribunal means the tribunal established by the
Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993 of the Commonwealth of
Australia.
Superannuation Law means Superannuation Requirements in any of:
(a) the SIS Act;
(b) the Superannuation Entities (Taxation) Act 1993;
(c) the Tax Act;
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(d) Corporations Act 2001;
(e) Family Law Act 1975;
any other present or future law of the Commonwealth of Australia or any
State or Territory of it which the Trustee determines to be a
Superannuation Law for the purposes of this Deed or the Rules;
(g) the Prudential Standards;
(h) regulations and statutory instruments made or issued under any Act
specified in paragraphs (a) to (f) (inclusive) and all other requirements,
whether legislative or otherwise, including (without limitation):
(i) any administrative guidelines, rulings or determinations made or
laid down by a Regulator; and
(ii) statements by the government of the Commonwealth of Australia
or any State or Territory (as the case may be) advising changes
and proposed changes to Superannuation Law; and
(i)
a statutory instrument which replaces any Act specified in paragraphs (a)
to (f) (inclusive) or regulation specified in paragraph (g), or has the same
effect, in whole or in part (whether or not passed or approved by the same
legislative or other relevant authority and whether or not incorporating or
adopting any law previously in force).
Superannuation Requirements means requirements with which or which the
Fund, this Deed, the Rules or the Trustee must comply or satisfy (or with which or
which, in the reasonable opinion of the Trustee, the Fund, this Deed, the Rules or
the Trustee ought comply or satisfy) in order to be a complying superannuation
fund or in order to secure or better secure any concession in respect of any tax or
other government impost granted or available to the Fund or in order to avoid what
the Trustee may consider to be a relevant penalty, detriment or disadvantage.
Superannuable Bonus means in relation to a Member such part of any
performance based bonus paid or payable to a Member which is notified by the
Employer to the Trustee from time to time as superannuable for the purposes of
this definition.
S B Percentage means in relation to a Member the percentage of the
Superannuable Bonus which is notified by the Employer to the Trustee from time to
time.
Tax Act means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of the Commonwealth of
Australia.
Temporary Incapacity has the meaning given to it in the SIS Act.
Terminal Medical Condition has the meaning given to it in the SIS Act.
Total and Permanent Disablement means:
(a)
in relation to a Member who is an Employee, that Member having been
absent from the employ of the Employer as a result of 'permanent
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incapacity' (as that term is defined in the SIS Act) for six consecutive
months or for such shorter period as in the circumstances the Trustee
considers appropriate; or
(b) in relation to all other Members, the Member suffering 'permanent
incapacity' (as that term is defined in the SIS Act),
and Totally and Permanently Disabled shall have a corresponding meaning.
Transfer Date means 1 July 1993.
Transition to Retirement Pension (TRAP) has the meaning given to it in Rule G.2 of Schedule 7.
Transition to Retirement Pensioner has the meaning given to it in Rule G.2 of Schedule 7.
Trustee means Rio Tinto Staff Fund Pty Limited or the Trustee or Trustees for the time being of the Fund.
Unit means a part or share of an investment strategy created by the Trustee under Clause 6D.
Unit Class means a class of units referable to a particular investment strategy of
the Fund made available under Clause 26A.
Unitisation Date means 1 May 2006.
Unitised DC Benefits means in relation to a Defined Benefit Member, those
benefits (if any) of the Member which the Trustee determines from time to time to
be unitised defined contribution benefits for the purposes of this definition.
Unitised QAL DC Benefits means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DB Member
or a QAL Staff Fund DB Member those benefits of the Member which the Trustee
determines from time to time to be unitised defined contribution benefits for the
purposes of this definition.
Unit Price means the applicable price of a Unit as determined by the Trustee under Clause 6D.
2. The Fund
The Fund shall comprise:
(a) Contributions made by Members pursuant to this Deed and the Rules;
(b) Contributions made by the Principal Employer and any Associated Employer
pursuant to this Deed and the Rules;
(c) Any other moneys and assets paid and transferred to the Trustee pursuant to this Deed and the Rules;
(d) The income arising from investments;
(e) Any accretions to or profits on realisation of investments; and
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(f)
Any other moneys assets policies of insurance or assurance or investments which
become subject to the trusts of this Deed and the Rules.
2A. Membership Divisions
The following Divisions are established under this Deed:
(a)
the Accumulation Division which has the following classifications:
(i) Employee, which comprises:
(A) Defined Contribution Members and Limited Members, and
Schedule 1 applies to them;
(B) QAL Wages Fund DC Members, and Schedule 3 applies to them;
(C) QAL Staff Fund DC Members, and Schedule 4 applies to them;
and
(ii) Personal, which comprises:
(A) Rio Tinto Deferred Account Members, and Schedule 1 applies to
them;
(B) QAL Wages Deferred Account Members, and Schedule 3 applies
to them;
(C) QAL Staff Deferred Account Members, and Schedule 4 applies to
them; and
(D) Personal Members, and Schedule 6 applies to them;
(b) the Defined Benefit Division, which comprises:
(i) Defined Benefit Members, and Schedule 2 applies to them;
(ii) QAL Wages Fund DB Members, and Schedule 3 applies to them;
(iii) QAL Staff Fund DB Members, and Schedule 4 applies to them;
(iv) North Fund Pensioners, and Schedule 5 applies to them; and
(v) Alcan DB Members, and Schedule 8 applies to them; and
(c) the Retirement Division under Schedule 7, which comprises:
(i) Account Based Pensioners; and
(ii) Transition to Retirement Pensioners.
Certain members of the Accumulation Division are also MySuper Members pursuant to
clause 8A.
2B. Operational Rules
(1) The Trustee may from time to time:
(a) prescribe, by instrument in writing, Rules to be known as Operational Rules
for the purposes of any one or more provisions, or matters covered by one
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or more provisions, of this Deed or the Rules provided that the Operational
Rules are not inconsistent with this Deed, the Rules or Superannuation
Law; and
(b) amend or revoke the Operational Rules by instrument in writing.
(2) The Operational Rules may be made up of two or more separate documents, each
of which may have a different title.
(3) Despite any other provision of this Deed or the Rules, the Operational Rules may
deal with any provision, or matter covered by a provision, of this Deed or the Rules
even if another provision of this Deed or the Rules confers a specific power on the
Trustee to prescribe rules for the purposes of that provision or matter.
(4) Subject to Superannuation Law, any amendment or revocation of the Operational
Rules will come into force when the amending or revoking instrument in writing is
executed or approved (as the case may be) and will take effect as from that date or
as from such earlier or later date as may be specified for that purpose in the instrument in writing.
3. Admission of Members
(1) Subject to Clause 3(1A), any Employee who is not a Member of an Existing Fund
and any other Employee who is invited by the Employer shall be eligible to become
a Defined Contribution Member and shall make application in such form and within
such time as the Trustee may from time to time require PROVIDED THAT an Employee eligible for membership as a Defined Contribution Member may with the
approval of the Principal Employer be admitted as a Defined Benefit Member on
such terms as the Principal Employer and the Trustee may agree.
(1A) An Employee who is invited by the Employer to be admitted as an Alcan DB
Member shall be eligible to become an Alcan DB Member on such terms as the
Employer and the Trustee may agree and shall make application in such form and
within such time as the Trustee may from time to time require.
(2) An Employee who makes an application shall become a Member upon acceptance
of his application by the Trustee and for the purposes of this Deed and the Rules
his Fund Membership shall commence on the date of acceptance of his application
or such earlier date as shall be approved by the Trustee.
(3) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the Rules:
(a) The Employer may at any time declare in respect of any Member that
some additional period shall count as Fund Membership for the purposes
of all or any part of this Deed and the Rules;
(b) If the Salary of a Member is reduced at any time the Employer and the
Member may agree that his Salary before such reduction shall continue to
be his Salary for the purposes of this Deed and the Rules;
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(c) In lieu of determining the Salary of a Member as provided in Clause 1(7) or
as provided in Clause 3(3)(b) the Employer and the Member may agree
that his Salary shall be such other amount or be determined in such other
manner as shall be agreed to by the Employer and the Member;
(d) The Employer may at any time with the approval of the Trustee declare in
respect of any person eligible for membership or any Member or group of
Members who was or were admitted to membership as the consequence of
the acquisition of a business undertaking on terms and conditions as to the
superannuation benefits to be provided in respect of the Member or
Members from the Fund that such benefits as determined by the Employer
and notified to the Trustee and where appropriate consistent with such
terms and conditions shall become payable to or in respect of such person
or Member or Members from the Fund PROVIDED THAT the Trustee is
satisfied that:
(i) the provision of such benefits shall not materially prejudice the
ability of the Fund to provide the benefits to or in respect of
Members as specified in the Deed and the Rules; or
(ii) the Employer has entered into an arrangement with the Trustee to
contribute sufficient moneys to meet the cost to the Fund of
providing the benefits as aforesaid,
and any declaration or agreement made pursuant to this Clause 3(3) shall
be taken into account in determining the contributions payable to the Fund
by Employers under Clauses 5(5) and 5(6).
(e) The Principal Employer may with the approval of the Trustee determine
that an Employee shall be deemed to become a Member on such date as
is determined by the Principal Employer and notified to the Trustee but any
such Employee shall not be required to contribute to the Fund without his
or her consent in writing.
(4) The Principal Employer may direct the Trustee to refuse to admit to the Fund or to
admit to the Fund subject to such special conditions as the Principal Employer
considers appropriate any person who has applied to become a Member and who
is unable to submit evidence of health of such standard or to pass such medical
examinations as the Trustee or the Principal Employer may prescribe or to submit
proof to the satisfaction of the Trustee of any statement in his application and if
after an application by a person to become a Member has been accepted any
statement made or evidence submitted to the Trustee pursuant to this Clause 3(4)
in respect of that application is found to contain any misstatement error mistake or
omission the Trustee shall at the direction of the Principal Employer make such
adjustments as the Principal Employer considers appropriate to the benefits to be
provided by the Fund for or in respect of that Member and/or the contributions paid
to the Fund by that Member PROVIDED THAT the Trustee is not obliged to act in
accordance with any direction by the Principal Employer if after having obtained
the advice of the Actuary the Trustee is of the opinion that to so act would
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materially affect the ability of the Fund to provide benefits as specified in this Deed
and the Rules unless the Principal Employer enters into an agreement with the
Trustee to provide additional contributions to cover the cost to the Trustee
complying with any such direction.
(5)
For the purposes of effecting increasing or otherwise varying any policy of
insurance or assurance as provided in Clause 26(3)(j) the Trustee may from time to
time require any Member or any person who has applied to become a Member to
be medically examined or to submit other evidence of health or to provide proof of
age to the satisfaction of the Insurer or to take such other steps as may be required
for the aforesaid purposes. If any Member or any person who has applied to
become a Member refuses to undergo such medical examination or to undertake
any other step which may be required for the aforesaid purposes or if he does omit
to do anything that would or might vitiate the policy or result in the policy moneys or
any part thereof not becoming payable the Trustee may adjust the benefits to be
provided by the Fund for or in respect of that Member or person in such manner as
the Trustee considers appropriate.
(6)
Every person being or becoming a Member shall ipso facto be deemed to have
approved of and to be bound by this Deed and the Rules.
(7)
The Trustee shall ensure that each Member and, where applicable, a person
entitled to receive a benefit from the Fund is advised of such matters, in such form
and at such times as shall be necessary in order to comply with any applicable
requirement under Superannuation Law regarding the provision of information and
advice, including without limitation any applicable requirements regarding advice
as to:
(a) kinds of benefits, conditions relating to benefits and the amount and
method of calculating benefits;
(b) amendments of this Deed and the Rules; and
(c) the formal reports of the Auditor and, where applicable, the Actuary.
(8) Except as is otherwise expressly provided in this Deed or the Rules, any Employee
who becomes a Member shall remain a Member for so long as he remains in the employ of an Employer.
(9)
If a person who, having previously left the employ of the Employer, rejoins the
employ of the Employer, then:
(a) except to the extent which the Trustee considers appropriate in order to
satisfy any applicable requirement of Superannuation Law; and
(b) in any case, subject to such special terms and conditions, if any, as may be
determined by the Employer either generally or in any particular case;
during and in respect of the period after the date he or she rejoins the employ of
the Employer that person shall for all intents and purposes under this Deed and the
Rules be treated as if he or she had never previously been an Employee of the
Employer or a Member of the Fund PROVIDED THAT, if that person has
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previously been a Member of the Fund and remains entitled to a deferred,
preserved or other continuing benefit secured under this Deed and the Rules in
respect of a previous period of membership of the Fund, then, subject to 3(9)(a)
and to any contrary agreement between the Trustee, that person and the
Employer, that person's rights and interests in respect of any such continuing
benefit, and the conditions upon which that benefit is secured, shall remain
unaffected.
3A. Member Fund Choice
(1) This Clause 3A applies where a Member who is an Employee selects a chosen
fund other than the Fund in accordance with rights conferred on the Member by the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992. This Clause 3A does not
apply to, or in respect of, any:
(a) Defined Benefit Member in respect of that membership;
(b) QAL Wages Fund DB Member in respect of that membership;
(c) QAL Staff Fund DB Member in respect of that membership;
(d) Rio Tinto Deferred Account Member;
(e) QAL Wages Deferred Account Member;
(f) QAL Staff Deferred Account Member;
(9) Personal Member;
(h) Account Based Pensioner; or
(i) Alcan DB Member in respect of that membership.
(2) This Clause 3A applies despite anything to the contrary in this Deed or the Rules,
but is subject to Superannuation Law.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed by the Trustee and the Principal Employer (whether in
relation to Members generally or in relation to any particular Member or category of
Members), the following provisions apply in respect of the Member from the date
agreed by the Trustee and the Employer having regard to the requirements of the
choice of fund provisions of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act
1992 (whether in relation to Members generally or in relation to any particular
Member or category of Members):
(a) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance (within the meaning of the
Schedule applicable to the Member) (referred to in this Clause 3A as the
Member's benefits) will be dealt with by the Trustee as follows:
if the Member's benefits (after deduction of any applicable fees,
costs, expenses and taxes) are not less than the Minimum Account
Balance:
(A) in the case of a Defined Contribution Member and a
Limited Member — the Member's benefits will be deferred
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benefits governed by Rule All of Schedule 1, and the
Member will be a Rio Tinto Deferred Account Member,
from the agreed date;
(B) in the case of a QAL Wages Fund DC Member — the
Member's benefits will be deferred benefits governed by
Rule C.16 of Schedule 3, and the Member will be a QAL
Wages Deferred Account Member from the agreed date; and
(C) in the case of a QAL Staff Fund DC Member — the
Member's benefits will be deferred benefits governed by
Rule D.16 of Schedule 4, and the Member will be a QAL
Staff Deferred Account Member from the agreed date; and
(ii) if the Member's benefits (after deduction of any applicable fees,
costs, expenses and taxes) are less than the Minimum Account
Balance — the Member's benefits will be dealt with by whichever of
the following options is selected by the Member:
(A) the Member's benefits will be transferred or rolled over to
an Approved Benefit Arrangement nominated by the
Member; or
(B) the Member's benefits will be paid to or at the direction of
the Member in a cash lump sum payment.
Upon the request of the Member, the Trustee may agree to deal with the
Member's benefits partly by one option specified above and partly by the
other option specified above.
If no valid election is made by the Member within the Prescribed Period the
Member's benefits will be transferred or rolled over to an Approved Benefit
Arrangement selected by the Trustee.
(b) the Employer will not be required to make any contributions to the Fund in
respect of the Member; and
(c) any other terms and conditions agreed by the Trustee and the Principal
Employer from time to time in relation to the consequences of selecting a
chosen fund other than the Fund as contemplated by Clause 3A(1)
(whether in relation to Members generally or in relation to any particular
Member or category of Members).
(4) Where a Member who has previously selected a chosen fund as contemplated by
Clause 3A(1) subsequently selects the Fund as his or her chosen fund, the terms
and conditions applicable to the Member's membership will be as agreed by the
Trustee and the Principal Employer from time to time (whether in relation to
Members generally or in relation to any particular Member or category of Members).
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4. Election
(1) A Member who was a Defined Benefit Member on the Transfer Date may on or
before the Election Date elect in a form approved by the Trustee to become a
Defined Contribution Member as on and from the Transfer Date.
(2) A Defined Benefit Member or an Alcan DB Member who has not made or who was
not eligible to make an election under Clause 4(1) may with the approval of the
Principal Employer elect in a form approved by the Trustee to become a Defined
Contribution Member with effect as on and from a date determined by the Trustee
with the approval of the Principal Employer.
(3) A Defined Benefit Member or an Alcan DB Member who elects to become a
Defined Contribution Member under Clause 4(1) or 4(2) shall cease to be entitled
to benefits applicable in relation to Defined Benefit Members or Alcan DB Members
(as the case may be).
(4) An election made under Clause 4(1) or 4(2) is irrevocable.
5. Contributions
(1) Subject to Clauses 3(4), 5(2) and 5(3), each Member will or may (as the case may
be) contribute to the Fund:
(a) in the case of a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member as specified in
Schedule 1;
(b) in the case of a Defined Benefit Member — as specified in Schedule 2;
(c) in the case of a QAL Wages Fund Member — as specified in Schedule 3;
(d) in the case of a QAL Staff Fund Member — as specified in Schedule 4;
(e) in the case of a Personal Member — in accordance with Schedule 6; and
(f) in the case of an Alcan DB Member — as specified in Schedule 8.
(2) Subject to Superannuation Law, any contribution which a Member is required to
pay under Clause 5(1) or 3(4) shall be deducted for him from his Salary by the
Employer when each payment of Salary is made and shall be paid into the Fund on
his behalf PROVIDED THAT no contribution shall be payable by a Member:
(a) after the date on which a benefit becomes payable from the Fund to or in
respect of him; or
(b) after the Member's Normal Latest Contribution Date.
(3)
The Employer may by notice in writing require the Trustee to admit a Member or
group of Members to a special category of membership. A Member who has been
admitted to the special category of membership shall contribute to the Fund at
such rate (if any) as the Employer may from time to time determine and notify to
the Trustee, but for the purposes of this Deed and the Rules the contribution which
would have been paid by the Member had he or she not been admitted to
membership of the special category shall be deemed to have been paid for the
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purpose of calculating any benefit payable pursuant to this Deed and the Rules the
amount of which depends on the amount of contributions paid to the Fund by the
Member and any reduction in the contributions payable to the Fund by the Member
as a result of the Member being admitted to the special category of membership
shall be taken into account in determining the contribution payable to the Fund by
the Employer pursuant to Clause 5(5) and 5(6).
(4) Each Employer shall remit to the Trustee or at the direction of the Trustee to a
bank account of the Fund the contributions deducted by it from Salaries pursuant
to this Clause within a period of seven days after the end of the month in which the
deductions are made or within such longer period (not exceeding in any event 28
days after the end of the aforesaid month) as shall be agreed with the Trustee from
time to time.
(5)
For the purpose of commencing the Fund and at intervals of not more than three
years after the Commencing Date as required by the Principal Employer or by the
Trustee the Actuary shall advise the Trustee of the amounts or rates of contribution
required from each Employer to ensure the stability of the Fund and to secure the
rights of Members. For this purpose, in the case of the QAL Employers the
Actuary shall advise the Trustee of the amounts or rates of contribution required by
each QAL Employer in respect of its QAL Members, and the Spouse Account
Members of QAL Members, having regard to the value of the QAL Assets as at the
relevant time, the accrued benefits and projected future benefits of QAL Members.
(6) Each Employer shall contribute to the Fund in respect of its Members:
(a) such amounts or rates of contribution (if any) as were last advised to the
Trustee by the Actuary under Clause 5(5); or
(b) such other amounts or rates of contribution as may be agreed to by the
Employer, the Trustee, the Actuary and (in the case of a QAL Employer)
the QAL Principal Employer and the Principal Employer.
(7)
The contributions payable by an Employer under Clause 5(6) shall be payable by
monthly instalments which shall be payable on the last day of each month or on
such other day not exceeding 28 days after the end of such month as shall be
agreed to by the Employer and the Trustee or shall be payable in such other
manner as shall be agreed to by the Employer and the Trustee and if any
instalment or payment is not received by the Fund on the due date the Trustee
may at any time afterwards determine that while the instalment or payment remains
unpaid no benefit shall be paid from the Fund to or in respect of any Member
employed by that Employer or any Member formerly employed by that Employer
and not subsequently employed by any other Employer (other than a benefit
payable in respect of the death of a Member) and if any instalment or payment
remains unpaid thirty days after the due date the provisions of Clause 13 shall
apply as if that Employer had decided to suspend all its contributions to the Fund in
respect of all Members employed or formerly employed by it and the Trustee had
received notice in writing of that decision from the Employer.
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(8)
In addition to the contributions payable by it pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Clause an Employer may at any time contribute additional amounts to the
Fund for the purpose of providing additional benefits for any particular Member or
Members and any such Member on ceasing to be in the employ of the Employer
for any reason (including but not limited to the death of the Member) shall be
entitled to have paid from the Fund to or in respect of him such additional benefits
as the Trustee after obtaining the advice of the Actuary shall determine and notify
to the Employer at the time the Employer agrees to contribute additional amounts
as aforesaid.
(9)
Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee may:
(a) accept into the Fund in respect of a Member any co-contribution or similar
payment, and may credit or treat any such co-contribution or similar
payment as a contribution by the Member;
(b) may pay to the Australian Taxation Office or other proper authority an
amount determined by the Trustee in respect of any co-contribution or
similar payment which has been received into the Fund in respect of a
Member and which the Australian Taxation Office or other proper authority
considers has been paid incorrectly and the Trustee may adjust the
Member's account in the Fund, or the benefits payable to or in respect of
the Member, on such basis as the Trustee determines, having regard to
the amount which the Trustee has paid to the Australian Taxation Office or
other proper authority under this Clause 5(9); and
(c) refuse to accept any co-contribution or similar payment in such
circumstances as the Trustee may from time to time determine.
(10) (a) Subject to Superannuation Law and Clause 5(10)(b), upon the election of a
Member the Trustee may:
(i) allot within the Fund; and/or
(ii) rollover or transfer to the Fund or from the Fund (as the case may
be),
an amount of benefits, for the benefit of the Member's Spouse, that is
equal to a nominated amount of the Splittable Contributions made by, for or
on behalf of the Member.
(b) Despite Clause 5(10)(a), a Member may only elect to split contributions
under Clause 5(10)(a) to the extent that the Member's benefits under the
Fund will equal or exceed the Minimum Account Balance following the
contribution split and the adjustment to the Member's benefits under
Clause 5(10)(c), unless the Trustee determines otherwise (whether in
relation to Members generally or in relation to any particular Member or
category of Members).
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(c) Where a Member has elected to split contributions in accordance with
Clause 5(10)(a), the Trustee will reduce the benefits payable to or in
respect of the Member to take account of the amount of benefits allotted
within the Fund, or rolled over or transferred (as the case may be), for the
benefit of the Member's Spouse under Clause 5(10)(a).
(d) Where a nominated amount of Splittable Contributions are allotted within
the Fund, or are rolled over or transferred to the Fund, to be held for a
Member's Spouse under Clause 5(10)(a), the Trustee will:
(i)
in the case of a Spouse who is also a Member and has one or
more accumulation accounts in the Fund — credit the nominated
amount of Splittable Contributions to the Spouse's account in the
Fund or where the Spouse has more than one account in the Fund
the Trustee may credit the nominated amount to any one or more
of the Spouse's accounts; or
in the case of any other Spouse — credit the nominated amount of
Splittable Contributions to an account to be established in the Fund
for the Spouse under Schedule 6, and the Spouse will be a
Personal Member.
(e) The Trustee may in respect of a Member accept into the Fund a rollover or
transfer from an Approved Benefit Arrangement of an amount of benefits
comprising Splittable Contributions made by, for or on behalf of the
Member's Spouse and directed to the Fund by the Member's Spouse.
Such benefits will be held by the Trustee for, or in respect of, the Member
on such terms and conditions as the Trustee may determine from time to
time (whether in relation to Members generally or in relation to any
particular Member or category of Members).
(11) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the
Rules, the Trustee shall refuse to accept all or part of any contributions from any
particular person or persons if it considers that to do so is necessary in order to
ensure compliance with any applicable requirement under Superannuation Law.
Subject to this Deed and the Rules, after such refusal the Trustee may adjust all or
any of the benefits payable or to be provided from the Fund for or in respect of any
person whom the Trustee considers to be affected by such refusal in such manner
and to such extent as the Trustee considers appropriate and equitable and the
adjusted benefits shall be substituted for the benefits otherwise provided for under
this Deed and the Rules.
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6. Benefits
(1) Benefit Entitlements
Subject to the provisions of this Deed and the Rules, benefits as follows shall be
payable out of the Fund:
(a)
in the case of Rio Tinto Accumulation Members — the benefits described in
Schedule 1;
(b) in the case of Defined Benefit Members - the benefits described in
Schedule 2;
(c) in the case of QAL Wages Fund Members - the benefits described in
Schedule 3;
(d) in the case of QAL Staff Fund Members - the benefits described in
Schedule 4;
(e) in the case of North Fund Pensioners — the benefits described in
Schedule 5;
(f)
in the case of Personal Members — the benefits described in Schedule 6;
(g)
in the case of Account Based Pensioners and Transition to Retirement
Pensioners — the benefits described in Schedule 7; and
(h) in the case of Alcan DB Members — the benefits described in Schedule 8.
Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the
Rules, the Trustee's obligations and liabilities to pay benefits to, or in respect of,
the QAL Members and the Eligible Spouses of QAL Members is limited to the QAL
Assets.
(1A) Account Based Pension Benefits
(a) Upon request, the Trustee may transfer all or part of an immediate benefit
payable to a Member under Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3,
Schedule 4, Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 or an immediate benefit payable to
a Dependant of a Member to an Account Based Pension Account (within
the meaning of Rule G.2) provided that the eligibility conditions set out in
Clause 6(1A)(b) are satisfied.
(b) Unless otherwise determined by the Trustee, the eligibility conditions
referred to in Clause 6(1A)(a) are:
(i)
the Trustee is satisfied that the person has retired within the
meaning of Superannuation Law or is otherwise eligible to receive
an Account Based Pension under Superannuation Law;
(ii) the minimum benefit that must be transferred to an Account Based
Pension Account is the Minimum Account Balance;
(iii) no part of the benefit that is to be transferred to an Account Based
Pension Account may be a preserved benefit within the meaning of
Superannuation Law; and
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(iv) such other conditions as may be determined by the Trustee from
time to time.
These eligibility conditions do not apply to the provision of Transition to
Retirement Pensions, which are governed by Rule G.6 of Schedule 7.
(c) The Trustee may agree to a request made under Clause 6(1A)(a) on such
terms and conditions as the Trustee may determine.
(d) Upon transfer of an amount to an Account Based Pension Account the
Member, the Dependant and any person claiming through or under the
Member or the Dependant, will only be entitled to benefits under Schedule
7 and will cease to be entitled to benefit under any other Schedule, or
provision of this Deed and the Rules (as the case may be), in respect of
the amount transferred.
(1B) Transition to Retirement Pensions (TRAPs)
Transition to Retirement Pensions will be payable out of the Fund in accordance
with Schedule 7.
(2) Pension in Exchange for a Lump Sum Benefit
(a) A Member who is entitled to receive a lump sum benefit under Schedule 1,
Schedule 2, Schedule 3 or Schedule 4 may apply to the Trustee to
exchange all or any part of such lump sum benefit for a pension benefit
payable to such persons as the Trustee shall approve and if such
application is approved the Trustee shall as directed by the Principal
Employer (or in the absence of any such direction at its discretion) either:
(i) pay such pension benefit direct from the Fund the amount of which
and the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by the
Trustee after obtaining the advice of the Actuary; or
(ii) arrange for the provision of such pension benefit by applying the
aforesaid lump sum benefit in purchasing from an Insurer or from
such other organisation as the Trustee shall decide an annuity
policy or contract providing for payment of an annuity on such
terms and conditions as are approved by the Trustee and after
application of the lump sum benefit or part of it as aforesaid neither
the Member nor any person claiming through or under the Member
shall have any further claim on the Fund or the Trustee or any
Employer in respect of the amount so applied PROVIDED THAT
no such pension or annuity shall be provided if in the opinion of the
Trustee so to do would cause the Fund to breach or fail to comply
with any applicable requirement of Superannuation Law regarding
the provision of pensions and annuities from a complying
superannuation fund.
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(b) If in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable to any such
pension benefit payable from the Fund under Clause 6(2)(a)(i) an amount
is payable after the death of the Member such amount shall be payable by
the Trustee to the Dependants of the Member or to the legal personal
representatives of the Member or to another person in accordance with
Clause 6(3) or 6(3A) (as the case may be) unless the terms and conditions
on which such benefit was granted or was payable otherwise provide.
(3) Death Benefits
Subject to Clause 6(3A), benefits payable upon the death of a Member will be
payable by the Trustee to or for the benefit of such one or more of:
(a) the Member's Dependants; and
(b) the Member's legal personal representatives; or
(c) if applicable, any other person but only on the terms and in the
circumstances permitted under Superannuation Law,
to the exclusion of the other or others of them in such shares and proportions
between them and in such form, manner and subject to such terms and conditions
as the Trustee determines from time to time.
(3A) Binding Nominations
(a)
This Clause 6(3A) applies to, and in respect of, each QAL Member and
their benefits.
(b) In addition, the Trustee may determine the extent to which, and the
Members and benefits in relation to which (other than QAL Members and
their benefits), Binding Nominations may (if at all) be given to the Trustee
for the purposes of the Fund under this Clause 6(3A).
(c) A Member who is eligible may:
(i) give the Trustee a Binding Nomination at any time; or
(ii) at any time revoke or replace a Binding Nomination,
subject to any restrictions or conditions determined by the Trustee having
regard to Superannuation Law.
(d) A Binding Nomination will cease to be binding if:
(i) the Member revokes the Binding Nomination or gives the Trustee a
new Binding Nomination; or
(ii) under Superannuation Law the Binding Nomination ceases to be
binding.
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(e) If all Superannuation Law requirements have been satisfied, the Trustee
must pay any benefits payable on death in respect of a Member in
accordance with the Member's Binding Nomination notwithstanding any
other provision of this Deed or the Rules which confers a discretion on the
Trustee as to the payment of death benefits and to that extent this Clause
6(3A) overrides any such provision.
(f)
To the extent that the benefits of a Member (other than a QAL Member)
are not able to be distributed under Clause 6(3A)(e) for any reason but
subject to Clause 6(3A)(h), the Trustee shall pay or apply the benefits in
accordance with Clause 6(3).
(g)
To the extent that the benefits of a QAL Member are not able to be
distributed under Clause 6(3A)(e) for any reason but subject to
Clause 6(3A)(h), the Trustee shall pay or apply the benefits to or for the
benefit of:
(i) such one or more of the QAL Member's Dependants and the QAL
Member's legal personal representative, to the exclusion of the
other or others of them, and in such form, manner, proportions,
and subject to such conditions, as the Trustee may determine; or
(ii) where the Trustee after making reasonable enquiries is unable to
identify any Dependants or legal personal representative of a
deceased QAL Member, any person or persons who in the
Trustee's opinion has or have a fair claim to the benefit.
(h) Subject to Superannuation Law:
(i)
if a beneficiary (other than a beneficiary of a QAL Member) dies
before the whole of the benefit which is payable to that beneficiary
has been paid, the amount of the unpaid benefit shall be paid or
applied in accordance with Clause 6(3) as if the beneficiary was a
Member at the time of death; and
(ii) if a beneficiary of a QAL Member dies before the whole of the
benefit which is payable to that beneficiary has been paid, the
amount of the unpaid benefit shall be paid or applied in accordance
with Clause 6(3A)(g) as if the beneficiary was a QAL Member at
the time of death.
(i)
In this Clause 6(3A) QAL Member means:
(i) a QAL Member within the meaning of Clause 1(7); and
(ii) any Spouse Account Member of a QAL Member who for the time
being is admitted to Schedule 6.
(i)
Each binding nomination (within the meaning of the QAL Wages Fund
Rules or the QAL Staff Fund Rules (as the case may be)) given by a QAL
Member under Rule 1.30.2 of the QAL Wages Fund Rules or the QAL Staff
Fund Rules (as the case may be) and in force as at the QAL Transfer Date,
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is a Binding Nomination for the purposes of this Clause, and is taken to be
a notice given to the Trustee by the relevant QAL Member.
(3B) Payment of Personal Member& Death Benefits
Benefits payable upon the death of a Personal Member will be payable by the
Trustee in accordance with Schedule 6.
(3C) Payment of Account Based Pensioners and TRAP Pensioner& Death
Benefits
Benefits payable upon the death of an Account Based Pensioner or a Transition to
Retirement Pensioner will be payable by the Trustee in accordance with
Schedule 7.
(4) [Clause 6(4) deleted]
(5) Taxation and Surcharge Referable to Members and Beneficiaries
(a) Where appropriate, the Trustee shall, notwithstanding any provision of this
Deed or the Rules but subject to Superannuation Law, reduce the benefits
(including, without limitation, any pension benefits) payable from the Fund
to or in respect of a Member to take account of any surcharge, tax, charge
or impost (however described) and any advance instalment and associated
amounts which have been or which in the opinion of the Trustee may be
assessed against the Fund in respect of the Member, or in connection with
a contribution made or deemed to be made in respect of a Member, from
time to time, and in respect of which no adjustment has been made under
other provisions of this Deed or the Rules. Where applicable, such
reduction shall be made in accordance with Clause 6(5)(b).
(b) Where this Clause applies, the Trustee shall reduce the benefits in respect
of a Member by such amount, at such times, in such manner, by such
arrangements and otherwise as the Trustee considers fair and equitable
(having regard to the advice of the Actuary) to take account of:
(i) the amount of any surcharge, tax, charge or impost (however
described) and any advance instalment and associated amounts
which have been or which in the opinion of the Trustee may be
assessed against the Fund in respect of the Member, or in
connection with a contribution made or deemed to be made in
respect of the Member, from time to time; and
(ii) the amount which in the opinion of the Trustee (having regard to
the advice of the Actuary) would have accrued in the Fund if the
surcharge, tax, charge or impost (as the case may be) and
advance instalment and associated amounts referred to in Clause
6(5)(b)(i) had not been paid to the Commissioner of Taxation or
other relevant authority (as the case may be) under the applicable
legislation,
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PROVIDED THAT no reduction shall be made to benefits which have in
the opinion of the Actuary accrued in respect of a Member up to 8
December 1997 PROVIDED FURTHER THAT where the Trustee receives
a refund of an advance instalment or associated amounts from the
Commissioner of Taxation or other relevant authority (as the case may be)
which has been taken into account under Clauses 6(5)(b)(i) for the purpose
of reducing the Member's benefits the Trustee shall increase the benefits
accruing under or payable from the Fund in respect of that Member having
regard to the amount of that refund and the amount of the previous
reduction to the Member's benefits.
Where a pension is payable to or in respect of a Member the pension
which is payable is the amount of the pension reduced by such amount as
is determined by the Trustee having regard to the amounts (if any) referred
to in Clauses 6(5)(b)(i) and 6(5)(b)(ii) and to the proviso and to the advice
of the Actuary.
(c) The Trustee:
(i) may make any payment on account of surcharge, tax, charge,
impost or advance instalment or any associated payment which
has been or which in the opinion of the Trustee may be assessed
against the Fund in respect of a Member, or in connection with a
contribution made or deemed to be made in respect of a Member,
at such times, in such manner, by such arrangements and
otherwise as may be required by the applicable legislation;
(ii) shall have power to remit the amount deducted or such other
amount as the Trustee thinks fit to the Commissioner of Taxation
or other relevant authority (as the case may be) in accordance with
the requirements of the applicable legislation; and
(iii) shall have power to debit any account in the books of the Fund
with such amount as the Trustee thinks fit in respect of any
payment, or reduction of benefits, made under this Clause 6(5),
and to make such other adjustments and provisions as the Trustee
may consider appropriate.
(6) Commutation of Pensions
Subject to Clause 8(2), the Trustee may, with the approval of the Principal
Employer (which approval may be given generally or in a particular case), at the
request of the person entitled to receive a commutable pension payable from the
Fund, commute the pension (including any reversionary pension payable on the
death of the person) for a lump sum payment to the person entitled to the pension.
The lump sum payment shall be an amount determined by the Trustee after having
obtained the advice of the Actuary and considering such evidence as to the health
of the person requesting commutation as the Trustee may require.
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(7)
Pension Adjustment — CPI
(a) Subject to Clause 6(7)(b), in respect of a lifetime pension which
commenced prior to 1 July 2001 with effect from 1 July in each year, the
Trustee shall increase each lifetime pension payable from the Fund on 30
June in that year by the lesser of 5% per annum and the ratio of any
increase in the CPI Number published in respect of the calendar quarter
ending 30 June in that year over the CPI Number published in respect of
the calendar quarter ending 30 June in the previous year.
(b) Where a lifetime pension has been adjusted to reflect any increase in the
Consumer Price Index in the year ending 30 June 2001, on a basis other
than that set out in Clause 6(7)(a), that lifetime pension shall be further
adjusted as determined by the Actuary so as to ensure the pension
payable in respect of the period after 30 June 2001 is as near as
practicable equal to the pension that would have been payable had the
pension payable been increased in the manner set out in Clause 6(7)(a).
(c) The 5% per annum cap on pension increases under Clause 6(7)(a) will not
apply to persons entitled to lifetime pensions under Schedule 5.
(d) From 1 July 2001, this provision overrides any other provision in the Trust
Deed and Rules dealing with increases in lifetime pensions.
For the purposes of this Clause 6(7), CPI Number is the number published by the
Australian Statistician as representing the Consumer Price Index (all groups 8
Capital Cities) or if such Index ceases to be published such other index
representing general price increases in Australia as the Trustee shall determine.
(8) Early Release of Benefits
Subject to Superannuation Law, in the case of:
(a) the severe financial hardship (within the meaning of Superannuation Law)
of a Member;
(b) compassionate grounds (within the meaning of Superannuation Law)
arising in respect of a Member for the purposes of Superannuation Law; or
(c) any other circumstances considered exceptional by the Trustee in relation
to a Member,
the Trustee will have power (but will not be obliged) to pay to or in respect of the
Member all or part of the amount which the Trustee determines represents the
Member's interest in the Fund at the time of making the determination and such
amount may be provided in such form and by way of such arrangements and
conditions as the Trustee thinks fit.
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(9)
Access to Benefits while in Employment
(a) In the circumstances and to the extent permitted by Superannuation Law,
in addition to the circumstances in which benefits are payable to a person
under this Deed and the Rules, the Trustee may upon request pay to a
Member all or part of the Member's benefits. This Clause 6(9) applies
even if the Member will continue in the employment of the Employer after
the request is dealt with by the Trustee.
(b) Benefits payable under this Clause 6(9) shall be paid on such terms and
conditions (which may include the terms and conditions of any fees to be
paid under this Clause 6(9)) as may be determined by the Trustee from
time to time.
(c) Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee shall debit the Member's
accounts in the Fund with any amount paid under this Clause 6(9)
(together with any fee) or otherwise adjust the remaining benefits (if any)
payable to or in respect of the Member in such manner as the Trustee
thinks fit to take account of the amount paid under Clause 6(9)(a).
(10) Insured Benefits
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed or the Rules, where the Trustee
has entered into an insurance arrangement with an Insurer to provide part or all of
any benefit provided for under this Deed or the Rules in respect of a Member:
(a) the payment (or otherwise) of the relevant part of that benefit will be
determined solely by the terms of the applicable policy of insurance; and
(b) the amount payable in respect of the relevant part of the benefit will be
limited to the amount actually received by the Trustee in respect of the
policy of insurance,
including where, for the avoidance of doubt, the relevant Member was denied
cover as an insured Member under the applicable policy of insurance for any
reason.
6A. Application of Interest/Declared Earning Rates and Unit Pricing
Provisions
(1) Clauses 6B and 6C (relating to interest rates and the Declared Earning Rate) and
6D (relating to unitisation) together govern the allocation of the investment
earnings of the Fund.
(2) With effect from the Unitisation Date and unless and until otherwise determined by
the Trustee or the provisions of this Deed or the Rules provide otherwise, the
Trustee intends that:
(a) Clauses 6B and 6C will apply for the purpose of allocating the investment
earnings of the Fund to or in respect of the following Members and their
benefits and accounts in the Fund:
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(0
each Non-Unitised Deferred Account Member entitled to deferred
benefits under Schedule 6;
(ii) each Defined Benefit Member except in respect of their Unitised
DC Benefits (Schedule 2);
(iii) each QAL Wages Fund DB Member except in respect of their
Unitised QAL DC Benefits (Schedule 3);
(iv) each QAL Staff Fund DB Member except in respect of their QAL
DC Benefits (Schedule 4);
(v) any other Member and their benefits and accounts in the Fund
determined by the Trustee from time to time (whether in relation to
Members generally or in relation to any particular Member or
category of Members); and
(vi) any accounts or reserves which relate to the Members referred to
above in this Clause 6A(2)(a) as determined by the Trustee from
time to time; and
(b) Clause 6D will apply for the purpose of allocating the investment earnings
of the Fund to or in respect of the following Members and their benefits and
accounts in the Fund:
(i) each Rio Tinto Deferred Account Member, QAL Wages Deferred
Account Member and QAL Staff Deferred Account Member other
than any Non-Unitised Deferred Account Member;
(ii) each Personal Member other than any Non-Unitised Deferred
Account Member (Schedule 6);
(iii) each Spouse of a Member (or a former Member) entitled to
benefits under Clause 8(12);
(iv) each Defined Benefit Member's Unitised DC Benefits (Schedule 2);
(v) each Defined Contribution Member and Limited Member.
(Schedule 1);
(vi) each Account Based Pensioner and Transition to Retirement
Pensioner (Schedule 7);
(vii) each QAL Wages Fund DC Member (Schedule 3);
(viii) each QAL Wages Fund DB Member in respect of their Unitised
QAL DC Benefits (Schedule 3);
(ix) each QAL Staff Fund DC Member (Schedule 4);
(x) each QAL Staff Fund DB Member in respect of their Unitised QAL
DC Benefits (Schedule 4);
(xi) any other Member and their benefits and accounts in the Fund
determined by the Trustee from time to time (whether in relation to
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Members generally or in relation to any particular Member or
category of Members); and
(xii) any accounts or reserves which relate to the Members referred to
above in this Clause 6A(2)(b) above as determined by the Trustee
from time to time.
(3)
At any time after the Unitisation Date the Trustee may change the application of
Clauses 6B, 6C and 6D respectively from the application set out in Clause 6A(2).
6B. Interest and Declared Earning Rate
(1) Unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires, where for the purposes of
this Deed or the Rules the Trustee is required to calculate interest, or determine
the declared earning rate for the Fund or any sub-fund or investment pool
established under Clause 26A, in respect of any period the Trustee will determine
a rate or rates in respect of that period having regard to:
(a) the income, including any realised capital gains of the Fund, sub-fund or
investment pool, during the period;
(b) any change in the value of the assets of the Fund, sub-fund or investment
pool during the period;
(c) all expenses and losses incurred or suffered by the Fund, sub-fund or
investment pool during the period;
(d) any applicable requirements of Superannuation Law; and
(e) any other matter or circumstance which the Trustee thinks relevant.
(2) In determining a rate or rates under this Clause in respect of a period the Trustee
may if the Trustee thinks fit:
(a) average the earnings or expenses of the Fund, sub-fund or investment
pool to reduce the effect of actual or possible periodic fluctuations to those
earnings or expenses in accordance with a policy adopted by the Trustee;
or
(b) determine different rates to apply to the Fund, sub-fund or investment pool
in respect of different parts of the period in accordance with a policy
adopted by the Trustee.
(3) A rate or rates determined under this Clause may be positive or negative.
(4) Unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires, where the Trustee is
required to determine a rate or rates under this Clause 6B in respect of a period,
the Trustee shall also from time to time determine a rate or rates (which may be
positive or negative and) which may be the Trustee's estimate of the rate or rates
of return or based on some other measure which the Trustee considers appropriate
in respect of the relevant period prior to the determination of the actual rate or rates
for that period. The Trustee may exercise its power under this Clause to determine
different rates to apply in respect of different parts of a period in accordance with a
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policy adopted by the Trustee. The Trustee may also exercise its power under this
Clause to apply an estimated rate or rates in relation to Participants generally or in
relation to one or more particular classes of Participants or in relation to one or
more particular Participants.
(5) For the purposes of this Clause a reference to a sub-fund or investment pool
includes any notional sub-fund or investment pool as referred to in Clause 26A.
(6) This Clause is subject to Clause 6C and the Operational Rules.
6C. Special Rates
(1) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in Clause 6B, the
Trustee may at any time and from time to time determine in accordance with this
Clause a special interest rate or rates or a special declared earning rate or
declared earning rates (as the case may be) which is or are to apply in respect of a
particular purpose, or in respect of one or more particular Members or categories
of Members, in lieu of a rate or rates determined under Clause 6B or any other
provision of this Deed or the Rules which would be applicable in the absence of
this Clause.
(2) Subject to Clauses 6C(3) and 6C(4), a special rate or rates determined under this
Clause shall be determined on such basis and subject to such terms and
conditions and having regard to such matters and circumstances as the Trustee
from time to time thinks fit. A rate or rates determined under this Clause may be
positive or negative.
(3) The Trustee will have regard to, and will comply with any applicable requirements
of Superannuation Law in determining any special rate or rates under this Clause.
(4) The Trustee's power under this Clause does not apply in respect of that part of
those provisions of this Deed and Rules which provide in respect of Defined
Benefit Members that the rate of interest or earnings applicable for the purposes of
the relevant provision is not less than 4% per annum.
6D. Unitisation
(1) With effect from the Unitisation Date, the Trustee may for the purpose of
determining the value of the accounts in the Fund of a Member to whom this
Clause 60 applies or the amount of any benefit payable to or in respect of that
Member and allocating the investment earnings of the Fund:
(a) divide any or all of the Fund's investments into Units; and
(b) allocate Units to any or all Members' accounts and any or all other
accounts and reserves maintained for the purposes of the Fund.
(2) The Trustee may from time to time:
(a) prescribe rules in relation to:
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(i) the Members, accounts and benefits to which this Clause 6D is to
apply or not to apply (as the case may be);
(ii) the price at which Units are to be issued and redeemed;
(iii) switching between Unit Classes;
(iv) the allocation of investment earnings on a benefit to which this
Clause 6D applies between the date of a Member becoming
entitled to a benefit and the date of payment of the benefit provided
that any such rules prescribed for the purposes of Clause 26(3)(1)
must not be inconsistent with that Clause;
(v) the method and frequency of valuing the investments of the Fund;
and
(vi) any other matter which the Trustee determines to be necessary or
desirable for administering the Fund as a unitised fund or a partly
unitised fund (as the case may be); and
(b) amend or revoke any rules made under Clause 6D(2)(a).
The Trustee's power under Clause 6D(2)(a)(iv) is additional to the Trustee's power
under Clause 26(3)(1).
(3) With effect from the Unitisation Date:
(a) the accounts of Members to whom this Clause 6D applies from time to time
and, as determined by the Trustee, other accounts and reserves
maintained for the purposes of the Fund will be recorded in Units of the
relevant Unit Classes; and
(b) any amount credited or debited to a unitised account or reserve will be
converted into Units of the relevant Unit Classes immediately prior to being
credited to the account or reserve, having regard to the relevant Unit Price.
(4) With effect from the Unitisation Date:
(a) where this Deed or the Rules refers to the balance, aggregate or amount
standing to the credit of an account or reserve maintained for the purposes
of the Fund, or to benefits, and the relevant account, reserve or benefits
are unitised, it is taken to be a reference to the account, reserve or benefits
(as the case may be) calculated by reference to the number of Units in the
account, reserve or benefits and the relevant Unit Price at the time of
calculation; and
(b) where a Member's accounts and benefits in the Fund, and any other
accounts and reserves, are unitised in accordance with Clause 6A and this
Clause 6D then the provisions of this Deed and the Rules which in the
opinion of the Trustee are inconsistent with unitisation will be subject to this
Clause 6D and will apply (if at all) to the extent determined by the Trustee.
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(5) The Trustee may determine different Unit Prices to apply to a specific Unit Class on
issue or redemption of Units or for such other different purposes as the Trustee
may think fit from time to time.
(6) The Trustee may do anything that the Trustee determines is necessary or
desirable to:
(a) facilitate the orderly and efficient transition of the Fund to a unitised fund or
a partly unitised fund (as the case may be); or
(b) maintain the Fund as a unitised fund or a partly unitised fund (as the case
may be).
7. Special Arrangements
(1) The Employer may at any time direct the Trustee to increase by such amounts or in
such manner as it shall specify all or any of the benefits which have been paid or
are or may become payable to or in respect of a Member from the Fund pursuant
to this Deed or the Rules and the Trustee shall so increase the said benefits
PROVIDED THAT the Employer agrees to contribute to the Fund such additional
amounts or rates of contribution as shall be determined at that time by the Trustee
after obtaining the advice of the Actuary to be appropriate to provide such
additional benefits.
(2) The Principal Employer, the Trustee and the Member may at any time agree to
vary the terms and conditions of the Member's membership of the Fund, including,
without limitation, the amount of any benefit payable to or in respect of the
Member. Any such agreement shall be in writing and may in like manner be
altered replaced or revoked. If there is any conflict between the provisions of any
such agreement and any Clause of this Deed, the provisions of the Clause of this
Deed shall prevail and in any conflict between the provisions of any such
agreement and the provisions of any Schedule to this Deed, the provisions of the
agreement shall prevail.
8. Overriding Requirements and Family Law Provisions
(1) Application of Superannuation Law
(a) Election of Superannuation Law
The Trustee may, where permitted by Superannuation Law, elect (in such
form and within such period as may be required by Superannuation Law)
that Superannuation Law is to apply in relation to the Fund. An election
may be made pursuant to this Clause even though the election may be
irrevocable.
(b) Superannuation Law Taken to be Included in Deed
Notwithstanding any provision of this Deed or the Rules (including any
provision of this Deed or the Rules which purports to apply notwithstanding
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other provisions of this Deed or the Rules), any provision of
Superannuation Law that is required from time to time to be included in this
Deed or the Rules for the Fund to remain or to be a Complying
Superannuation Fund, or for the Fund to comply with or satisfy other
requirements of Superannuation Law, shall be taken to be included in this
Deed and the Rules, subject to any exemption granted, or modification
made, by the Regulator to the extent such exception or modification (as the
case may be) is available in respect of this Deed, the Rules, the Fund, the
Trustee or all or any of them, as if every such provision was set out in this
Deed and the Rules on and from the date that the provision is required to
be so included.
(2) Overriding Provisions Applicable to Pensions and Annuities
(a) Terms and conditions of pensions and annuities
Notwithstanding any provision of this Deed or the Rules (including any
provision of this Deed or the Rules which purports to apply notwithstanding
other provisions of this Deed or the Rules), where a benefit is payable in
the form of a pension or an annuity pursuant to this Deed or the Rules the
Trustee shall pay such pension or annuity (as the case may be) on the
basis of such terms and conditions as shall in the opinion of the Trustee be
necessary or desirable in order to comply with the requirements of
Superannuation Law relating to the payment of pensions and annuities. In
order to comply with this Clause, the Trustee shall have power to adjust in
such manner as the Trustee thinks fit the operation of such provisions of
this Deed or the Rules as the Trustee considers necessary or desirable
having regard to the intention of this Clause and the advice of the Actuary.
(b) Commutation of pensions
Notwithstanding any provision of this Deed or the Rules (including any
provision of this Deed or the Rules which purports to apply notwithstanding
other provisions of this Deed or the Rules), the Trustee shall not commute
or agree to or arrange for the commutation of any pension payable under
this Deed or the Rules in any manner which in the opinion of the Trustee
will or may contravene Superannuation Law.
(3)
Inconsistency of Provisions
In the event of any inconsistency between any of the provisions taken by Clause
8(1) to be included in this Deed or the Rules and the other terms of this Deed or
the Rules, the provisions deemed to be included by Clause 8(1) will prevail.
(4) Power to Comply with Superannuation Law
(a) The Trustee may comply with any requirement or provision of
Superannuation Law including, without limitation, and not notwithstanding
anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the Rules:
(i)
no benefit payable from the Fund to or in respect of any person
shall exceed the maximum benefit or fall below the minimum
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benefit which, in the opinion of the Trustee, can be paid from the
Fund without causing the Fund to be in breach of or to fail to
comply with any applicable requirement under Superannuation
Law;
(ii) no deduction, forfeiture or other adjustment shall be made from or
in respect of any person's interest in the Fund or any benefit
payable to any person from the Fund if, in the opinion of the
Trustee, to do so would cause the Fund to be in breach of or to fail
to comply with any applicable requirement under Superannuation
Law;
(iii) the Trustee shall ensure that all applicable requirements under
Superannuation Law regarding the deferral or preservation of any
New Benefit (as defined in Clause 8(4)(c)) are satisfied and
continue to be satisfied, including without limitation any applicable
requirements regarding:
(A) the amount of any New Benefit which must be preserved;
(B) the period for which any New Benefit must be preserved;
and
(C) the conditions upon which a preserved benefit may be paid
or released from the Fund;
(iv) no payment or transfer shall be accepted into the Fund from or
made from the Fund to another fund or benefit arrangement if, in
the opinion of the Trustee, to do so would cause the Fund to be in
breach or to fail to comply with any applicable requirement under
Superannuation Law;
(v) if in the opinion of the Trustee benefits must commence to be paid,
or be paid, to or in respect of any Member in order to comply with
any applicable requirement of Superannuation Law regarding the
age for the payment of benefits then the Trustee shall at the
relevant time commence to pay, or pay, the benefit so as to ensure
compliance with the applicable requirement; and
(vi) where the right of a Member, or of the Dependants of a Member, to
receive benefits from the Fund ceases during a year of income
those benefits shall be applied by the Trustee in such manner and
at such times as is permitted by the applicable requirements of
Superannuation Law regarding Members ceasing to be entitled to
benefits.
PROVIDED THAT nothing in this paragraph shall limit any power, right,
discretion or authority vested in the Principal Employer, an Employer, the
Trustee or any other person under any other provision of this Deed or the
Rules to terminate or reduce the amount or rate of Employer contributions
or to amend this Deed or the Rules in any respect, and in no event shall
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the Trustee be liable to provide benefits greater in amount than can be
secured by the moneys and property comprising the Fund.
(b) The Trustee may take such actions as it sees fit in ensuring compliance
with Clause 8(4)(b), including without limitation:
(i) adjusting the amount or terms of payment of contributions and
benefits in such manner, to such extent and by way of such
arrangements as the Trustee considers appropriate; and
(ii) imposing such conditions and restrictions as the Trustee considers
necessary in relation to any payment or transfer which is accepted
into the Fund from, or made from the Fund to, another fund or
benefit arrangement,
and any decision by the Trustee for the purposes of this Clause 8(4) shall
be final and binding on all interested persons.
(c) For the purposes of Clause 8(4)(a)(iii) New Benefit means:
(i)
in relation to a Member who last became a Member before the
twentieth day of March 1989 (the Change Date), the amount by
which any benefit provided for under the provisions governing the
Fund before the Change Date is increased as a result of, or the
amount of any new benefit arising as a result of:
(A) any alteration or addition to or deletion from this Deed or
the Rules which is made by a deed or resolution executed
or made on or after the Change Date, including the
amending deed which introduced this definition;
(B) any transfer into the Fund pursuant to Clause 18 with
effect on or after the Change Date; or
(C) the exercise of any power, right, authority or discretion by
the Principal Employer, an Employer, the Trustee or any
other person with effect on or after the Change Date,
including without limitation a discretion exercisable under
the provisions of this Deed or the Rules in force
immediately before the Change Date; or
(ii) in relation to any other Member, any benefit whatever and
whenever arising.
(5) Payment of Levies
(a) Power to pay levies
The Trustee may make any levy payment or other payment out of the Fund
as is required to be made by Superannuation Law from time to time.
(b) Power to debit Fund accounts
The Trustee shall have power to:
(i) debit to any account in the books of the Fund; or
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(ii) deduct from any moneys held in the Fund or any benefit payable
under the Fund,
such amount as the Trustee considers appropriate in respect of any
payments required under Clause 8(5)(a).
(6) Trustee Not to be Subject to Direction
(a) Prohibition
Notwithstanding any provision of this Deed or the Rules (including any
provision of this Deed or the Rules which purports to apply notwithstanding
other provisions of this Deed or the Rules), no provision of this Deed or the
Rules shall be construed as permitting the Trustee to be subject, in the
exercise of any of the Trustee's powers under this Deed or the Rules, to
direction by any other person to the extent that, in the opinion of the
Trustee, such provision will or may contravene Superannuation Law.
(b) Trustee has power to act on direction
To the extent that any provision of this Deed or the Rules provides for the
Trustee to be subject to a direction in circumstances which will or may, in
the opinion of the Trustee, be in breach of Superannuation Law, the
Trustee may (but shall not be obliged to) comply with the direction.
(7) Exercise of Discretion by Person other than the Trustee
(a) Prohibition
Notwithstanding any provision of this Deed or the Rules (including any
provision of this Deed or the Rules which purports to apply notwithstanding
other provisions of this Deed or the Rules), no provision of this Deed or the
Rules shall be construed as permitting a discretion under this Deed or the
Rules that is exercisable by a person other than the Trustee to be
exercised without the consent of the Trustee to the extent that, in the
opinion of the Trustee, such provision will or may contravene
Superannuation Law.
(b) Trustee power to consent to exercise of discretion
To the extent that any provision of this Deed or the Rules provides for the
exercise of a discretion by a person other than the Trustee, the exercise of
which discretion without the consent of the Trustee would or might
contravene Superannuation Law, that discretion may be exercised by that
person with the consent of the Trustee but not otherwise, and the Trustee
may give its consent to the exercise of such discretion.
(8)
Compliance with Directions made under Superannuation Law
The Trustee shall comply with any direction in relation to the Fund made under
Superannuation Law by the Regulator or the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal.
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(9)
Trustee not in Contravention
The Trustee shall not be taken to be in contravention of this Deed or the Rules or
to be in breach of trust if it does anything, or fails to do anything, which is in
contravention of Superannuation Law if:
(a) the contravention is approved by the Regulator, or the person or persons (if
any) specified for that purpose, in accordance with Superannuation Law; or
(b) the contravention is rectified within 30 days, or (where applicable) such
other period allowed by Superannuation Law, from the date the Trustee
became aware of the contravention.
(10) Modification or Exemption
(a) Power to seek modifications and exemptions
Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee may seek modification of, or
exemption from, the requirements of Superannuation Law.
(b) Effect of modifications and exemptions
If any modification or exemption is granted or becomes or is available in
respect of this Deed, the Rules, the Fund or the Trustee or all or any of
them by the Regulator pursuant to Superannuation Law (whether in
consequence of an application by the Trustee under Clause 8(10)(a) or
otherwise), the Trustee is relieved from compliance with those provisions of
this Deed, the Rules and Superannuation Law expressed in that
modification or exemption (as the case may be) subject to any conditions in
that modification or exemption.
(11) Determination of Disputes
If any question arises in relation to the existence, meaning, application or effect of any:
(a) Superannuation Requirement;
(b) Superannuation Law; or
(c) provision taken by Clause 8(1) to be included in this Deed,
the Trustee shall determine that question.
Any determination made by the Trustee pursuant to this Clause shall, to the extent
permitted by Superannuation Law, be final, conclusive and binding on all interested persons.
(12) Family Law Provisions
(a) Definitions
Words which are defined in the Family Law Act 1975 and used in this
Clause 8(12), or other provisions of this Deed or the Rules which relate to
this Clause 8(12), have the same meaning as in that Act.
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(b) Application
This Clause 8(12) will apply in respect of a Member and their Spouse if
they are (or have been) legally married to each other or are otherwise
within the scope of the Family Law Act 1975.
(c) Trustee may require Member and Spouse to provide details
A Member and/or their Spouse must provide such information,
declarations, proofs, documents and payments as the Trustee may require
under Superannuation Law. The Trustee may determine that this Clause
8(12) will not apply in respect of a Member and their Spouse if the
requirements of this Clause 8(12)(c) have not been complied with to the
satisfaction of the Trustee.
(d) Dealing with Spouse's Benefit
(i) The Trustee will deal with a Spouse's entitlement in respect of the
Member's interest in the Fund under the superannuation
agreement, flag lifting agreement or court order (less any fees,
costs and expenses charged by the Trustee) (the Spouse's
Benefit) in accordance with this Clause 8(12)(d). Despite the
foregoing, this Clause 8(12)(d) does not apply while a Member's
interest in the Fund is subject to a payment flag or a flagging order.
(ii) For the avoidance of doubt, this Clause 8(12)(d) applies in respect
of all superannuation interests of a Member in the Fund whether an
interest is in the growth phase, the payment phase or is being paid
as a pension or annuity.
(iii) This Clause 8(12)(d)(iii) applies unless the Spouse has made a
valid request under Clause 8(12)(d)(iv), (v) or (vi) within the period
prescribed under Superannuation Law (if applicable) or otherwise
within the period permitted by the Trustee or Clause 8(12)(d)(viii)
applies in respect of the Member and their Spouse. Where there is
a benefit split in favour of the Spouse the Trustee will, subject to
Superannuation Law:
(A) in the case of a Spouse who is a Member and has one or
more accumulation accounts in the Fund — credit the
Spouse's Benefit (after deduction of all fees, costs and
expenses payable by the Spouse) to the Spouse's account
in the Fund, or where the Spouse has more than one
account in the Fund, the Trustee may with the Spouse's
agreement credit the Spouse's Benefit to any one or more
of the Spouse's accounts; or
(B) in the case of any other Spouse — credit, upon the request
of the Spouse within such period determined by the
Trustee, the Spouse's Benefit (after deduction of all fees,
costs and expenses payable by the Spouse) to an
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Accumulation Account to be established in the Fund for the
Spouse under Schedule 6 or, in the absence of such a
request from the Spouse, transfer or roll over the Spouse's
Benefit (after deduction of all fees, costs and expenses
payable by the Spouse) to an Approved Benefit
Arrangement selected by the Trustee.
Despite the above, the Spouse's Benefit may only be credited to
an account in the Fund where the Spouse's Benefit is not less than
the Minimum Account Balance.
(iv) Subject to Superannuation Law, upon the request of the Spouse
the Trustee will pay the Spouse's Benefit (after deduction of all
fees, costs and expenses payable by the Spouse) in a lump sum
to, or at the direction of, the Spouse.
(v) Subject to Superannuation Law, upon the request of the Spouse
the Trustee will transfer or roll over the Spouse's Benefit (after
deduction of all fees, costs and expenses payable by the Spouse)
to the Spouse's nominated Approved Benefit Arrangement to be
held for the benefit of the Spouse.
(vi) Upon the request of the Spouse, the Trustee may agree to deal
with the Spouse's benefit partly by one option specified in this
Clause 8(12)(d) and partly by one or more other options, and
Clause 8(12)(d)(iii), (d)(iv) and (d)(v) will apply accordingly.
(vii) A request given by a Spouse under this Clause 8(12)(d) must
(where applicable) comply with Superannuation Law or otherwise
must comply with any requirements of the Trustee.
(viii) This Clause 8(12)(d) does not apply to, or in respect of, any
Member and their Spouse:
(A) while the proposed Spouse's Benefit exceeds the
Member's withdrawal benefit in the Fund if the Member's
interest is a defined benefit interest, or a partially vested
accumulation interest, in the growth phase; or
(B) in circumstances determined by the Trustee,
unless and until the Trustee determines that this Clause 8(12)(d)
will apply to them.
(e) Non-splittable growth phase interests
(i)
Clause 8(12)(e) applies to, and in respect of, a Member's
superannuation interest in the Fund which is not dealt with under
Clause 8(12)(d) while the interest is in the growth phase until the
earlier of:
(A) the Trustee determining under Clause 8(12)(d)(viii) that
Clause 8(12)(d) will apply to the Member and their Spouse;
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(B) the interest commences to be in the payment phase; or
(C) the Trustee being required to deal with the Member's
superannuation interest, and the Spouse Benefit in respect
of that interest, under Superannuation Law.
(ii) The Trustee will deal with the Member's superannuation interest,
and the Spouse's Benefit (within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d)(i))
in respect of that interest, in such manner as Superannuation Law
requires, or to the extent that a choice exists, in such manner as is
permitted by Superannuation Law as the Trustee thinks fit.
When this Clause 8(12)(e) ceases to apply to, and in respect of,
the superannuation interest of a Member the interest, and the
Spouse's Benefit in respect of the interest, will be dealt with under
Clause 8(12)(d) or otherwise as required by Superannuation Law.
Calculation of Benefits
The Trustee may:
(i) make such adjustments, and take such steps, as may be
necessary or desirable to reduce the Member's interest in the Fund
to take account of the creation of the Spouse's Benefit; and
(ii) calculate the amount of the Spouse's Benefit.
Such adjustments, steps and calculations may be made on a basis
determined by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with the relevant
superannuation agreement, flag lifting agreement or court order and
Superannuation Law.
(g) Effect of payment flag on Member's Benefit
Despite any other provision of this Deed or the Rules, the Trustee
is not required to pay any amount in respect of a Member if any
part of that amount is a splittable payment which is subject to a
payment flag or a flagging order.
(d) The Trustee will deal with such amounts in accordance with, and
has power to take such steps as may be required by, Clause 8(12)
and Superannuation Law.
(h) Provision of information
The Trustee may:
(i) provide the Member and/or their Spouse or other person who is
eligible under Superannuation Law to apply to the Trustee for
information about the superannuation interest of a Member with
information relating to the benefits and interests of the Member;
and
(H) require charges determined by the Trustee to be paid in connection
with, and prior to, the provision of such information,
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in accordance with Superannuation Law.
(i) Fees
(i) Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee may charge
reasonable fees in respect of any matter contemplated by or
arising in connection with this Clause 8(12), and may allocate any
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the application and
administration of the arrangements provided for in this Clause
8(12) between the Member and their Spouse on a basis
determined by the Trustee.
(ii) The Trustee may debit any amount allocated under this Clause
8(12)(i)(i) to any one or more accounts maintained by the Trustee
in respect of the Member as the Trustee may determine.
(j) Commutation power
Subject to Clause 8(2), the Trustee may, with the approval of the Principal
Employer (which approval may be given generally or in a particular case),
at the request of the person entitled to receive a commutable pension
payable from the Fund, commute the pension (including any reversionary
pension payable on the death of the person) for a lump sum payment to the
person entitled to the pension. The lump sum payment shall be an amount
determined by the Trustee after having obtained the advice of the Actuary
and considering such evidence as to the health of the person requesting
commutation as the Trustee may require.
(k) Meaning of 'accrued benefit multiple' for Defined Benefit Members
For the purposes of the Deed, the Family Law Act 1975 and the Family
Law (Superannuation) Regulations the accrued benefit multiple of a
Defined Benefit is the multiple determined by the Trustee after having
obtained the advice of the Actuary.
(I) Overriding compliance with Superannuation Law
This Clause 8(12) is subject to Superannuation Law. Accordingly, to the
extent (if any) that the Trustee is, in its opinion, prevented by
Superannuation Law from dealing with a Member and their Spouse in
accordance with this Clause 8(12) the Trustee will deal with the Member
and their Spouse as required by Superannuation Law.
(13) Operational Risk Reserve
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed or the Rules, but subject to the
Superannuation Requirements, the Trustee:
(a) must establish and maintain a separately identified reserve to cover losses
arising from the operational risks relating to the Fund at such level as
determined by the Trustee from time to time and in accordance with
policies and procedures adopted by the Trustee from time to time (the
Operational Risk Reserve);
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(b) may debit, for transfer and crediting to the Operational Risk Reserve, any
account (including any Member's account) with such amount, and in such
manner, as the Trustee thinks fit having regard to the requirements
applicable to operational risk reserves under Superannuation Law;
(c) amounts held in the Operational Risk Reserve will only be available to
meet losses arising from an 'operational risk event' relating to the Fund
(within the meaning of the Prudential Standards) or such other uses or
purposes as may be required or permitted under the Superannuation
Requirements or the Prudential Standards.
(14) Compliance with Prudential Standards
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed or the Rules, but subject to the
Superannuation Requirements, the Trustee must comply with Prudential Standards
and shall have all power necessary to do so.
8A. MySuper
The provisions of this clause 8A apply only upon the Trustee receiving approval from the
Regulator to offer a MySuper Product.
(1) Authority to offer MySuper Product
(a) The Trustee is authorised to offer a MySuper Product under MySuper Law.
(b) This clause 8A applies in respect of any MySuper Product or MySuper
Interest offered and/or provided by the Trustee, and to the membership of
any person who holds, or is to hold, a MySuper Interest in the Fund.
(c) The Trustee must comply with each requirement of MySuper Law it is
required to comply with, and may comply with any requirement of MySuper
Law which it is permitted (but not required) to comply with, in relation to
each Member who is a MySuper Member in relation to their MySuper
Interest in the Fund.
(d) The Trustee has power to adjust, in such manner as it thinks fit, the
operation of any provision of this Deed or the Rules otherwise applicable to
a MySuper Member in relation to the MySuper Interest, which in the
absence of adjustment would or may in the opinion of the Trustee cause
this Deed, the Rules, the Trustee or the Fund to be in breach of, or to fail to
comply with or satisfy, MySuper Law.
(e) It is the intention that a MySuper Interest will be held, subject to this Deed
and the Rules of the relevant Schedules, as adjusted to comply with
MySuper Law.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed or the Rules, any
MySuper Product offered and/or provided by the Trustee under this Deed
must satisfy the following requirements:
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(i)
a single diversified investment strategy is to be adopted in relation
to assets of the Fund, to the extent that they are attributed to the
MySuper Product;
(ii) all Members who hold a MySuper Interest are entitled to access
the same options, benefits and facilities except to the extent that a
benefit is provided by taking out risk insurance;
(iii) amounts are attributed to Members in relation to their MySuper
Interest in a way that does not stream gains or losses that relate to
any assets of the Fund to only some of those Members, except to
the extent permitted under a lifecycle exception (as defined in
clause 8A(1)(g));
(iv) the same process is to be adopted in attributing amounts to
Members in relation to their MySuper Interest, except to the extent
that a different process is necessary to allow for fee subsidisation
by employers;
(v) if fee subsidisation by employers is permitted, that subsidisation
does not favour one Member who holds a MySuper Interest and is
an employee of a subsidising employer over another such Member
who is an employee of that employer;
(vi) the only limitations imposed on the source or kind of contributions
made by or on behalf of persons who hold a MySuper Interest are
those permitted under clause 8A(1)(h);
(vii) a MySuper Interest cannot be replaced with a beneficial interest of
another class in the Fund, unless:
(A) the person who holds the interest consents in writing to
that replacement no more than 30 days before it occurs; or
(B) the person who holds the MySuper Interest has died and
the interest is replaced with a beneficial interest of another
class in the Fund of a kind, and in the circumstances,
prescribed by MySuper Law;
(viii) a MySuper Interest (the old interest) cannot be replaced with a
beneficial interest (the new interest) in another superannuation
entity unless:
(A) the replacement is permitted, or is required, under a law of
the Commonwealth; or
(B) the person who holds the old interest consents in writing to
the replacement with the new interest no more than 30
days before it occurs;
(ix) to the extent that assets of the Fund are attributed to MySuper
Interests, a pension is not payable out of those assets by the
Trustee on the satisfaction of a condition of release of benefits
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specified in a standard made under section 31(2)(h) of the SIS Act
by a person who holds a MySuper Interest, unless the payment is
derived from a benefit of the kind mentioned in section 62(1)(b)(ii)
of the SIS Act provided to the Fund by an Insurer;
(x) no Member who holds a MySuper Interest is precluded from
holding a beneficial interest of another class in the Fund because
of that fact; and
(xi) no Member is precluded from holding a MySuper Interest because
the Member holds a beneficial interest of another class in the
Fund.
(g) A lifecycle exception is a rule under this Deed that allows gains and
losses from different classes of asset of the Fund to be streamed to
different subclasses of the members of the Fund who hold a MySuper
Product:
(I) on the basis, and only on the basis, of the age of those members;
(ii) on the basis of the age of those members and other prescribed
factors; or
(Hi)
on the basis of the age of those members and other prescribed
factors in prescribed circumstances.
(h) A limitation on the source or kind of contributions made by or on behalf of
persons who hold a MySuper Interest is permitted for the purposes of
clause 8A(1)(f)(vi) if:
(I) the limitation is of a prescribed kind under MySuper Law; or
(H) the limitation is imposed by or under the general law or another law
of the Commonwealth.
(2) MySuper Members
(a) Each Member:
who was:
(A) a Member to which Schedules 1 or 6 applied as at 1
January 2014;
(B) a QAL Wages Fund DC Member or a Deferred Account
Member to which Schedule 3 applied as at 1 January
2014; or
(C) a QAL Staff Fund DC Member or a Deferred Account
Member to which Schedule 4 applied as at 1 January
2014,
and, in each case, had part or all of their Accumulation Account
invested in the Growth Investment Option (being the investment
option in which the Accumulation Account of a new Rio Tinto
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(3)
Accumulation Member of the Fund would be invested at that time if
no direction were given) as at that date; or
(ii) who becomes:
(A) a Member to which Schedules 1 or 6 applies after 1
January 2014;
(B) a QAL Wages Fund DC Member or a Deferred Account
Member to which Schedule 3 applies after 1 January 2014;
or
(C) a QAL Staff Fund DC Member or a Deferred Account
Member to which Schedule 4 applies after 1 January 2014,
and, in each case, elects to invest part or all of their Accumulation
Account in, or is otherwise invested in, the Growth Investment
Option (or such other investment option in which the Accumulation
Account of a new Rio Tinto Accumulation Member of the Fund
would be invested if no direction were given at that time),
will be a MySuper Member from 1 January 2014 (or such later date as the
Member satisfies the conditions of this clause 8A(2)).
(b) For the avoidance of doubt:
(i) each MySuper Member remains a Rio Tinto Accumulation
Member, a QAL Wages Fund DC Member, a Deferred Account
Member (Schedule 3), a QAL Staff Fund DC Member, a Deferred
Account Member (Schedule 4) or a Personal Member under
Schedules 1, 3, 4 or 6 (as the case may be) and, except as
otherwise required by this clause 8A, the Rules of Schedules 1, 3,
4 or 6 (as the case may be) continue to apply in full to each
MySuper Member, including in respect of the benefits payable to
the MySuper Member; and
(ii) where a Member is a member of the Defined Benefit Division (and
has an accumulation interest in the Fund), that Member will
become a MySuper Member if (and only if) the Member directs the
Trustee to invest all or part of that Member's accumulation interest
in the MySuper Product.
MySuper Contributions
(a) The Trustee:
(i) must accept contributions made by, or on behalf of, a MySuper
Member in respect of their MySuper Interest to the extent required
by MySuper Law; and
(ii) may accept any other contributions made by, or on behalf of, a
MySuper Member in accordance with arrangements made by the
Trustee with the MySuper Member and/or the Employer.
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(b) Subject to Schedules 1, 3, 4 and 6, a MySuper Member:
may, but is not required to, contribute in respect of their MySuper
Interest; and
(ii) who makes contributions in respect of their MySuper Interest must
comply with any terms and conditions set by the Trustee.
(4) MySuper Insurance
(a) The Trustee must offer and provide the following insured benefits for each
MySuper Member (other than a MySuper Member who is also a member of
the Defined Benefit Division, who will instead be provided with insured
benefits determined in accordance with the Rules of the Defined Benefit
Division) if, and to the extent, required under, and otherwise in accordance
with, MySuper Law:
(i) a Total and Permanent Disablement benefit;
(ii) a death benefit; and
(iii) an insured benefit that is payable only in any other circumstances
required under MySuper Law.
(b) The Trustee may offer and provide for any MySuper Member any other
insured benefit it is permitted, but not required, to provide to a MySuper
Member under MySuper Law (including, without limitation, benefits payable
in relation to a Member upon suffering III-health, a Terminal Medical
Condition or Temporary Incapacity) in accordance with terms and
conditions set by the Trustee having regard to the applicable requirements
of MySuper Law.
(c) The Trustee must comply with the requirements applicable to insured
benefits under MySuper Law in relation to the offering, the provision and
the opting out of insured benefits in respect of MySuper Members.
(5)
MySuper investments
(a) The Trustee must exercise its investment powers under clauses 26 and
26A to invest the assets of the Fund attributable to MySuper Interests in a
single diversified investment strategy that may form part of one or more of
the sub-funds or investment pools established under clause 26A.
(b) For the purpose of exercising its powers under the Rules in relation to
attributing amounts to MySuper Members in relation to their MySuper
Interest held for MySuper Members:
(i) the Trustee must not stream gains or losses that relate to any
assets held for MySuper Members to only some MySuper
Members; and
(ii) the same process is to be adopted in attributing amounts to
MySuper Members,
except to the extent permitted under MySuper Law.
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(6) Fees for MySuper Members
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed or the Rules, the Trustee must
comply with the General Fee Rules and the Fee Rules in relation to fees charged
to MySuper Members' MySuper Interests.
(7)
Accrued Default Amounts
The Trustee must comply with the Superannuation Requirements in relation to the
transfer of Accrued Default Amounts held in the Fund.
(8) Restrictions on Dealing with MySuper Interests
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Deed or the Rules, the Trustee must
not:
(a) pay, rollover or transfer all or any part of a MySuper Member's MySuper
Interest; or
(b) pay all or any part of a MySuper Interest to or in relation to a Member in the
form of a pension,
except to the extent permitted under MySuper Law.
(9)
Ability to establish MySuper Rules
(a) The Trustee may from time to time establish by notice in writing rules (the
MySuper Rules) relating to the offering and provision of MySuper
Products or MySuper Interests out of the Fund and shall have power to
amend, delete or revoke all or any MySuper Rule.
(b) In the event of any inconsistency (as determined by the Trustee) between
the MySuper Rules and the Rules of any Schedule applicable to a
MySuper Member's MySuper Interest, the MySuper Rules shall prevail.
(c) Any MySuper Rules established under this clause 8A(9) will also constitute
Operational Rules for the purposes of clause 2B.
9. Temporary Cessation of Employment and Leave Without Pay
If any Member ceases to be in the employ of the Employer in circumstances in which it is
reasonable to expect that the cessation will only be of a temporary nature and that he will
rejoin the employ of the Employer (or if a Member is temporarily absent from work through
sickness or upon leave from the Employer and is not in receipt of Salary) the Trustee may
with the consent of the Principal Employer and of the Member continue his membership of
the Fund subject to such conditions as may be agreed upon by the Trustee the Principal
Employer and the Member.
10. Alternative Payment or Forfeiture of Entitlements
(1) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the
Rules, if any person to whom or for whose benefit or in respect of whom any
benefit is payable pursuant to this Deed or the Rules is under any legal disability or
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in the opinion of the Trustee shall be of unsound mind or incapable of managing
his own affairs the Trustee may pay the benefit to such person or persons as the
Trustee shall select for application for the benefit of the person aforesaid or appoint
a separate trustee or trustees of the benefit and may pay the benefit to the trustee
or trustees so appointed to be held upon such trusts for the benefit of the person
aforesaid and subject to such authorities powers and discretions as the Trustee
shall determine and upon payment being effected to such person or persons or
trustee or trustees as aforesaid the Trustee shall be released and discharged
accordingly in respect of the person aforesaid and neither the Trustee nor any
Employer shall be in any way responsible for the payment or disposal by the
person or persons or trustee or trustees aforesaid of the benefits so paid.
(2) No benefit payable out of the Fund shall be assignable at law or in equity either in
whole or in part and if any Member or any Dependant of any Member shall do or
cause to suffer to be done any act or thing or if some event shall happen whereby
all or any part of the benefit (other than a benefit to which the Member or the
Dependant is absolutely entitled) to which a Member or any Dependant of any
Member may be entitled if payable or accruing to him absolutely would whether by
his own act or by operation of the law or otherwise become payable to or vested in
any other person or persons or company organisation or Government or other
public authority then such benefit shall be forfeited to the Fund and shall be
retained in the Fund for the general purposes thereof but notwithstanding anything
expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the Rules the Trustee shall
have power in its discretion to pay (but it shall not be incumbent on the Trustee to
do so) out of the Fund to such person or persons and in such manner as it thinks fit
for the benefit of the Member or his Dependants or any of them at any time and
from time to time any sum or sums not exceeding altogether the amount which
would have been payable to or in respect of him if his benefit had not been
forfeited to the Fund. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, this Clause
10(2) shall not apply to any benefit to which the Member or Dependant is
absolutely entitled or (in the case of a Member or Dependant who becomes
bankrupt, commits an act of bankruptcy or executes a deed of assignment or a
deed of arrangement under the Bankruptcy Act 1966) to the beneficial interest
(within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act 1966) of the Member or Dependant.
11. Dismissal for Defalcation or Misconduct
Subject to this Deed and the Rules if a Member is party or privy to any defalcation in
respect of the funds of any of the Employers or of the Fund and is dismissed for this reason
or if a Member is dismissed because of misconduct or resigns to avoid dismissal for either
of those reasons or if in the opinion of the Employer dismissal of a Member as aforesaid
was prevented by his resignation or cessation of employment with the Employer for any
other reason (including but not limited to the death of the Member) then the benefit to
which the Member or the Dependants of the Member or the legal personal representatives
of the Member would otherwise have been entitled under this Deed or the Rules shall be
applied so far as it shall extend to make good any defalcation and to meet any costs or
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losses (including the costs of any prosecution or civil proceedings) incurred by any one or
more of the Employers or the Trustee as a result of or incidental to or arising however out
of the defalcation or misconduct and the amount so applied shall be paid by the Trustee to
any one or more of the Employers or retained in the Fund for the general purposes thereof
(as the case may require) and the balance of the said benefit which is not so applied shall
be dealt with in accordance with the other provisions of this Deed or the Rules PROVIDED THAT no amount shall be liable to be applied as aforesaid unless the Principal Employer or
any one or more of the Employers certifies to the Trustee that it is satisfied that amount has
been the subject of a defalcation cost or loss as aforesaid and has not been recovered by
other means.
12. National or Other Schemes
(1) Subject to this Deed and the Rules if during the continuance of the Fund any
Government or other scheme for the provision of age or other pensions
superannuation retiring allowances or any other benefit similar to a benefit
provided by the Fund for (inter alia) Members of the Fund and/or their Dependants
be introduced or improved and if any of the Employers is required to pay either
directly or indirectly any portion of the contribution premiums or other costs of such
introduction or improvement the Principal Employer if it so desires may not more
than one year after the date of such introduction or improvement give written notice
to the Trustee of its intention from a date specified in such notice being a date on
or not more than one year after the date of such introduction or improvement to
reduce the benefits provided by the Fund for all or any of such Members and/or
their Dependants to an extent not exceeding the extent of the benefits provided for
such Members and/or their Dependants under the Government or other scheme
pursuant to such introduction or improvement PROVIDED THAT if the benefits
payable under the Fund are of a different form or nature from the benefits payable
under the Government or other scheme the extent to which the benefits payable
under the Fund may be reduced by the Principal Employer pursuant to this Clause
12(1) shall be determined by the Actuary. Such determination shall be
communicated by the Actuary to the Principal Employer and the Trustee in writing.
(2) In the event of a reduction in the benefits provided by the Fund pursuant to
Clause 12(1) any Members obliged to contribute to such Government or other
scheme shall be relieved of their obligation to contribute under this Deed or the
Rules to the extent (if any) determined by the Actuary not exceeding the extent of
the contributions or additional contributions which they are compelled to pay under
the Government or other scheme pursuant to the introduction or improvement in
respect of which benefits have been reduced. Any such determination shall be
communicated by the Actuary to the Principal Employer and the Trustee in writing
and Members shall be advised by the Trustee of the extent of the relief granted to
them pursuant to this Clause 12(2).
(3) Any reduction in the benefits provided by the Fund made under the powers
conferred by Clause 12(1) of this Clause and any reduction in the contributions
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payable by the Members made under the powers conferred by Clause 12(2) shall
be evidenced by a deed or resolution altering adding to or deleting from this Deed
or the Rules. Such deed or resolution shall be executed or made by the Principal
Employer and any alteration addition or deletion made by it shall notwithstanding
anything expressed or implied to the contrary in Clause 32 be valid and binding on
the Principal Employer the Associated Employers the Trustee and the Members.
13. Termination, Reduction or Suspension of Employer Contributions
(1) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the
Rules an Employer may at any time terminate its contributions to the Fund in
respect of all or any Members employed or formerly employed by it by notifying the
Trustee in writing of its decision and the liability of the Employer to contribute to the
Fund in respect of those Members shall from the later of the date specified in such
notification and the date on which such notification is received by the Trustee
cease and determine except in respect of payments due prior to the relevant date.
(2) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the
Rules an Employer may at any time reduce or suspend all or any part of its
contributions to the Fund in respect of all or any Members employed or formerly
employed by it by notifying the Trustee in writing of its decision and the liability of
the Employer to contribute to the Fund in respect of those Members shall from the
later of the date specified in such notification and the date on which such
notification is received by the Trustee cease to the extent or for the period specified
in that notification except in respect of payments due prior to the relevant date.
(3) Upon receipt of a notification from an Employer that in respect of all or any of the
Members in or formerly in its employ it has decided to terminate its contributions to
the Fund as provided in Clause 13(1) of this Clause or to reduce or suspend all or
any part of its contributions to the Fund as provided in Clause 13(2) the Trustee
shall immediately notify the Members so affected of the Employer's decision and
after the receipt by the Trustee of a notification as aforesaid no benefit shall unless
otherwise agreed by the Trustee and the Actuary be payable from the Fund to or in
respect of any such Member (other than a benefit payable in respect of the death
of a Member which death occurred prior to the receipt by the Trustee of the
notification as aforesaid) until the Trustee has determined after obtaining the
advice of the Actuary the adjustments (if any) to be made to the benefits of the
Members affected which it deems appropriate and those adjusted benefits shall be
substituted for the benefits provided for in this Deed or the Rules and the
provisions of this Deed or the Rules shall apply mutatis mutandis to those benefits. .
Any Member who is notified as aforesaid that the Employer's contributions to the
Fund in respect of him are being or have been terminated may elect from the date
of such termination to terminate his own contributions to the Fund and any Member
who is notified as aforesaid that all or any part of the Employer's contributions to
the Fund in respect of him will be reduced or suspended may elect from the date of
such reduction or suspension to reduce or suspend his own contributions to the
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Fund in such manner and to such extent as in the opinion of the Actuary is
consistent with the manner in which and the extent to which the Employer's
contributions in respect of him are being reduced or suspended (which opinion
shall be advised to the Member prior to him being required to make his election)
and any such election by a Member shall be taken into account by the Trustee and
the Actuary in making adjustments to the benefits of the Member as aforesaid.
Any election pursuant to this Clause 13(3) must be advised to the Trustee in writing
by such date as the Trustee shall determine. The Trustee shall as soon as
practicable notify the Members affected of any adjustments to their benefits
pursuant to the provisions of this Clause 13.
(4) If an Employer notifies the Trustee as provided in Clause 13(1) that it has decided
to terminate its contributions to the Fund in respect of all Members employed or
formerly employed by it then after the receipt of such notification, and
notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 3, no further Employees of that Employer
shall be admitted to membership of the Fund.
(5) This Clause 13 does not apply to or in respect of any QAL Employer, QAL
Member, or any Spouse Account Member of a QAL Member.
13A. Termination, Non-payment or Inadequacy of QAL Employer
Contributions
(1) (a) Without limiting any power vested in the QAL Principal Employer or any
other QAL Employer under any other provisions of this Deed or the Rules
to terminate or vary the amount or rate of Employer contributions, a QAL
Employer may at any time by written notice to the Trustee:
(i) terminate all of its payments to and in respect of the Fund; or
(ii) reduce all of its payments to and in respect of the Fund to the
extent, and either indefinitely or for the period, specified in that
notice PROVIDED THAT equity is on the whole maintained
between QAL Wages Fund Current Members,
and any such notice shall take effect on the later of the date that notice is
received by the Trustee and the date specified in it for such purpose, but
nothing in this Deed or the Rules shall affect:
(A) that QAL Employer's liability in respect of payments due
before the effective date of that notice; or
(B) that QAL Employer's obligation to contribute amounts
sufficient to meet any benefit entitlements under Rule C.12
of Schedule 3 or Rule D.13 of Schedule 4 to the extent that
those entitlements have accrued in respect of those QAL
Members (who last became QAL Members before 1
October 1994) at the effective date of the notice (by
reference to those QAL Members' Salaries up to that date).
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(b) The QAL Principal Employer may give notice to the Trustee in terms of
Clause 13A(1)(a) on behalf of a QAL Employer. Such a notice shall be
deemed to have been given by the QAL Employer in terms of
Clause 13A(1)(a) (whether or not endorsed or confirmed thereby) and may
not be revoked or varied without the express approval of the QAL Principal
Employer.
(2) If a QAL Employer has given or is deemed to have given a notice pursuant to
Clause 13A(1) then:
(a) in the case of a notice of termination of payments, unless otherwise agreed
between the Trustee and the QAL Principal Employer:
(i) no contributions shall be accepted from a QAL Member who is
employed by the QAL Employer concerned; and
(ii) no Employee of the QAL Employer concerned shall be admitted as
a Member,
during or in respect of any period when a QAL Employer's payments are or
would be terminated pursuant to such a notice and, after making such
allowance for QAL Expenses as the Trustee considers appropriate, the
Trustee shall adjust, subject to Superannuation Law, the benefits which are
or may become payable to or in respect of each QAL Member who is then
employed by the QAL Employer concerned, to the extent and in the
manner considered by the Trustee to be appropriate and equitable on the
basis that the Trustee's obligations to the QAL Members of, and Spouse
Account Members of QAL Members, is limited to the QAL Assets; and
(b) in the case of a reduction of contributions, the Trustee, after obtaining the
advice of the Actuary, may and shall if the maintenance of equity on the
whole between QAL Wages Fund Current Members so requires, adjust,
subject to Superannuation Law, any benefit which is or may become
payable to or in respect of any person whom the Trustee may consider is
affected by such reduction to such extent and in such manner as the
Trustee may consider appropriate and equitable on the basis that the
Trustee's obligations to the QAL Members and Spouse Account Members
of QAL Members is limited to the QAL Assets.
(3)
Any adjusted benefit determined in respect of a person under this Clause 13A may
be provided in such manner and form, by way of such arrangements and subject to
such conditions as the Trustee may think fit either generally or in any particular
case, and shall be in lieu of and in full satisfaction of any benefit which would or
might have been or become payable from the Fund but for the operation of this
Clause 13A.
(4) With the approval of the Trustee and subject to such conditions as the Trustee may
impose, a QAL Employer may revoke or vary any notice given by that QAL
Employer pursuant to Clause 13A(1), in such event and subject to such conditions,
the Trustee (after obtaining the advice of the Actuary) may and shall if the
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maintenance of equity on the whole between QAL Wages Fund Current Members
so requires, adjust the rights, obligations and benefits of the persons whom the
Trustee may consider to be affected by such revocation to such extent and in such
manner as the Trustee may consider appropriate and equitable on the basis that
the Trustee's obligations to the QAL Members, and the Spouse Account Members
of QAL Members, is limited to the QAL Assets.
(5) In this Clause 13A:
QAL Expenses means the costs and expenses of and incidental to the operation,
management, administration and investment of the Fund, being costs and
expenses which in the opinion of the Trustee (having regard to the advice of the
Actuary) are referable to the QAL Members and the Spouse Account Members of
QAL Members or to the termination of a QAL Employer's participation in the Fund.
QAL Wages Fund Current Members means a QAL Wages Fund Member who
last became a Member of the QAL Wages Fund before 17 June 1994 or a person
claiming under such a Member.
Salary has the meaning given to it under Rule C.2 of Schedule 3 (in the case of a
QAL Wages Fund Member) or Rule D.2 of Schedule 4 (in the case of a QAL Staff
Fund Member).
13B. Winding Up, Dissolution or Cessation of Business of QAL Employers
(1) If:
(a) where a QAL Employer is or includes a body corporate, a resolution is
passed or an order is made for the winding up of that body or a scheme or
arrangement providing for the dissolution of that body is approved by a
court;
(b) where a QAL Employer is or includes a partnership, that partnership is
dissolved;
(c) where a QAL Employer is or includes a natural person or natural persons,
that person or any of those persons becomes bankrupt; or
(d) a QAL Employer ceases to carry on business for any reason,
then the Trustee may enter into an agreement with any person which the Trustee
may consider succeeds the QAL Employer in business for that successor to take
the place of the QAL Employer (as QAL Principal Employer or an Associated
Employer, as the case may require) under this Deed or the Rules PROVIDED
THAT, if the QAL Employer concerned is the QAL Principal Employer, the Trustee,
with the consent of the Principal Employer, may agree with another QAL Employer
for it to assume the office of QAL Principal Employer and agree with the relevant
successor for that successor to become an Associated Employer. Such an
agreement shall be in a form acceptable to the Trustee and shall be binding on all
interested persons.
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(2) If an event provided for in Clause 13B(1) occurs in relation to a QAL Employer
other than the QAL Principal Employer but no agreement is entered into as
provided in that Clause within 90 days (or such other period as the Trustee may
think fit) after the date the relevant event occurred, the Trustee shall be deemed to
have received on the last day of such period a notice from the QAL Employer
pursuant to Clause 13A that it had decided to terminate all of its payments to and
in respect of the Fund with effect on that last day.
(3) If an event provided for in Clause 13B(1) occurs in relation to the QAL Principal
Employer but no agreement is entered into as provided in that Clause within 90
days (or such other period as the Trustee may think fit) after the date the relevant
event occurred, the provisions of Clause 13A shall apply as if the Trustee had
received on the last day of such period a notice from each Employer pursuant to
Clause 13A that it had decided to terminate all of its payments to and in respect of
the Fund with effect on that last day.
(4) Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Clause 13B, by the execution of an
appropriate instrument or instruments (in a form acceptable to the existing QAL
Principal Employer, the proposed QAL Principal Employer, the Principal Employer
and the Trustee) the person for the time being holding the office of QAL Principal
Employer may be replaced in that office by another person.
13C. Excess or Insufficiency of QAL Assets
Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee may, on the advice of the Actuary and with the
approval of the QAL Principal Employer, and shall on the request of the QAL Principal
Employer with the consent of the Principal Employer:
(a) deal with any surplus or deficiency in the QAL Assets by increasing or decreasing
the rates of contributions;
(b) deal with that portion of any surplus or deficiency in the QAL Assets which, in the
opinion of the Trustee (having regard to the advice of the Actuary), is referable to
the QAL Wages Fund Members, and the Spouse Account Members of QAL Wages
Fund Members, by increasing or decreasing the rates of benefits or pensions
(whether vested or prospective) or in any other manner; or
(c) deal with that portion of any surplus in the QAL Assets which, in the opinion of the
Trustee (having regard to the advice of the Actuary), is referable to the QAL Staff
Fund Members and the Spouse Account Members of QAL Staff Fund Members by
increasing the rates of benefits or pensions (whether vested or prospective).
14. Termination of Fund
(1) If the Principal Employer shall from any cause whatsoever cease to carry on
business or an order be made or an effective resolution passed for the winding up
of the Principal Employer (unless such winding up shall be for the purposes of
reconstruction or amalgamation and the new organisation then formed shall have
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the necessary power and shall agree with the Trustee to take the place of the
Principal Employer in the Fund) the Fund shall from the date of the happening of
such event (the Termination Date) be dissolved and all moneys and other assets
of the Fund after payment of any expenses incurred by the Fund in the execution
of this shall be distributed by the Trustee after obtaining the advice of the Actuary
in the provision to the extent that such assets permit first of benefits which became
payable from the Fund prior to the Termination Date including contingent benefits
payable pursuant to Clause 6(2) secondly of the benefits to which Members who
are Employees would have been entitled had they voluntarily left the employ of the
Employer on the Termination Date thirdly of further benefits for Members and their
Dependants having regard to their rights accrued at the Termination Date and
fourthly to the extent that any balance of such assets remains for the purpose of
additions to the benefits under each of the preceding provisions in such manner as
the Trustee shall determine PROVIDED THAT the benefits shall be in such form
and shall be provided by such arrangements as the Trustee shall determine and
every person shall accept the benefits allotted to him by the Trustee in full
discharge of all claims in respect of the Fund and shall have no further claims
whatsoever in respect of any rights or benefits under this Deed or the Rules or
otherwise in connection with or arising out of the Fund and all decisions of the
Trustee in respect of any benefit shall be final and conclusive AND PROVIDED
FURTHER THAT the Trustee's obligations and liabilities to pay benefits to or in
respect of the QAL Members, and the Spouse Account Members of QAL Members,
is limited to the QAL Assets.
(2) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in Clause 14(1) if
the Principal Employer ceases to carry on business or an order is made or an
effective resolution is passed for the winding up of the Principal Employer the other
Employers may with the approval of the Trustee agree between them that in lieu of
effecting a dissolution of the Fund pursuant to Clause 14(1) one of their number
shall take the place of the Principal Employer for the purposes of this Deed or the
Rules.
15. Deductions from Benefits
Subject to this Deed and the Rules the Trustee shall deduct from the moneys which but for
this Clause would be payable to or for the benefit of a Member or any person claiming
through or under the Member and shall pay to the Principal Employer or any Associated
Employer (as the case requires) any amount which that Employer certifies is owing to it by
the Member either solely or jointly or severally with any other person.
16. Proof of Qualification
Any person appearing purporting or claiming to be qualified or entitled to any benefit under
the Fund shall on request produce to the Trustee or to its order such evidence, do such
acts and execute such documents as the Trustee or its order may require. Failure to
comply with this Clause 16 shall entitle the Trustee to suspend payment of the benefit or
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the consideration of the claim thereto as the case may be until the requirements of this
Clause 16 are complied with. The responsibility shall rest upon each of such persons to
lodge with the Trustee his claim to any benefit under the Fund, and if at the expiration of
two years after any such claim could first have been lodged with the Trustee it has not
been so lodged or if the existence, identity and whereabouts of any such person are not by
then sufficiently and satisfactorily known to the Trustee (whether or not attempts have been
made to establish the same) the relevant benefit shall cease to be payable under this Deed
or the Rules and it shall be retained in the Fund for the general purposes of the Fund but
notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the Rules the
Trustee shall have the power in its discretion to pay or cause to be paid the relevant benefit
in whole or in part at a later date to the person concerned.
17. Transfer from Employ of one Employer to Employ of Another or
Transfer to an Overseas Associated Employer
(1) If a Member of the Fund transfers from the employ of one Employer to the employ
of another Employer participating in the Fund he shall notwithstanding anything
expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the Rules remain a Member of
the Fund and that transfer of employment shall not be deemed to be leaving the
employ of the Employer for the purposes of this Deed and the Rules.
(2) If a Member is transferred from the employ of the Employer to the employ of an
employer which is declared by the Principal Employer to be an overseas associate
of the Principal Employer or of an Associated Employer (an Overseas Associated
Employer) the Trustee may notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the
contrary in this Deed or the Rules deem that transfer of employment not to be
leaving the employ of the Employer for the purposes of this Deed and the Rules
and in this event the Trustee shall either:
(a) arrange for the continuation of contributions to the Fund by and/or in
respect of the Member and in this event the aforesaid Overseas
Associated Employer shall be deemed to be an Employer for the purposes
of this Deed and the Rules;
or
(b) arrange for the Member to continue his membership of the Fund provided
that contributions to the Fund by and in respect of the Member shall cease
while he remains in the employ of an Overseas Associated Employer and
the Trustee shall from time to time after obtaining the advice of the Actuary
adjust the benefits payable in respect of the Member pursuant to this Deed
and the Rules and the other terms and conditions of his membership in
such manner as it considers appropriate; or
(c) arrange for payment from the Fund to an Approved Benefit Arrangement
established for employees of the aforesaid Overseas Associated Employer
of an amount equal to the actuarial reserve held in the Fund in respect of
the Member (as determined by the Actuary) and upon such payment being
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effected all interest of whatsoever nature of that Member in the Fund shall
cease and the Trustee shall thereby be released and discharged
accordingly from all further liability in respect of that Member and neither
the Trustee nor any Employer shall be in any way responsible for the
payment or disposal by the Trustee of or other person responsible for the
said Approved Benefit Arrangement of the amount so paid.
18. Transfers from Other Funds
(1) Subject to this Deed and the Rules the Trustee may with the approval of the
Employer make or carry into effect an arrangement with the trustees or other
person responsible for an Approved Benefit Arrangement or any person who is a
participant or former participant in an Approved Benefit Arrangement whereby
money and other assets shall be paid and transferred to the Fund and such person
shall if he is not already a Member be admitted as a Member and shall be granted
such rights to benefits additional to the benefits otherwise provided under this
Deed and the Rules or in lieu of the benefits otherwise provided under this Deed
and the Rules as shall be determined by the Employer after obtaining the advice of the Actuary PROVIDED THAT any rights to benefits granted pursuant to the
foregoing provisions shall be subject to the terms and conditions of any
undertaking the Trustee is required to give to the trustees of or other person
responsible for the said Approved Benefit Arrangement and that the terms and
conditions of any such undertaking shall not be set aside by any alterations
additions or deletions made to this Deed or the Rules.
(2) Subject to this Deed and the Rules the Trustee may with the approval of the
Employer make or carry into effect an arrangement with the trustees of or other
person who is entitled to benefits under an Approved Benefit Arrangement
whereby money and other assets shall be paid and transferred to the Fund and the
Trustee shall agree to provide benefits to or in respect of such person on such
terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Trustee and the Employer
PROVIDED THAT any benefits granted pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall
be subject to the terms and conditions of any undertaking the Trustee is required to
give to the trustees of or other person responsible for the said Approved Benefit
Arrangement and that the terms and conditions of any such undertaking shall not
be set aside by any alterations, additions or deletions made to this Deed or the
Rules.
19. Transfers to Other Funds
(1) Subject to this Deed and the Rules if a Member shall cease to be in the employ of
the Employer and within a period of three months of the date of such cessation of
employment or within such further period as is approved by the Trustee the
Member becomes a participant in or eligible to participate in an Approved Benefit
Arrangement the Trustee may with the consent of the Member and subject to such
conditions as the Trustee may decide and in lieu of paying any benefit under this
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Deed and the Rules pay or transfer to or towards such Approved Benefit
Arrangement to be applied for the benefit of that Member such moneys and other
assets as the Employer shall determine in respect of the membership or
memberships in the Fund being transferred but being not less in value than the
benefit or total benefits which that Member would have received pursuant to the
provisions of this Deed and the Rules in respect of that membership or those
memberships (as the case may be) and:
(a) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 1 (if any) — being
not more than the Member's Accumulation Account Balance;
(b) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 2 (if any) — being
not more in value than an amount equal to the actuarial reserve held in the
Fund in respect of that Member (as determined by the Actuary);
(c) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 3 (if any) — being
such portion of the QAL Assets as in the opinion of the Trustee (having
regard to the advice of the Actuary) is just and equitable; and
(d) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 4 (if any) — being
not more than the Member's QAL Equitable Share.
(2) Subject to this Deed and the Rules, if a Member becomes a participant in an
Approved Benefit Arrangement operated for the benefit of any Employees or if a
Member remains in the employ of an Employer but ceases to be a person who is
classified as an Employee for the purposes of this Deed or the Rules the Employer
may notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 13 or Clause 13A forthwith terminate
or reduce its contributions to the Fund in respect of that Member and may require
the Member to terminate or reduce his contributions to the Fund and in the event of
any termination or reduction of contributions to the Fund as aforesaid the Trustee
shall after obtaining the advice of the Actuary make such adjustments to the
benefits of the Member as the Trustee deems appropriate and those adjusted
benefits shall be substituted for the benefits otherwise provided under this Deed or
the Rules and the provisions of this Deed and the Rules shall apply mutatis
mutandis to those adjusted benefits PROVIDED THAT in the event of termination
as aforesaid of both the Employer's and the Member's contributions to the Fund for
a Member who has become a participant in an Approved Benefit Arrangement the
Trustee shall if directed by the Employer (and in lieu of adjusting the Member's
benefits as aforesaid) pay or transfer to or towards the said Approved Benefit
Arrangement moneys and other assets of a value equal to:
(a) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 1 (if any) — the
Member's Accumulation Account Balance;
(b) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 2 (if any) — the
actuarial reserve held in the Fund in respect of that Member (as
determined by the Actuary);
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(c) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 3 (if any) — such
portion of the QAL Assets as in the opinion of the Trustee (having regard to
the advice of the Actuary) is just and equitable;
(d) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 4 (if any) — an
amount agreed or determined in a manner agreed between the Trustee
and the QAL Principal Employer but not exceeding the Member's QAL
Equitable Share; and
(e) in the case of the Member's other entitlements under the Fund (if any)
which are being transferred — the amount of those entitlements as at the
date of such transfer,
to be applied by the trustee of or other person responsible for the said Approved
Benefit Arrangement for the benefit of that Member.
(3)
If an Employer enters into an arrangement to sell or otherwise transfer any part of
its operations to an employer who is not participating in the Fund (the New Employer) and pursuant to this arrangement any Member ceases to be in the
employ of the Employer and enters the employ of the New Employer the Trustee
may with the written consent of such Member and subject to such conditions as the
Trustee may decide and in lieu of paying any benefit under this Deed or the Rules
pay or transfer to or towards an Approved Benefit Arrangement for the benefit of
any employees of the New Employer moneys and other assets of a value equal to:
(a) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 1 (if any) — the
Member's Accumulation Account Balance;
(b) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 2 (if any) — the
actuarial reserve held in the Fund in respect of that Member (as
determined by the Actuary);
(c) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 3 (if any) — such
portion of the QAL Assets as in the opinion of the Trustee (having regard to
the advice of the Actuary) is just and equitable;
(d) in the case of the Member's entitlement under Schedule 4 (if any) — an
amount agreed or determined in a manner agreed between the Trustee
and the QAL Principal Employer but not exceeding the Member's QAL
Equitable Share; and
(e) in the case of the Member's other entitlements under the Fund (if any)
which are being transferred — the amount of those entitlements as at the
date of such transfer,
to be applied by the trustee of or other person responsible for the said Approved
Benefit Arrangement for the benefit of that Member.
(4) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Clause 19 but
subject to the other provisions of this Deed or the Rules, in the case of a Member
(a Deferred Beneficiary) who is entitled to receive a Preserved Benefit (as defined
below) or who would be so entitled if he left the employ of the Employer, in lieu of
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(5)
providing all or part of that benefit from the Fund the Trustee shall if so directed by
the Principal Employer but without obtaining the consent of the Deferred
Beneficiary pay or transfer to or towards an Approved Benefit Arrangement in
which the Deferred Beneficiary participates or is eligible to participate and which is
nominated or approved by the Principal Employer an amount representing the
value of that benefit, as determined by the Trustee after obtaining the advice of the
Actuary. For the purposes of this Clause 19(4), Preserved Benefit means:
(a) in relation to a Member who last became a Member before the twentieth
day of March 1989 (the Change Date), the amount by which any benefit
provided for under the provisions governing the Fund before the Change
Date is increased as a result of, or the amount of any new benefit arising
as a result of:
(i) any amendment or addition to this Deed or the Rules which
required the consent or approval of an Employer and which is
made by a deed or resolution executed or made on or after the
Change Date, including the amending deed which introduced this
definition;
(ii) any transfer into the Fund pursuant to Clause 18 with effect on or
after the Change Date which required the consent or approval of
an Employer; or
(iii) the exercise of a power, right, discretion or authority by an
Employer with effect on or after the Change Date, including a
power, right, discretion or authority exercisable under the
provisions governing the Fund before the Change Date; or
(b) in relation to any other Member, any benefit whatsoever and whensoever
arising,
being in any case, a benefit which the Trustee considers needs to be deferred or
preserved in order to comply with Clause 8(5).
Upon such a payment or transfer being effected, all interest of whatsoever nature
of that Member in respect of the said benefit shall cease and the Trustee shall
thereby be released and discharged accordingly from all further liability in respect
of that Member in relation to that benefit and neither the Trustee nor any Employer
shall be in any way responsible for the payment or disposal by the trustee of or
other person responsible for the said Approved Benefit Arrangement of the amount
so paid or transferred.
The Trustee shall:
(a) upon the request of a Member, comply with Superannuation Law in relation
to the transfer to an Approved Benefit Arrangement of all or part of a
Member's benefits in the Fund;
(b) have the power, subject to Superannuation Law, to determine and charge
from time to time a fee to cover the costs associated with a transfer made
under this Clause 19(5). Unless the Member pays the fee by another
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payment method acceptable to the Trustee, the Trustee shall have power
to deduct the fee from the amount to be transferred in respect of the
Member; and
(c) subject to Superannuation Law, debit the Member's accounts in the Fund
with the amount transferred together with any fee or otherwise adjust the
remaining benefits (if any) payable to or in respect of the Member in such
manner as the Trustee thinks fit to take account of the amount transferred
under Clause 19(5)(a).
20. Trustee
(1) Eligibility
The Trustee shall be a Constitutional Corporation.
(2) Compliance with Superannuation Law
The Principal Employer and the Trustee shall each take such action as they
consider necessary and appropriate to ensure that the Trustee is constituted in a
manner which complies with Superannuation Law including, without limitation,
appropriate action in respect of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Trustee and the appointment and composition of, and filling of vacancies on, the
board of directors of the Trustee.
(3)
Termination of Trusteeship
A Trustee for the time being shall hold office until the earliest of:
(a) its retirement from that office by giving 60 days' written notice to the
Principal Employer (or such lesser period as the Principal Employer may
agree); or
(b) it becoming a Disqualified Person or otherwise disqualified from office by
operation of law.
(4) Retirement of Trustee
(a) If the office of Trustee becomes vacant the Principal Employer shall,
subject to Superannuation Law, by deed appoint another Constitutional
Corporation to act as Trustee in accordance with this Clause 20.
(b) Upon termination of office under Clause 20(3), the Trustee shall, subject to
Clause 20(5), be deemed to be discharged from the trusts of this Deed and
the Rules and the duties and obligations of a Trustee under this Deed and
the Rules at the time and on the date of termination of office.
(c) Upon termination of office under Clause 20(3), the Trustee shall thereupon
deliver, sign and execute all such things, papers, records, writings,
documents, deeds and other property as may be necessary or desirable to
give proper effect to such retirement from office and the transfer or
assignment to, or otherwise the vesting of the assets of the Fund in, the
new Trustee.
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(5) Antecedent Breach by Trustee
Nothing contained in this Deed or the Rules shall relieve a Constitutional
Corporation which ceases to be Trustee from liability for any antecedent breach of
trust for which it would otherwise be liable.
(6) The Trustee may enter into and execute all contracts, deeds and documents and
do all acts, matters and things which it may deem expedient for the purpose of
securing the benefits to be provided by or from the Fund and for otherwise
effectuating and carrying out the trusts, authorities, powers and discretions
conferred upon the Trustee by this Deed or the Rules.
(7) The Trustee may open and operate on such bank accounts as it thinks desirable
and all cheques and other negotiable or transferable instruments and all receipts
for money paid to the Fund shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or
otherwise executed in such manner as the Trustee may from to time determine.
(8) The Trustee in the exercise of the authorities, powers and discretions conferred
upon it by this Deed and the Rules shall have an absolute and uncontrolled
discretion and may exercise or enforce all or any of its authorities, powers and
discretions from time to time and at any time or may refrain from exercising all or
any of the same from time to time or at all.
(9) No director or officer of the Principal Employer or of any Associated Employer or of
the Trustee shall by virtue of his office or of powers being delegated by the Trustee
to him be disqualified from being a Member of the Fund or from exercising any
rights or deriving any benefits as a Member and a director of the Trustee who is or
is about to become a Member may be counted in a quorum and vote at any
meeting of the directors of the Trustee when the directors are exercising powers
pursuant to this Deed and the Rules and may attest the affixing of the common
seal of the Trustee notwithstanding that he is interested in the matter.
(10) Without in any way limiting the generality of the powers of the Trustee apart from
this Clause 20(10) the Trustee may from time to time establish one or more
committees each consisting of not less than two persons which shall perform such
duties and have such authorities, powers and discretions as the Trustee may from
time to time determine or think fit to delegate. The Members of any such
committee shall be removable from office by the Trustee at any time. The Trustee
may from time to time prescribe rules for or otherwise regulate the conduct of any
such committee which shall at all times be and remain subject to and conform with
any directions by the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for
any act, omission, error of judgement, negligence or breach of trust of any
committee or of any Member of any committee and shall not be bound to take
proceedings against any committee or any Member of any committee in respect
thereof.
(11) The Trustee shall not be liable for any loss which may be sustained by the Fund or
by any Member or former Member or person claiming through or under a Member
or former Member whether resulting from negligence or otherwise unless that loss
is caused by its own wilfully and knowingly being a party to a breach of trust. No
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Member of a committee or director or officer of the Trustee shall be liable for any
loss so sustained whether resulting from his negligence or otherwise unless that
loss is caused by his own wilfully and knowingly being a party to a breach of trust.
A Member of any committee and any director or officer of the Trustee shall be
indemnified and reimbursed out of the Fund for any costs, expenses, claims and
damages which he may pay or incur in or about the administering of the trusts of
this Deed or the Rules. To the extent that the amount in the Fund is inadequate to
indemnify and reimburse any such person he shall be indemnified and reimbursed
by the Principal Employer and the Associated Employers in such proportions and
in such manner as the Principal Employer shall determine. This Clause 20(11) is
subject to Superannuation Law. Accordingly, any exemption from, or
indemnification against, liability provided in this Deed or the Rules shall not apply
to the extent prohibited by Superannuation Law.
(12) The Trustee may make such deductions, adjustments and provisions as the
Trustee considers appropriate in taking account of any tax or other governmental
impost which, in the opinion of the Trustee, is or may become payable in relation to
or is attributable to the Fund or the payment or transfer of any money or property to
or from the Fund, and may pay any such tax or other impost to the relevant
authority.
(13) The Trustee shall comply with any applicable requirement of Superannuation Law
regarding the keeping and retention of records of the transactions and operations
of the Fund.
21. Delegation by Trustee
(1) In addition to the authorities, powers and discretions conferred by law the Trustee
may delegate to any one or more persons, firms or companies on such terms as
the Trustee may think fit any of the authorities powers and discretions conferred
upon it by this Deed or the Rules. The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for
any act, omission, error of judgment, negligence or breach of trust of the persons
firms or companies to whom such delegation is made and shall not be bound to
take any proceedings against any persons, firms or companies in respect thereof.
(2) Without in any way limiting the generality of the power conferred on the Trustee
under Clause 21(1) of this Clause the Trustee shall have power to appoint from
time to time such one or more eligible corporations as it may think fit to act either
as Custodian Trustee or Custodian Trustees or Investment Manager or Investment
Managers or both subject to such conditions as the Trustee may from time to time
determine and may delegate to and confer upon each such Custodian Trustee or
Investment Manager such authorities, powers and discretions as the Trustee may
think fit. The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for any act, omission, error
of judgment, negligence or breach of trust of any such Custodian Trustee or
Investment Manager and shall not be bound to take proceedings against any
Custodian Trustee or Investment Manager in respect thereof. The Trustee shall
also have power to remove from time to time any such Custodian Trustee or
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Investment Manager. No such Custodian Trustee or Investment Manager shall be
entitled to take any part in the proceedings or deliberations of the Trustee.
(3)
The powers of investment selling getting in variation and transposal referred to in
Clause 26 shall be exercised and carried out either by the Trustee or by one or
more Custodian Trustees or Investment Managers or partly by one and partly by
the other or others and by such methods as the Trustee may from time to time
determine.
22. Advice to Trustee
The Trustee may act on the advice or opinion of any accountant actuary barrister solicitor
or medical practitioner or other professional person or expert (whether or not such advice
or opinion has been obtained by it) and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss
occasioned by so acting in good faith.
23. Accounts and Audit
(1) The Trustee shall appoint an Auditor to the Fund, being an Auditor qualified to
provide audit services in relation to the Fund in accordance with the applicable
requirements under Superannuation Law regarding the audit of superannuation
funds. The appointment of the Auditor shall be on such terms as the Trustee may
think fit and the Trustee may remove such a person at any time and appoint
another such qualified person as Auditor.
(2) The Trustee shall maintain or cause to be maintained such records and accounts
and in such form as shall be necessary to satisfy this Deed or the Rules and any
applicable requirement under Superannuation Law and the Trustee may maintain
or cause to be maintained such other records and accounts as the Trustee
considers to be necessary or expedient. The records and accounts of the Fund
shall be audited by the Auditor within such period after the end of each year of
income of the Fund as the Trustee shall determine having regard to any applicable
requirement under Superannuation Law and at any other time which the Trustee
may determine in order to ensure compliance with such a requirement. The
Auditor shall have access to all papers, accounts and documents connected with
the Fund and shall certify to the Trustee the result of such audit in writing.
(3) The Auditor shall be remunerated out of the Fund.
24. Actuarial Requirements
(1) The Trustee shall appoint an Actuary to the Fund, being:
(a) a person who is an actuary within the terms of the Life Insurance Act 1945
or who is otherwise acceptable as an actuary under and for the purposes
of the applicable provisions of Superannuation Law regarding who may
provide actuarial advice and reports in relation to a superannuation fund (a
qualified actuary);
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(b) a firm a member of which is a qualified actuary; or
(c) a company which employs or engages a qualified actuary for the purpose
of providing actuarial advice,
whose appointment to such office is approved by the Principal Employer. Such
appointment shall be on such terms as the Trustee may think fit and the Trustee
may remove any such person, firm or company from such office and in accordance
with the provisions of this Clause 24(1) appoint another person, firm or company to
such office.
(2) At intervals of not more than 3 years, as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee
shall cause the Actuary to investigate the Fund and to provide a written report to
the Trustee on the results of such investigation within 12 months (or such longer
period as the Trustee may allow, having regard to any applicable requirement
under Superannuation Law) after the date as at which such investigation is made,
being in each case an investigation and a report which complies with any
applicable requirements under Superannuation Law and any other requirements
determined by the Trustee. The Trustee shall provide a copy of each such written
report to the Principal Employer as soon as practicable after receipt of it from the
Actuary.
(3) The Actuary shall be remunerated out of the Fund.
25. Appointment of Secretary
The Trustee may appoint a Secretary to the Fund. Any such Secretary shall be a person
partnership company organisation or association (whether incorporated or otherwise) who
is nominated by the Trustee and approved by the Principal Employer and may be an officer
of any of the Employers or the Trustee. Any such appointment shall be on such terms as
the Trustee may think fit and the Trustee may remove any such Secretary and may in
accordance with the provisions of this Clause appoint another in his stead. Any such
Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as the Trustee may from time to
time determine.
26. Investment of Fund and Additional Powers of Trustee
(1) Subject to this Deed and the Rules the Trustee may from time to time and in the
name of or under the control of the Trustee or in the name of any nominee or by or
through a Trustee (whether or not such nominee or trustee shall be a nominee or
Trustee for the Trustee alone or for the Trustee and other persons) selected by the
Trustee invest the whole or any part or parts of the moneys or assets of the Fund
not required for any other purpose in any investment or manner of investment
(whether involving liability or not) which the Trustee considers to be a suitable
investment or manner of investment for the Fund including but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing in any one or more of the following:
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(a) any investment from time to time authorised by the laws of the
Commonwealth of Australia or any of its States or Territories for the
investment of trust moneys;
(b) on deposit with any trading or savings bank in Australia or with any dealer
authorised or approved by the Reserve Bank of Australia to operate in the
official short term money market, or with any firm or company (including
any one or more of the Employers) either with or without security;
(c) in the acquisition by original subscription or by purchase or otherwise of
fully or partly paid shares, stock, stock options, debenture stock, bonds,
notes (secured or unsecured) or other securities or obligations howsoever
called in or of any company (including any one or more of the Employffs);
(d) in the acquisition or purchase of units, sub-units or other fractional interests
howsoever called whether divided or undivided in or of any unit trust
(whether fixed or flexible) or other scheme in the nature of a unit trust;
(e) in the acquisition or purchase of any property (whether real or personal) or
any interest in property whether or not such property is subject to any
mortgage or charge and notwithstanding that such property or interest in
property may be acquired or purchased for the profit which may be
expected whether from resale or otherwise and that such property or
interest in property is not producing income at the date it is acquired or
purchased;
(f) in mortgages over freehold or leasehold property either by direct loan or by
purchase at a discount or otherwise of existing mortgages;
(g) in the acquisition or purchase of any commodity or currency futures
whether buyers' or sellers' futures and in the acquisition or purchase of
future personal rights to cash adjustment calculated by reference to
changes in any interest rate or index of the value of shares or securities
listed for sale on any stock exchange;
and the Trustee may vary or transpose or convert any such investments into or for
another or others of the investments hereby authorised.
(2) Subject to this Deed and the Rules the Trustee may underwrite or sub-underwrite
or join with others in underwriting or sub-underwriting the subscription of any of the
investments authorised by Clause 26(1) and may in the exercise of its power of
delegation under Clause 21(1) give to any Investment Manager appointed pursuant
to Clause 21(2) general authority to enter into and carry out underwriting or sub-
underwriting agreements and the like whether for the Fund alone or for the Fund in
conjunction with other funds and institutions.
(3) Subject to this Deed and the Rules without in any way limiting the generality of the
powers vested in the Trustee hereby or by the law of the State of Victoria the
Trustee shall have the following additional powers and may exercise all or any of
such additional powers at any time and from time to time and to such extent as
may seem to the Trustee to be desirable:
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(a) to acquire any of the investments referred to in Clause 26(1) alone or in
partnership or association with any person, firm or corporation;
(b) to institute, prosecute and execute legal proceedings of any kind in any
court including but not limited to proceedings to recover possession of any
property or to sue for and recover rent or damages or to enforce any
contract with power to abandon, settle, compromise and release any such
proceedings when deemed expedient;
(c) to pay and discharge out of the Fund such moneys as the Trustee may
think proper to expend in repairing, painting, altering, rebuilding, improving
and generally maintaining any property (whether freehold or leasehold) or
premises for the time being comprising part of the Fund and all rates,
taxes, costs, charges, insurance premiums, expenses and outgoings of
whatever nature payable in connection with the maintenance, upkeep and
management of such property or premises;
(d) to lease or sub-lease any property (whether real or personal) comprising
the Fund or any part or parts of it for such period or periods at such rent or
rents and with such powers, rights and privileges and subject to such terms
conditions and stipulations as the Trustee may consider expedient and to
accept surrenders of or otherwise determine such leases or sub-leases;
(e) to sell or otherwise dispose of any property comprising the Fund or any
part or parts of it at such price or prices and upon such terms, conditions
and stipulations and subject to such restrictions or rights and in such
manner and by such means as the Trustee may consider expedient and
upon any such sale or apart from such sale to grant easements and other
rights;
(f) subject to Superannuation Law to borrow or raise money for the purposes
of the Fund (including the making of investments to be held as part of the
Fund) as the Trustee thinks fit and to secure the repayment of such money
and any interest on it by charge or mortgage of all or any property
comprised in the Fund;
(g) to guarantee and to give indemnities in respect of any obligation assumed
or undertaken or to be assumed or undertaken by a nominee or Trustee
selected by the Trustee pursuant to Clause 26(1) in connection with any
investment hereby authorised made or to be made by the Trustee in the
name of such nominee or by or through such Trustee and to secure any
such guarantee or indemnity by charge or mortgage of all or any part of the
property comprised in the Fund PROVIDED THAT where such nominee or
Trustee holds or will hold such investment for the Trustee and other
persons the guarantee or indemnity given or granted by the Trustee
pursuant to this Clause 26(1)(g) shall not exceed the liability attaching to
the Trustee's proportionate interest in the investment held or to be held by
the nominee or Trustee as aforesaid;
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(h) to give all such undertakings and enter into such contracts and incur all
such obligations relating to the Fund or any part or parts of it as the
Trustee thinks fit;
(i) to employ such managers, staff and servants and engage such contractors
and professional services as may be considered necessary or desirable;
(j) to effect policies of insurance or assurance to provide for all or any part of
the benefits which may become payable from the Fund and to pay out of
the Fund all premiums under such policies and to surrender, vary or assign
or otherwise deal with any such policy as the Trustee thinks fit;
(k) to give proxies and powers of attorney (with or without powers of
substitution) and appoint representatives for voting or acting on behalf of
the Trustee in relation to any property comprising part of the Fund;
to add interest to any lump sum benefit or any other benefit (including,
without limitation, a benefit payable under Clause 19) the payment of which
has been delayed or postponed for such period or periods and at such rate
or rates during that or those periods and on such basis and subject to such
terms and conditions as the Trustee shall from time to time determine but
subject to Superannuation Law. The Trustee may exercise its power under
this Clause in relation to benefits or Members generally or in relation to one
or more particular classes of benefits or Members or in relation to one or
more particular benefits or Members. A rate or rates determined under this
Clause must not be negative.
(4) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Deed or the
Rules, the moneys and assets of the Fund shall be invested in such manner and
form and subject to such conditions as will, in the opinion of the Trustee, ensure
that the Fund complies with any applicable requirements under Superannuation
Law regarding the investment of the assets of and borrowings by superannuation
funds and the Trustee may take such actions as it considers necessary or
expedient in order to ensure compliance with such requirements. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall take such actions as are
necessary in order to comply with the applicable requirements under
Superannuation Law regarding:
(a) loans from a superannuation fund to any of its Members;
(b) the making of superannuation investments on an arms-length basis; and
(c) the circumstances in which and the basis upon which the Trustees of a
superannuation fund may borrow.
26A. Sub-Fund and Investment Pools
(1) Subject to, and in accordance with, Superannuation Law the Trustee shall have
power to invite Participants to give directions to the Trustee in relation to the
investment strategy to be followed by the Trustee in relation to the investment of a
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particular asset or assets of the Fund. The Trustee may offer, and permit
Participants to select, one or more investment strategies for this purpose.
(2) For the purpose of giving effect to a direction from Participants under Clause
26A(1) the Trustee need not make any change to the composition of the
investments of the Fund and may determine the basis of calculation of the benefits
attributable to the Participants by reference to a notional sub-fund or investment
pool created in accordance with Clause 26A(3)(b).
(3) In order to enable the Trustee to give effect to the intentions of Clauses 26A(1) and
(2), the Trustee shall have power to:
(a) comply with any requirement or provision of Superannuation Law relating
to the making of a choice of investment strategies available to Participants
(b) create in such manner (including notionally) as the Trustee thinks fit one or
more sub-funds or investment pools in respect of one or more Participants
so as to enable the Trustee to calculate the investment performance of any
of the investment strategies available to Participants;
(c) invest the assets of each sub-fund or investment pool created under
Clause 26A(b) separately from the assets of the other sub-funds,
investment pools or other assets of the Fund; and
(d) do such other acts and things as may in the opinion of the Trustee be
necessary or desirable in order to give effect to the intention of this Clause
26A.
27. Admission and Release or Liquidation of Associated Employers
(1) The Trustee may with the approval of the Principal Employer enter into an
agreement in the form or to the effect of that set out in Schedule 9 (subject to any
special terms which may be prescribed by the Principal Employer for inclusion in
the agreement) with any company partnership organisation or association (whether
incorporated or otherwise) which the Principal Employer deems it is desirable and
convenient to include in the Fund for that company partnership organisation or
association to become an Associated Employer and such of the Employees of that
Associated Employer as become eligible as provided in this Deed or the Rules
shall be eligible to participate in the Fund.
(2) The Trustee shall at the request of the Principal Employer release an Associated
Employer and its Employees who are Members from participation in the Fund as
from a date to be determined by the Trustee upon such terms and conditions as
the Trustee shall determine, in which case the interest in the Fund of such
Associated Employer and its Employees who are Members and their Dependants
and persons claiming through or under such Employees shall be determined by the
Trustee after obtaining the advice of the Actuary and dealt with in such manner as
the Trustee and such Associated Employer shall consider equitable taking into
account each Member's period of Fund Membership the amount contributed to the
Fund by each Member and any other circumstances which the Trustee and such
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Associated Employer consider relevant PROVIDED THAT no provision shall be
made for the payment of a benefit to any such Employee while he remains in the
employ of such Associated Employer other than for the support and maintenance
of that Employee and/or his Dependants for the purpose of relieving hardship AND
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT the Trustee's obligations and liabilities to pay
benefits to or in respect of the QAL Members, and the Spouse Account Members
of QAL Members, is limited to the QAL Assets.
(3)
If an Associated Employer shall from any cause whatsoever cease to carry on
business or an order be made or an effective resolution passed for the winding up
of an Associated Employer (unless such winding up shall be for the purpose of
reconstruction or amalgamation in which event the new employer or employers
shall take the place of that Associated Employer in the Fund) the interest in the
Fund of such Associated Employer and its Employees who are Members and their
Dependants and persons claiming through or under such Employees shall as from
the date of the happening of the appropriate event (the Cessation Date) be
determined by the Trustee after obtaining the advice of the Actuary and applied by
the Trustee to the extent such interest will permit first to provide so far as is
possible through the Fund or otherwise the benefits to which the aforesaid
Employees would have been entitled had they voluntarily left the employ of the
Employer on the Cessation Date and secondly to provide further benefits for such
Employees and their Dependants having regard to their rights accrued at the
Cessation Date and thirdly to the extent that any balance of such interest then
remains for the purpose of additions to the benefits under each of the preceding
provisions PROVIDED THAT the benefits shall be in such form and shall be
provided by such arrangements as the Trustee shall determine and each of the
Employees shall accept the benefits allotted to him and his Dependants by the
Trustee in full discharge of all claims whatsoever in respect of any rights or benefits
under this Deed or the Rules or otherwise in connection with or arising out of the
Fund and all decisions of the Trustee in respect of any benefit shall be final and
conclusive, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT the Trustee's obligations and
liabilities to pay benefits to or in respect of the QAL Members, and the Spouse
Account Members of QAL Members, is limited to the QAL Assets.
28. Exercise of Powers by Corporations and Exercise of Powers by
Employers in Receivership
(1) The authorities powers and discretions conferred upon any corporation by this
Deed and the Rules may be fully and effectively exercised by a resolution of the
directors of that corporation for and on behalf of the corporation or in such other
manner as may be authorised by such a resolution.
(2) If at any time a receiver or a receiver and manager of the property of an Employer
is appointed or if an Employer is placed under the official management of a person
or a committee of management (such receiver or receiver and manager or person
or committee appointed as official manager being in this Clause 28(2) called the
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Receiver) then notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in
this Deed or the Rules all the authorities powers and discretions by this Deed and
the Rules expressed to be vested in or exercisable by that Employer shall be
deemed to be vested in or exercisable by the Receiver until the Receiver is
discharged from or otherwise ceases to hold office and references in this Deed and
the Rules to that Employer shall be deemed to be references to the Receiver until
the Receiver is discharged from or otherwise ceases to hold office.
29. Powers of Employer not Affected
Nothing in this Deed or the Rules shall be deemed to affect prejudice or alter in any way
the powers of an Employer with regard to the dismissal or remuneration of or any dealings
whatsoever with any of its Employees and nothing in this Deed or the Rules shall be
construed as rendering the Employer liable or responsible for anything whatsoever in
respect of these presents which may be done or omitted by the Employer or any of its
Employees or any other person. Any benefits to which any Member or other person may
be or may claim to be entitled under this Deed or the Rules shall not be used or alleged or
claimed as damages or as grounds for increasing damages in any action or claim by him or
by anyone claiming through or under a Member against the Employer in respect of any
such dismissal or dealing.
30. Expenses
Subject to the provisions of the Schedules, the Trustee shall pay out of the Fund all
expenses of and incidental to the management and administration of the Fund including,
without limitation, fees payable to any independent director of the Trustee and meeting
expenses of the Trustee and shall have power to reimburse Employers for any expenses
incurred on behalf of the Fund on the basis that such expenses would be reimbursed out of
the Fund.
31. No Personal Claim
No Member or person claiming through or under a Member or on his behalf or as his
Dependant or as his legal personal representative shall be entitled to require any payment
from the Fund except as may be specifically provided in this Deed or the Rules.
32. Amendments
(1)
Amendment by Principal Employer alone
Subject to Clause 32(3), any provision of this Deed and the Rules (including this
Clause) may be Amended by the Principal Employer at any time and from time to
time by deed or resolution of the directors of the Principal Employer:
(a) insofar as the Amendment relates to the contributions that an Employer
will, after the Amendment, be required or permitted to pay to the Fund;
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(b) insofar as the Amendment relates solely to termination of the Fund; or
(c) in such other circumstances permitted by Superannuation Law.
(2) Amendment by Principal Employer and Trustee jointly
Subject to Clause 32(3), any provision of this Deed and the Rules (including this
Clause) may, with the consent of the Trustee, be Amended by the Principal
Employer at any time and from time to time by deed or resolution of the directors of
the Principal Employer.
(3) Restrictions on amendment power
No Amendment shall be made pursuant to Clause 32(1) or 32(2):
(a) unless the Actuary certifies that in his opinion any such alteration addition
or deletion:
(i) will not reduce the amount of benefits presently or prospectively
payable in respect of any Member to the extent that such benefits
have accrued in respect of the period prior to the date on which the
deed is executed or the resolution is made as aforesaid (the
Execution Date); and
(ii) will not substantially prejudice the value of the rights secured for or
in respect of any Member by the contributions paid to the Fund
prior to the Execution Date; or
(b) unless the alteration, addition or deletion receives the prior written approval
of:
(i) the Regulator; and
(d) at least 75% of the Members in the employ of the Employers on
the Execution Date; and
(Hi) in the case of an alteration, addition or deletion which would
reduce the amount or value of any benefit payable from the Fund
to or in respect of a Member who died or otherwise ceased to be in
the employ of the Employer before the Execution Date, the
Member or the person entitled to that benefit, as the case may be;
or
(c) unless the alteration, addition or deletion receives the prior written approval
of:
(i) 100% of the Members in the employ of the Employers on the
Execution Date; and
(ii) in the case of an alteration addition or deletion which would reduce
the amount or value of any benefit payable from the Fund to or in
respect of a Member who died or otherwise ceased to be in the
employ of the Employer before the Execution Date, the Member or
the person entitled to that benefit, as the case may be; and
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(iii) such other person or persons (if any) as the Trustee may
determine must approve the same in order to satisfy any applicable
requirement under Superannuation Law regarding the amendment
of trust deeds governing superannuation funds; or
(d) which would have the effect of permitting a natural person to be appointed
as a Trustee of the Fund unless, after the Amendment is made, the Fund
will have as its sole or primary purpose the provision of old-age pensions
within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiii) of the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Australia.
(4) Effective date of amendments
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Clause, any Amendment made under
Clause 32(1) or 32(2):
(a) shall come into force when the deed is executed or the resolution is passed
(as the case may be) and shall take effect as from that date or as from
such earlier or later date as may be specified for that purpose in the
resolution or deed; and
(b) so made and for the time being in force shall be of the same validity as if it
had been originally contained in this Deed or the Rules and may in like
manner be Amended.
(5)
Principal Employer not a fiduciary
In exercising its powers under this Clause, the Principal Employer shall not be in
any sense under a fiduciary or other duty, and the Principal Employer shall have in
relation to the exercise, non-exercise or partial exercise of any such power an
absolute and uncontrolled discretion and shall not be required to give to any
person any reason for or explanation of its exercise, non-exercise or partial
exercise of such power.
(6) Meaning of Amendment
In this Clause, Amend includes alter, add to, or delete from and Amendment
includes any alteration, addition or deletion.
33. Availability of Deed
A copy of this Deed and the Rules and of all amendments and additions shall be kept at
the Principal Office of each of the Employers and at such other offices of each of the
Employers as the Trustee shall nominate from time to time and shall be available for
inspection by any Member during normal business hours.
34. Severance of Void Provisions
(1) Any provision of this Deed or the Rules which is void, prohibited or unenforceable
in a jurisdiction (whether by reason of any Superannuation Law or otherwise) is
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ineffective in that jurisdiction to the extent only that the provision is void, prohibited
or unenforceable in that jurisdiction.
(2) Any provision which is ineffective under Clause 34(1) shall not invalidate the
remaining provisions of this Deed and the Rules.
(3) Subject to Superannuation Law:
(a) where a provision is ineffective under Clause 34(1) the Trustee shall
determine the effect and interpretation of the remaining provisions of this
Deed and the Rules; and
(b) the Trustee's determination shall be final, conclusive and binding on all
interested persons.
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Schedule 1 — Accumulation Division
A. Rio Tinto Accumulation Members
A.1 Application of this Schedule
This Schedule applies in relation to Rio Tinto Accumulation Members.
A.2 Interpretation
In the interpretation of this Schedule the following words and expressions have the
meanings respectively attached to them.
Accrued Benefit means in relation to a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member at any particular
date, an amount equal to the value as at that date (as determined by the Actuary, whose
decision shall be final) of the benefits accrued in relation to the Rio Tinto Accumulation
Member in respect of their period of Service up to that date.
Accumulation Account means in relation to a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member, the
account established and maintained by the Trustee in accordance with Rule A.4.
Accumulation Account Balance means in relation to a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member
at any particular date, the amount standing to the credit of the Rio Tinto Accumulation
Member's Accumulation Account at that date.
Administration Charge means the amount determined by the Trustee from time to time
with the approval of the Principal Employer having regard to the costs incurred in
administering the Fund which are referable to Rio Tinto Accumulation Members
PROVIDED THAT the Trustee and the Principal Employer may agree in respect of any
particular period that the Administration Charge will be nil.
Basic Insurance Charge means:
(a) in relation to a Member in respect of which the provision of Basic Insurance Cover
is self-insured, such amount as is determined from time to time by the Trustee after
obtaining the advice of the Actuary as appropriate to provide the Basic Insurance
Cover in the event of death and Total and Permanent Disablement; or
(b) in relation to a Member in respect of which the provision of Basic Insurance Cover
is not self-insured, the cost of maintaining that Basic Insurance Cover in respect of the Member.
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Basic Insurance Cover means, in relation to a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member (other
than a Deferred Account Member) who ceases to be in the Service by reason of death or
Total and Permanent Disablement prior to the Member's Normal Retirement Date — an
amount equal to 10% of the Member's Salary at the date of death or Total and Permanent
Disablement for each complete year (and pro rata for completed months of an incomplete
year) of the Member's Potential Service, provided that the amount of Basic Insurance
Cover payable to a Member who has elected not to receive Basic Insurance Cover
pursuant to Rule A.7B will be nil.
Deferred Account Member means:
(a) a former Defined Contribution Member or Limited Member who was entitled to
benefits as a 'Deferred Account Member' as at 1 July 2007;
(b) a Member described in Clause 3A(3)(a)(i)(A); and
(c) a Member described in Rule A.11(1).
Designated Member means a Defined Contribution Member who is for the time being so
classified by the Employer (whether in relation to Defined Contribution Members generally
or in relation to any particular Defined Contribution Member or category of Defined
Contribution Member).
Employer Amount means:
(a) in the case of a Defined Contribution Member:
(i) who is a Designated Member and who has not attained the Normal Latest
Contribution Date — an amount equal to 11% of the Designated Member's
Salary from time to time or such other amount as may be agreed from time
to time between the Employer and the Designated Member and approved
by the Trustee (whether in relation to Designated Members generally or in
relation to any particular Designated Member or category of Designated
Member), provided that the minimum Employer Amount in respect of a
Designated Member is the amount which is necessary to ensure that the
Employer has no Superannuation Charge obligation in relation to that
Member;
(ii) who is not a Designated Member and who has not attained the Normal
Latest Contribution Date — an amount equal to the sum of:
(A) 9% of the Defined Contribution Member's Role Remuneration from
time to time or such other amount as may be agreed from time to
time between the Employer and the Defined Contribution Member
and approved by the Trustee (whether in relation to Defined
Contribution Members generally or in relation to any particular
Defined Contribution Member or category of Defined Contribution
Member); and
(B) such additional amounts as the Employer may agree to contribute
in respect of the Defined Contribution Member from time to time,
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provided that the minimum Employer Amount in respect of a Defined
Contribution Member is the amount which is necessary to ensure that the
Employer has no Superannuation Charge obligation in relation to that
Member; and
(iii) who has attained the Normal Latest Contribution Date — the amount (if any)
of Mandated Employer Contributions made to the Fund by the Employer in
respect of the Defined Contribution Member; or
(b) in the case of a Limited Member — amounts determined in such manner in respect
of such Periods and subject to such conditions as the Employer may determine and
notify to the Trustee in respect of the Member from time to time while that Member
is employed by the Employer which is necessary to ensure that the Employer has
no Superannuation Charge obligation in relation to the Employee.
III-Health Insurance Cover means in relation to a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member (other
than a Deferred Account Member) who ceases to be in the Service by reason of III-health
prior to the Member's Normal Retirement Date, the sum of:
(a) one half of the Member's Basic Insurance Cover (if any); and
(b) if the Member has Optional Insurance Cover at that time, one half of the amount
referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of Optional Insurance Cover (as it
applies to that Member),
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of the III-Health Insurance Cover
payable to a Member who has elected not to receive Basic Insurance Cover pursuant to
Rule A.7B will be nil.
Limited Member means an Employee whom the Trustee, with the approval of the
Employer, admits to membership of the Fund as a Limited Member in the following
circumstances:
(a) if an Employer notifies the Trustee in writing that the Employer will have a
Superannuation Charge obligation in relation to the person unless contributions to
a complying superannuation fund are made in respect of the Employee or the
Employer's Superannuation Charge obligation is otherwise satisfied; and
(b) the Trustee is reasonably satisfied the admission of the Employee as a Limited
Member will not prejudice the ability of the Fund to meet the benefits payable from the Fund.
Minimum Insurance Charge means:
(a) in relation to a Member in respect of which the provision of Minimum Insurance
Cover is self-insured, such amount as is determined from time to time by the
Trustee after obtaining the advice of the Actuary as appropriate to provide the
Minimum Insurance Cover in the event of death and Total and Permanent
Disablement; or
(b) in relation to a Member in respect of which the provision of Minimum Insurance
Cover is not self-insured, the cost of maintaining that Minimum Insurance Cover in
respect of the Member.
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Minimum Insurance Cover means, in relation to a Deferred Account Member who dies or
suffers Total and Permanent Disablement, an amount determined in accordance with the
following table based on the Member's age at the date of death or Total and Permanent
Disablement:
Age Amount ($)
Under 35 50,000
35 to 39 35,000
40 to 44 20,000
45 to 49 14,000
50 to 55 7,000
56 or more Nil
provided that:
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the minimum amount of the Minimum Insurance Cover
must be not less than the minimum death benefit required to be provided under the
Superannuation Requirements; and
(b) the amount of the Minimum Insurance Cover payable to a Deferred Account
Member who has elected not to receive Minimum Insurance Cover pursuant to
Rule A.7B will be nil.
Opening Balance means:
(a) in relation to a Defined Benefit Member who has elected to become a Defined
Contribution Member:
(i) under Clause 4(1) - an amount equal to the Member's Accrued Benefit as
at the Transfer Date; and
(ii) under Clause 4(2) - an amount equal to the Member's Accrued Benefit as
at the date determined by the Trustee with the approval of the Principal
Employer for the purposes of that Clause; and
(b) in relation to a Defined Contribution Member or a Limited Member who has
transferred to the Fund from an Approved Benefit Arrangement - the amount
accepted into the Fund by the Trustee in relation to the Defined Contribution
Member or Limited Member (as the case may be);
(c) in relation to a former member of the Alcan Fund in respect of whom an
accumulation account was maintained under Rule 3.2 of the Alcan Fund Deed as
at the Alcan Transfer Date and who is admitted to the Fund as a Defined
Contribution Member on the Alcan Transfer Date — an amount equal to the balance
(if any) standing to the credit of the account maintained in respect of the Member
under Rule 3.2 of the Alcan Fund Deed as at the Alcan Transfer Date; and
(d) in relation to an Alcan DB Member to whom Rule H.7(2) of Schedule 8 applies — an
amount equal to the Member's Accumulation Account Balance as at the Member's
Normal Retirement Date.
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Optional Insurance Charge means:
(a) in relation to a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member (other than a Deferred Account
Member) in respect of which the provision of Optional Insurance Cover is self-
insured, such amount as is determined from time to time by the Trustee after
obtaining the advice of the Actuary to provide Optional Insurance Cover in the
event of death and Total and Permanent Disablement on terms and conditions and
at levels agreed between the Trustee and the Member; or
(b) in relation to a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member (other than a Deferred Account
Member) in respect of which the provision of Optional Insurance Cover is not self-
insured, the cost of maintaining that Optional Insurance Cover in respect of the
Member.
Optional Insurance Cover means in relation to a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member (other
than a Deferred Account Member), the amount of optional death and Total and Permanent
Disablement cover which the Trustee, the relevant Insurer (if applicable) and the Member
have agreed will be provided in respect of the Member from time to time and for which an
Optional Insurance Charge is to be debited to the Member's Accumulation Account and
such Optional Insurance Cover will be in the case of a Defined Contribution Member or
Limited Member who ceases to be in the Service by reason of death or Total and
Permanent Disablement prior to the Member's Normal Retirement Date — nil, 5% or 10% of
the Member's Salary at the date of death or Total and Permanent Disablement for each
complete year (and pro rata for completed months of an incomplete year) of the Member's
Potential Service.
Potential Service in relation to a Defined Contribution Member, means the period from the
date the Defined Contribution Member ceases to be in the Service by reason of death,
Total and Permanent Disablement, Ill health or otherwise to the date on which the Defined
Contribution Member would have attained the age of 65 years.
Rio Tinto Accumulation Member means:
(a) a Defined Contribution Member (including a Designated Member);
(b) a Limited Member; and
(c) a Deferred Account Member.
Role Remuneration in relation to a Defined Contribution Member, means the Defined
Contribution Member's Salary in respect of ordinary hours of work and such work-related
allowances and incentive payments as determined by the Employer from time to time
(whether in relation to Defined Contribution Members generally or in relation to any
particular Defined Contribution Member or category of Defined Contribution Member).
Rule means a rule of this Schedule.
Service means employment with an Employer.
Taxation Amount is in relation to a Defined Contribution Member or a Limited Member, an
amount as determined by the Trustee equal to the tax which in the opinion of the Trustee
has been assessed against the Fund in respect of the contribution of the Employer Amount
or would be assessed against the Fund had the Employer contributed the Employer
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Amount to the Fund in relation to the Defined Contribution Member or Limited Member (as
the case may be) on the date it was credited to their Accumulation Account.
Voluntary Contributions means in relation to a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member,
contributions (if any) made by the Member to the Fund.
A.3 Contributions
A Rio Tinto Accumulation Member is permitted to make Voluntary Contributions in a form
and manner approved by the Trustee from time to time.
A.4 Accumulation Account
The Trustee will establish and maintain in respect of each Rio Tinto Accumulation Member
an Accumulation Account which will be:
(a) credited with:
(i) the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member's Opening Balance (if any);
(ii) the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member's contributions under Clause 5 (if any);
(iii) the Voluntary Contributions (if any);
(iv) the Employer Amount (if applicable);
(v) in the case of a Designated Member - an amount equal to the SB
Percentage of the Superannuable Bonus (if any);
(vi) the amount of any contributions made in respect of the Rio Tinto
Accumulation Member as an Eligible Spouse;
(vii) the amount of any co-contributions accepted into the Fund in respect of the
Rio Tinto Accumulation Member under Clause 5(9);
(viii) any amount of Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine to credit
in respect of the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member because of a valid
contributions splitting application under Clause 5(10);
(ix) the Spouse's Benefit (within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d)) of the Rio
Tinto Accumulation Member in accordance with Clause 8(12);
(x) any amount to be credited to the Accumulation Account in accordance with
Clause 6D;
(xi) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund to the
Accumulation Account;
( )
any amount paid, rolled over or transferred to the Fund from an Approved
Benefit Arrangement in respect of the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member; and
(xiii) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or equitable
to be credited to the Accumulation Account; and
(b) debited with:
(i) the Administration Charge (if any);
(ii) the Basic Insurance Charge (if any);
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(iii) the Optional Insurance Charge (if any);
(iv) the Minimum Insurance Charge (if any);
(v) the Taxation Amount;
(vi) any amount of Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine to debit
in respect of the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member because of a valid
contributions splitting application in favour of the Rio Tinto Accumulation
Member's Spouse under Clause 5(10);
(vii) the Spouse's Benefit (within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d)) of the Spouse
of the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member in accordance with Clause 8(12);
(viii) any amount to be debited to the Accumulation Account in accordance with
Clause 6D;
(ix) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund from
the Accumulation Account;
(x) any amount paid, rolled over or transferred from the Fund to an Approved
Benefit Arrangement in respect of the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member;
(xi) any benefit paid from the Accumulation Account; and
(xii) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or equitable
to be debited to the Accumulation Account.
A.5 Terminal Medical Condition Benefit
(1) This Rule A.5 applies if:
(a) a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member suffers a Terminal Medical Condition;
(b) where the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member's Basic Insurance Cover,
Minimum Insurance Cover or Optional Insurance Cover (as applicable and
if any) is self-insured, the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member's Accumulation
Account Balance is not less than the Minimum Account Balance; and
(c) the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member requests (in the form and manner
determined by the Trustee) the Trustee to pay a benefit under this Rule
A.5.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, where this Rule A.5 applies there will be
payable to the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) in all cases, the amount of the TMC Benefit specified in the Rio Tinto
Accumulation Member's request to the Trustee (which may be all, part or
none of the Member's TMC Benefit); and
(b) except where the Rio Tinto Accumulation Member's Basic Insurance
Cover, Minimum Insurance Cover or Optional Insurance Cover (as
applicable and if any) is self-insured:
(i)
the Member's Basic Insurance Cover or Minimum Insurance Cover
(as applicable and if any); and
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(ii) in the case of a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member (other than a
Deferred Account Member), the Member's Optional Insurance
Cover (if any).
(3)
In this Rule A.5 a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member's TMC Benefit means an
amount equal to the amount of their Accumulation Account Balance less the
Minimum Account Balance.
A.6 Death of a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon the death of a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member
there will be payable from the Fund to the Dependants of the Rio Tinto Accumulation
Member and/or to the legal personal representatives of the Rio Tinto Accumulation
Member or (if applicable) to other persons in accordance with Clause 6(3) or 6(3A) (as the
case may be) a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance;
(b) the Member's Basic Insurance Cover or Minimum Insurance Cover (as applicable
and if any); and
(c) in the case of a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member (other than a Deferred Account
Member), the Member's Optional Insurance Cover (if any).
A.7 Total and Permanent Disablement
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member suffering
Total and Permanent Disablement there will be payable to the Member a lump sum benefit
of an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance;
(b) the Member's Basic Insurance Cover or Minimum Insurance Cover (as applicable
and if any); and
(c) in the case of a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member (other than a Deferred Account
Member), the Member's Optional Insurance Cover (if any).
A.7A III-Health benefit for Eligible III-Health Members
(a) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member
(other than a Deferred Account Member) suffering III-health there will be payable to
the Member a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
(ii) the Member's III-Health Insurance Cover (if any),
provided that no Member shall be entitled to receive any amount under this Rule
A.7A unless the Member is an Eligible III-Health Member.
(b) The relevant Employer shall bear the costs of providing any III-Health Insurance
Cover provided in respect of a Member under this Rule A.7A.
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A.7B Opt-out of Minimum Insurance Cover or Basic Insurance Cover
(a) A Rio Tinto Accumulation Member (other than a Deferred Account Member) may
elect not to receive Basic Insurance Cover on such terms and conditions as the
Trustee may determine from time to time.
(b) A Deferred Account Member may elect not to receive Minimum Insurance Cover in
the circumstances contemplated in the MySuper Law.
A.8 Cessation of Service for any other reason
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon a Defined Contribution Member or a Limited
Member ceasing to be in the Service for any reason other than death, Total and Permanent
Disablement or Ill-health, there will be payable to the Defined Contribution Member or
Limited Member (as the case may be) a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to their
Accumulation Account Balance. For the avoidance of doubt, any Defined Contribution
Member or Limited Member ceasing to be in the Service in the circumstances
contemplated in this Rule A.8 may continue to be a MySuper Member to the extent the
Member continues to meet the conditions of clause 8A(2).
A.9 Conditions applicable to Optional Insurance Cover
A Defined Contribution Member or a Limited Member may elect to take out or increase
Optional Insurance Cover at such dates as the Trustee with the approval of the Principal
Employer and the relevant Insurer (if applicable) determines. Where a Defined
Contribution Member or Limited Member wishes to take out or increase any Optional
Insurance Cover the Trustee, the relevant Insurer (if applicable) or the Principal Employer
may require the Defined Contribution Member or Limited Member (as the case may be) to
undergo such medical examinations and tests and satisfy such other underwriting or other
conditions as the Trustee, Insurer or Principal Employer may require. If the Defined
Contribution Member or Limited Member fails to pass any such medical examination or test
(or fails to satisfy such other underwriting or other conditions) or the Defined Contribution
Member or Limited Member's results in any such examination or test are not satisfactory
for any reason the Trustee or the Insurer may impose terms, conditions or restrictions on
the amount, of or conditions of payment, of any Optional Insurance Cover (including,
without limitation, by suspending payment of the Optional Insurance Cover or consideration
of any claim thereto, as the case may require, until the requirements of this Rule are
complied with) or may refuse to grant Optional Insurance Cover in relation to the Defined
Contribution Member or Limited Member.
A.10 Operation of Accumulation Account
The Trustee will have power to credit or debit a Rio Tinto Accumulation Member's
Accumulation Account at such time or times as the Trustee may from time to time think fit PROVIDED THAT:
(a) the Employer Amount will be credited at such time and in such manner so as to
ensure that no Employer has a Superannuation Charge obligation in relation to a
Defined Contribution Member or Limited Member; and
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(b) all other credits and debits are to be made at least annually, and this will be done
on such basis as the Trustee will determine from time to time.
A.11 Deferred Membership
(1) Where a benefit of not less than the Minimum Account Balance becomes payable
to a Defined Contribution Member or a Limited Member under Rule A.7, A.7A or
A.8 on or after 1 July 2007, the Member will be known as a Deferred Account
Member on and from the time the benefit becomes payable.
(2) The following provisions apply to, and in respect of each Deferred Account
Member from 1 July 2007 (in the case of a Deferred Account Member under
paragraph (a) of the definition of Deferred Account Member in Rule A.2), the
agreed date for the purposes of Clause 3A (in the case of a Deferred Account
Member under paragraph (b) of the definition of Deferred Account Member in
Rule A.2) or the time the benefit becomes payable (in any other case):
(a) an Accumulation Account will be established and maintained for the
Member under Rule A.4 (in the case of a Deferred Account Member under
paragraph (a) of the definition of Deferred Account Member in Rule A.2)
or the Member's benefit will remain in his or her Accumulation Account
established and maintained under Rule A.4 (in any other case), until Rule
A.6 or A.11(3) applies;
(b) except those which the Trustee is required to accept under the
Superannuation Requirements, no contributions by or in respect of the
Member's Employer (if any) will be accepted by the Trustee for crediting to
the Member's Accumulation Account;
(c) the Member will be entitled to Minimum Insurance Cover; and
(d) the Member will not be entitled to Basic Insurance Cover or Optional
Insurance Cover.
(3)
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, the Accumulation Account Balance of a
Deferred Account Member will be payable as follows:
(a) within 30 days (or such other period as may be determined by the Trustee
from time to time) of a request in writing from the Deferred Account
Member to the Trustee for payment of all or a nominated sum or
percentage of the Deferred Account Member's Accumulation Account
Balance; and
(b) in such other circumstances (if any) as may be determined by the Trustee
from time to time.
Payments under this Rule will be made:
(i)
in accordance with any request of the Deferred Account Member in a
manner consistent with Superannuation Law or as determined by the
Trustee from time to time; and
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(ii) on terms and conditions (if any) as may be determined by the Trustee from
time to time.
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Schedule 2 — Defined Benefit Division
B. Defined Benefit Members
B.1 Application of Schedule
This Schedule applies in relation to Defined Benefit Members.
B.2 Interpretation
(1) In the interpretation of this Schedule the following words and expressions have the
meanings respectively attached to them.
Accrued Benefit in relation to a Member means an amount calculated as at the
date the Member leaves the employ of the Employer in the manner described in
Rule B.4(2) reduced at the rate of 2% compound for each complete year (and pro
rata for completed months of an incomplete year) of the Discount Period.
Accumulation Account means in relation to a Member the account maintained in
respect of the Member pursuant to Rule B.7A.
Discount Period in relation to a Member means a period comprising:
(a) the greater of:
(I)
the number of the Member's complete months of Fund
Membership; and
(ii) the number of complete months of Fund Membership which the
Member would have completed had he remained in the employ of
the Employer until the date he attains age 57;
less
(b) the number of the Member's complete months of Fund Membership.
Employer Amount means in relation to a Member such amount as may be agreed
from time to time between the Employer and the Member and approved by the
Trustee either individually or generally in respect of a Member or groups of
Members.
Interest means:
(a) for the period up to and including 30 June 2010 — interest at the rate of 4%
per annum compounded yearly (or such higher rate as the Trustee may
determine from time to time); and
(b) for the period commencing on 1 July 2010— interest at the rate determined
by the Trustee from time to time in accordance with Clause 6B.
Final Average Salary means in relation to a Member:
(a) in the case of a Member who ceases to be in the employ of the Employer
after his Normal Latest Contribution Date and who had completed at least
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three years of Fund Membership at his Normal Latest Contribution Date,
the average of the highest three of the amounts earned by such Member
from Salary in each of the years (subject to a maximum of 10 years) next
preceding his Normal Latest Contribution Date and for the purpose of
calculating that average a year shall mean a year ending on the same date
of the same month as the Member's Normal Latest Contribution Date;
(b) in the case of a Member who ceases to be in the employ of the Employer
after his Normal Latest Contribution Date and who had not completed three
years of Fund Membership at his Normal Latest Contribution Date, the
average annual rate of Salary earned by such Member during the period
commencing on the date of his Fund Membership commences and ending
on his Normal Latest Contribution Date;
(c) in the case of a Member who ceases to be in the employ of the Employer
on or after his Normal Retirement Date but not later than his Normal Latest
Contribution Date and who had completed at least three years of Fund
Membership, the average of the highest three of the amounts earned by
such Member from Salary in each of the years (subject to a maximum of
ten years) next preceding the date he ceases to be in the employ of the
Employer and for the purpose of calculating that average a year shall mean
a year ending on the same day of the same month as the date on which
the Member ceases to be in the employ of the Employer;
(d) in the case of a Member who ceases to be in the employ of the Employer
on or after his Normal Retirement Date but not later than his Normal Latest
Contribution Date and who had not completed three years of Fund
Membership, the average annual rate of Salary earned by such Member
during the period of his Fund Membership;
(e) in the case of a Member who ceases to be in the employ of the Employer
before his Normal Retirement Date and who would have completed at least
three years of Fund Membership at his Normal Retirement Date had he
remained a Member in the employ of the Employer until that date, the
average of the highest three of the amounts earned or deemed to have
been earned by such Member from Salary in each of the years (subject to
a maximum of ten years) next preceding his Normal Retirement Date;
and for the purpose of calculating that average:
(i) the Member's Salary at the date on which he ceases to be in the
employ of the Employer shall be deemed to have continued to be
his Salary until his Normal Retirement Date; and
(ii) a year shall mean a year ending on the same date of the same
month as the Member's Normal Retirement Date;
(f)
in the case of a Member who ceases to be in the employ of the Employer
before his Normal Retirement Date and who would not have completed
three years of Fund Membership at his Normal Retirement Date had he
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remained a Member in the employ of the Employer until that date, the
average annual rate of Salary earned or deemed to have been earned by
such Member during the period commencing on the date his Fund
Membership commences and ending on his Normal Retirement Date and
for the purpose of calculating that average the Member's Salary at the date
on which he ceases to be in the employ of the Employer shall be deemed
to have continued to be his Salary until his Normal Retirement Date.
Rule means a rule of this Schedule.
(2) Unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires, or the Trustee exercises
its power under Clause 6C, where for the purposes of this Schedule the Trustee is
required to calculate interest in respect of any period the Trustee will determine a
rate or rates in respect of that period in accordance with the principles applied by
the Trustee in determining the allocation of investment earnings under Clause 6D
in respect of the investment strategy agreed by the Trustee and the Principal
Employer.
B.3 Contributions
Subject to Clause 5, a Defined Benefit Member shall contribute to the Fund a percentage
of his Salary determined from the following Table according to the age of the Member at
the date of his becoming a Member:
TABLE
Age of Member at Date of
Becoming a Member Percentage of Salary
Under 19 years 4.5
19 years but under 21 years 4.6
21 years but under 23 years 4.7
23 years but under 25 years 4.8
25 years but under 27 years 4.9
27 years and over 5.0
B.4 Retirement benefits
(1) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon the retirement of a Member from the
employ of the Employer between the ages of 62 and the Normal Latest
Contribution Date in circumstances where no benefit is payable under Rule B.6 (1)
or (2) there shall be paid to him from the Fund a lump sum retirement benefit equal
to the greater of:
(a) in the case of a Revision Date Member - an amount equal to the sum of the
lump sum retirement benefit which would have been payable under the
provisions of Rule B.4(1) had he retired at age 62 together with Interest for
the period from age 62 to the date of his retirement plus the amount
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determined by the Trustee which would have been payable to or in respect
of the Member had the Member become a Limited Member at age 62; and
(b) (i) in the case of a Member who has completed at least 35 years of
Fund Membership at age 62 - an amount equal to seven times his
Final Average Salary plus one-twelfth of 20% of his Final Average
Salary for each complete month of Fund Membership after age 62;
or
(ii) in the case of a Member who has not completed at least 35 years
of Fund Membership at age 62 - an amount equal to one-twelfth of
20% of his Final Average Salary for each complete month of his
Fund Membership.
For the purposes of this Rule B.4(1):
(I) Revision Date means 1 January 1996; and
(ii) Revision Date Member means a person who was a Defined Benefit
Member as at the Revision Date under the provisions of the Deed and the
Rules as in force at that date.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon the retirement of a Member at or after
age 57 and prior to age 62 in circumstances where no benefit is payable under
Rule B.6 (1) or (2) or Rule B.7(2) there shall be paid to him from the Fund a lump
sum retirement benefit of an amount equal to a proportion of the lump sum
retirement benefit which would have been payable to the Member under the
provisions of Rule B.4(1) had he remained a Member in the employ of the
Employer until age 62 and retired on that date the said proportion being that which
the number of complete months of his Fund Membership bears to the number of
complete months of Fund Membership which the Member would have completed
had he remained a Member in the employ of the Employer until age 62.
(3) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if a Member is retained in the employ of the
Employer after his Normal Latest Contribution Date then upon his subsequent
retirement from the employ of the Employer there shall be paid to him from the
Fund an amount equal to the sum of the lump sum retirement benefit which would
have been payable under the provisions of Rule B.4(1) had he retired at his Normal
Latest Contribution Date together with Interest for the period from his Normal
Latest Contribution Date to the date of his retirement plus the amount determined
by the Trustee which would have been payable to or in respect of the Member had
the Member become a Limited Member at his Normal Latest Contribution Date.
B.5 Death benefits
(1) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon the death of a Member while in the
employ of the Employer on or before his Normal Retirement Date there shall be
payable from the Fund to the Dependants of the Member or to the legal personal
representatives of the Member in accordance with Clause 6(3) or 6(3A) (as the
case may be) a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the greater of:
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(a) the lump sum retirement benefit which would have been payable to the
Member under the provisions of Rule B.4(1)(b) had he remained a Member
in the employ of the Employer until his Normal Retirement Date and retired
on that date and for the purpose of calculating that amount the Member's
Salary at the date of his death shall be deemed to have continued to be his
Salary until his Normal Retirement Date; and
(b) in the case of a Revision Date Member (as defined for the purposes of
Rule B.4) who has attained age 62 at the date of death - the amount which
would have been payable under Rule B.4(1)(a) had the Member retired at
the date of his death,
PROVIDED THAT the Trustee may pay the lump sum benefit by instalments over a
period ending not more than ten years after the date of death of the Member or
such longer period as is approved by the persons for the time being entitled to
receive such benefit and if the benefit is paid by instalments Interest shall be
applied to the amount outstanding from time to time.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon the death of a Member while retained
in the employ of the Employer after his Normal Retirement Date there shall be
payable from the Fund to the Dependants of the Member or to the legal personal
representatives of the Member in accordance with Clause 6(3) or Clause 6(3A) (as
the case may be) a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the lump sum
retirement benefit which would have been payable pursuant to Rule B.4(1) (in the
case of a Member who dies between his Normal Retirement Date and his Normal
Latest Contribution Date) or Rule B.4(3) (in the case of a Member who dies after
his Normal Latest Contribution Date) had the Member retired from the employ of
the Employer on the date of his death.
B.6 Disablement and III-health benefits
(1) (a) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if a Member leaves the employ of the
Employer before his Normal Retirement Date because of his Total and
Permanent Disablement, there shall be payable to him from the Fund a
lump sum benefit of an amount determined in the manner set out in Rule
B.5(1) as if he had died on the date of his leaving the employ of the
Employer.
(b) The Trustee may pay all or part of the said lump sum benefit by
instalments over a period ending not more than ten years after the date of
the Member leaving the employ of the Employer or such longer period as is
approved by the Member and, if all or part of such a benefit is paid by
instalments, Interest shall be applied to the amount or the balance thereof
outstanding from time to time.
(c) If a Member dies while still entitled to receive instalments under this Rule
B.6(1), the whole of the amount outstanding in respect of the Member as at
the date of death shall be paid by the Trustee in accordance with Clause
6(3) or 6(3A) (as the case may be).
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(2) (a) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if a Member (not being a Member to
whom a benefit is payable under Rule B.4(2) or Rule B.7(2)) leaves the
employ of the Employer before his Normal Retirement Date because of his
III-health, there shall be payable to him from the Fund, subject to the
provisions of this Rule B.6(2), a benefit equal to an amount (the
Determined Benefit) calculated as at the date the Member leaves the
employ of the Employer in the manner provided in Rule B.4(2), provided
that no Member shall be entitled to receive any amount under this Rule
B.6(2) unless the Member is an Eligible III-Health Member.
(b) The Trustee may in its discretion:
(i) pay the whole of the Determined Benefit to the Member as a single
lump sum; or
(ii) pay to the Member:
(A) as a lump sum an amount (the Basic Entitlement) calculated as at the date the Member leaves the employ of
the Employer in the manner provided in Rule B.7(1) or
such lesser amount, if any, as may be agreed between the
Member and the Trustee; and
(B) by instalments over such period as the Trustee considers
appropriate the balance of the Determined Benefit after
deducting therefrom any lump sum paid under Rule
B.6(2)(b)(ii)(A),
and, if all or part of the Determined Benefit is paid by instalments,
Interest shall be applied to the amount of the Determined Benefit
(or the balance thereof after deducting any part thereof which is
paid as a lump sum) outstanding from time to time.
(c) If a Member to whom instalments are payable under this Rule B.6(2)
recovers from his III-health, the Member's rights to receive instalments
shall determine and there shall be paid to the Member a lump sum benefit
of the amount (if any) by which (i) exceeds (ii), where:
is the Member's Basic Entitlement accumulated with Interest for the
period between the date he left the employ of the Employer and
the date of recovery, as determined by the Trustee; and
'(ii)' is the sum of:
(i) that portion (if any) of the aggregate of the instalments paid
in respect of the Member under this Rule B.6(2) which, in
the opinion of the Trustee, is attributable to the Member's
Basic Entitlement; and
(ii) interest in respect of the said portion of such instalments
for the period between the date he left the employ of the
Employer and the date of recovery, as determined by the
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Trustee, on a basis which the Trustee considers to be
consistent with that upon which interest is added for the
purposes of '(i) above.
(d) A Member shall be deemed to have recovered from his III-health if:
he is re-employed by the Employer; or
(ii) he performs, or fails when so requested to satisfy the Trustee that
he is unable to perform, duties with any employer, on his own
account or in partnership which the Trustee is satisfied are suitable
to be performed by him, having regard to:
(A) his normal duties for the Employer before he ceased
normal active employment with the Employer; and
(B) the duties of any other position for which the Employer
considered him to be reasonably suited and which was
offered to him by the Employer,
such duties being as determined and advised to the Trustee by the
Employer.
(e) If a Member dies while entitled to receive instalments under this
Rule B.6(2), the amount by which (i) exceeds (ii) shall be paid by the
Trustee in accordance with Clause 6(3) or 6(3A) (as the case may be),
where:
.(i). is the benefit (expressed as a single lump sum) calculated in
accordance with Rule B.6(2)(a), together with Interest thereon for
the period between the date the Member left the employ of the
Employer and the date of death; and
'(ii)' is the sum of:
(i) any part of the benefit provided for in Rule B.6(2)(a) which
was paid to the Member as a lump sum, together with
compound interest thereon for the period between the date
the Member left the employ of the Employer and the date
of death on a basis which the Trustee considers to be
consistent with that upon which interest is applied for the
purposes of '(i)' above; and
(ii) the aggregate of the instalments paid to the Member,
together with compound interest thereon for the period
between the respective date of payment of such
instalments and the date of death on a basis which the
Trustee considers to be consistent with that upon which
interest is applied for the purposes of '(i)' above.
B.6A Terminal Medical Condition benefits
(1) This Rule B.6A applies if a Member:
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(a) suffers a Terminal Medical Condition; and
(b) requests (in the form and manner determined by the Trustee) the Trustee
to pay all or part of their TMC Benefit.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, where this Rule B.6A applies there will be
payable to the Member a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the amount of
the TMC Benefit specified in the Member's request to the Trustee.
(3) Benefits payable under this Rule B.6A will be paid on such terms and conditions as
may be determined by the Trustee from time to time.
(4) Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee will debit the Member's accounts in
the Fund with any amount paid under Rule B.6A(2) or otherwise adjust the
remaining benefits (if any) payable to or in respect of the Member in such manner
as the Trustee thinks fit to take account of the amount paid under Rule B.6A(2).
(5) In this Rule B.6A the Member's TMC Benefit means the amount that would be
payable to the Member under Rule B.7(1) if the Member were entitled to a benefit
under that Rule (instead of a benefit under this Rule B.6A).
B.7 Resignation and retrenchment benefits
(1) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon a Member leaving the employ of the
Employer before his Normal Retirement Date in circumstances not giving rise to a
benefit under Rule B.4, B.5 or B.6 or Rule B.7(2) or (3), there shall be payable to
the Member a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the greater of the Member's
Accrued Benefit and:
(a) if the Member leaves the employ of the Employer before attaining the age
of 50 years, the amount calculated according to the following formula:
ARB x F;
or
(b) if the Member leaves the employ of the Employer on or after attaining the
age of 50 years, the amount calculated according to the following formula:
ARB x [ F + (1 - F) x (A - Z) I ,
57 - Z
Where:
'A' is the Member's age (expressed in years and fractions of a year calculated
in complete months) at the date of his leaving the employ of the Employer.
'ARE3 is an amount calculated as at the date the Member leaves the employ of
the Employer in the manner provided in Rule B.4(2).
'F' is the factor determined from the following Table according to the
Member's Fund Membership (expressed in years and fractions of a year
calculated in complete months) at the date of his leaving the employ of the
Employer:
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TABLE
Years of
Fund
Membership
Factor Years of
Fund
Membership
Factor
Less than 1 0.40 18 0.73
1 0.40 19 0.74
2 0.45 20 0.75
3 0.50 21 0.76
4 0.55 22 0.77
5 0.60 23 0.78
6 0.61 24 0.79
7 0.62 25 0.80
8 0.63 26 0.82
9 0.64 27 0.84
10 0.65 28 0.86
11 0.66 29 0.88
12 0.67 30 0.90
13 0.68 31 0.92
14 0.69 32 0.94
15 0.70 33 0.96
16 0.71 34 0.98
17 0.72 35 or more 1.00
(Where the period of Fund Membership is not an exact number of years,
the factor shall be determined by interpolation).
is the greater of 50 and the Member's age (expressed in years and
fractions of a year calculated in complete months) as at the date the
Member last became a Member of the Fund.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if a Member leaves the employ of the
Employer before age 62 and the Employer certifies to the Trustee that in the
opinion of the Employer leaving is due to retrenchment there shall be paid to the
Member from the Fund a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the greater of the
Member's Accrued Benefit and:
(a) in respect of a Member who is leaving the employ of the Employer before
age 57 - an amount calculated according to one or other of the following
formulae as the case may require:
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(i) In the case of a Member who commenced membership of the Fund
on or after attaining age 27:
S + [ (M x R - S) x T/N
(ii) In the case of a Member who commenced membership of the Fund prior to age 27:
S+ [ (B/p x R - S) x T1N
where,
'S is the sum of the amounts calculated in accordance with the
following table.
For each completed month of service while aged:
Under 21
21 but under 25
- 0.01083 times Salary
- 0.01125 II II
25 but under 29 - 0.01167
29 but under 33 - 0.01208 II II
33 but under 37 - 0.01250 II II
37 but under 41 - 0.01292 II II
41 but under 45 - 0.01333 II II
.m. is 0.01666 times the amount of the Member's annual rate of Salary
at the date of his leaving the employ as aforesaid.
'R' is the number of complete months of potential membership from
the date of commencement of Fund Membership to the date that
he would have attained age 60.
'T' is the number of complete months of actual membership after the
attaining of the Member's 45th birthday (or after the date of
commencement of Fund Membership if aged more than 45 years
at that date).
'N' is the number of complete months of potential membership in the
period between the Member's 45th birthday (or the date of his
Fund Membership if aged more than 45 years at the date of
commencement of Fund Membership) and the date that he would
have attained age 57.
'B' is 7.0 times the amount of the Member's annual rate of Salary at
the date of his leaving the employ as aforesaid.
is the number of complete months of potential membership of the
Member to age 62;
(b) in respect of a Member who is leaving the employ of the Employer not
more than five years before his 62nd birthday - an amount calculated in the
manner provided in Rule B.4(2) as if the Member had completed an
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(3)
additional three years (thirty-six months) of Fund Membership (but not
inclusive of any period of Fund Membership that would give credit for Fund
Membership beyond age 62);
PROVIDED THAT any amount payable under Rule B.7(2)(a) shall not exceed
twice the amount of the benefit that would be payable if the Member had retired in
accordance with the provisions of Rule B.4(2) at age 57;
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT any amount payable under the foregoing provisions
of this Rule B.7(2) shall be reduced by the value of any benefit provided or which is
or becomes due to be provided by the Employer to the Member or any other
person by reason of or in connection howsoever with the Member leaving the
employ of the Employer, including any benefit provided or due to be provided
under or pursuant to:
(i) the requirements of any statute, regulation or other law of Australia or any
State or Territory; and/or
(ii) any award judgement order or direction of any court or other competent
tribunal or authority within Australia or any State or Territory; and/or
(iii) any agreement with the Member or any trade union or group of employees
or any body or person representing or acting in the interest of any
employee or group of employees and in the case of a benefit provided or to
be provided by the Employer other than as a lump sum the lump sum value
thereof shall be determined by the Trustee and that determination by the
Trustee shall be final and binding on all interested persons.
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT the benefit payable to a Member under Rule
B.7(2)(a) shall be not less than the benefit that would have been payable under
Rule B.7(2) or Rule B.7(3), whichever is applicable, had the provisions of this Deed
and the Rules as at 30 April 1986 remained unchanged.
Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Rule:
(a) the Principal Employer may direct the Trustee to ignore the whole or any
part of any amount which would otherwise be deducted under the second
proviso to Rule B.7(2).
(b) unless the Principal Employer certifies to the Trustee that the Member's
retrenchment is part of a formal retrenchment programme:
(i) the benefit payable under Rule B.7(2)(b) shall not exceed the
amount of benefit that would be payable if the Member had retired
in accordance with the provisions of Rule B.4(2);
(ii) the benefit payable under Rule B.7(2)(a) shall not exceed an
amount determined according to the following formula:
E x A/F
where,
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'E' is an amount calculated in the manner provided in
Rule B.4(2) as if the Member had retired from employment
at age 57.
'A' is the number of complete months of actual Fund
Membership.
'F' is the number of complete months of potential Fund
Membership from the date of commencement of Fund
Membership to age 57.
(4) A Member who is entitled to a lump sum benefit under Rules B.7(1) and (2) and
whose period of Fund Membership is at least 5 years may elect to receive in lieu of
that benefit a deferred lump sum benefit and if a Member so elects the benefit
which would have been payable from the Fund had the Member not so elected
shall be retained in the Fund and accumulated with Interest and the deferred lump
sum benefit payable to or in respect of the Member shall be provided on the same
terms and conditions as are applicable to the benefits of Deferred Account
Members (within the meaning of Schedule 6) under Schedule 6.
B.7A Additional benefit in respect of Superannuable Bonus and Employer Amount
(1) Where a Member receives a Superannuable Bonus or an Employer Amount is to
be credited in respect of a Member, the Trustee shall maintain an account in
respect of the Member to be known as the Accumulation Account which will be:
(a) credited with:
(i) an amount equal to the S B Percentage of the Superannuable
Bonus (if any);
(ii) the Employer Amount (if any); and
(iii) any amount to be credited in accordance with Rule B.7A(2); and
(b) debited with:
(i) the Administration Charge (as defined in Schedule 1);
(ii) the Taxation Amount (as defined in Schedule 1); and
(iii) any amount to be debited in accordance with Rule B.7A(2).
(2) The balance of each Member's Accumulation Account will be credited or debited
(as the case may be) with:
(a) in respect of the period prior to the Unitisation Date:
(i) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate Conditions
are satisfied — earnings on such amounts at the rate of 4% per
annum compounded yearly (or such higher rate as the Trustee
may determine from time to time); and
(ii) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate Conditions
are not satisfied — earnings on such amounts as determined by the
Trustee from time to time with the approval of the Principal
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Employer, having regard to Clauses 6B and 60, and applicable
legislative or government requirement and such other matters as
the Trustee considers relevant; and
(b) in respect of the period from the Unitisation Date to 30 June 2010:
(i)
in the case of the amount (if any) held in the Fund under this Rule
B.7A in respect of the Member immediately prior to the Unitisation
Date:
(A) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate
Conditions are satisfied — earnings on such amounts at the
rate of 4% per annum compounded yearly (or such higher
rate as the Trustee may determine from time to time); and
(B) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate
Conditions are not satisfied — earnings in accordance with
Clause 6D; and
(ii) in the case of any Minimum Interest Rate Contributions made to
the Fund under this Rule B.7A in respect of the Member from the
Unitisation Date to 30 June 2010:
(A) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate
Conditions are satisfied — earnings on such amounts at the
rate of 4% per annum compounded yearly (or such higher
rate as the Trustee may determine from time to time); and
(B) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate
Conditions are not satisfied — earnings on such amounts in
accordance with clause 6D; and
(iii) in the case of any other amount held in the Fund in respect of the
Member under this Rule B.7A — earnings on such amounts in
accordance with Clause 6D; and
(c) in respect of the period on and after 1 July 2010 — earnings on such
amounts in accordance with Clause 6D.
(3)
On a Member ceasing to be in the employ of the Employer for any reason the
amount standing to the credit of his or her Accumulation Account shall be paid to or
in respect of the Member in addition to any other benefit payable under this
Schedule.
B.8 Additional benefits for additional Member contributions
A Member may with the consent of the Employer arrange with the Trustee to pay or
transfer a capital sum to the Fund, and/or to pay additional contributions to the Fund, for
such period or periods as shall be agreed with the Trustee. Such a Member shall upon his
leaving the employ of the Employer or upon his death while in the employ of the Employer
be entitled to have paid to or in respect of him from the Fund (unless otherwise agreed with
the Principal Employer and the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Clause 7(2)) an
additional amount equal to the sum of the capital sum paid or transferred to the Fund
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pursuant to this Rule B.8 (if any) plus the amount of any contributions paid under this Rule
B.8 (if any) together with:
(a) in respect of the period prior to the Unitisation Date:
(i) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate Conditions are
satisfied - earnings on such amounts at the rate of 4% per annum
compounded yearly (or such higher rate as the Trustee may determine
from time to time); and
(ii) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate Conditions are not
satisfied - earnings on such amounts as determined by the Trustee from
time to time with the approval of the Principal Employer, having regard to
Clauses 6B and 6C, and applicable legislative or government requirement
and such other matters as the Trustee considers relevant; and
(b) in respect of the period from the Unitisation Date to 30 June 2010:
(i)
in the case of the amount (if any) held in the Fund under this Rule B.8 in
respect of the Member immediately prior to the Unitisation Date:
(A) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate Conditions
are satisfied — earnings on such amounts at the rate of 4% per
annum compounded yearly (or such higher rate as the Trustee
may determine from time to time); and
(B) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate Conditions
are not satisfied — earnings on such amounts in accordance with
Clause 6D;
(ii) in the case of any Minimum Interest Rate Contributions made to the Fund
under this Rule B.8 in respect of the Member from the Unitisation Date to
30 June 2010:
(A) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate Conditions
are satisfied — earnings on such amounts at the rate of 4% per
annum compounded yearly (or such higher rate as the Trustee
may determine from time to time); and
(B) if, and during the period that, the Minimum Interest Rate Conditions
are not satisfied — earnings on such amounts in accordance with
Clause 6D; and
(iii) in the case of any other amount held in the Fund in respect of the Member
under this Rule B.8 — earnings on such amounts in accordance with
Clause 6D; and
(c) in respect of the period on and after 1 July 2010 — earnings on such amounts in
accordance with Clause 6D.
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B.9 Minimum entitlements after Change of Control
(1) For the purposes of this Rule:
Change of Control occurs when:
(a) as the result of a change after 1 May 1986 in the ownership or control of
shares:
(i) a person or a person and another person or other persons
associated with that person within the meaning of the Corporations
Act, or within the terms of any other relevant code act or
legislation, become(s) able in the opinion of the Trustee to
exercise, directly or indirectly control the exercise of, or
substantially influence the exercise of, the right to vote attached to
30% or more of the voting shares of the Shareholding Company;
or
(ii) a person other than the Shareholding Company or such a person
and another person or other persons associated with that person
within the meaning of the Corporations Act, or within the terms of
any other relevant code act or legislation become(s) able in the
opinion of the Trustee to exercise, or directly or indirectly control
the exercise of, or substantially influence the exercise of, the right
to vote attached to 30% or more of the voting shares of the Holding
Company; or
(iii) the Holding Company becomes a subsidiary of a company other
than the Shareholding Company or the Shareholding Company
becomes a subsidiary of another company; or
(iv) the shares of the Holding Company or of the Shareholding
Company are removed from the Official List of a recognised Stock
Exchange,
PROVIDED THAT a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have
occurred notwithstanding the happening of any of the foregoing events if
upon the request of the Trustee the auditor for the time being of the
Holding Company certifies the happening of any of the foregoing events is
in the course of an internal reorganization or reconstruction of the Holding
Company or of the group of related corporations (within the meaning of the
Corporations Law of which the Holding Company is a member or the
Shareholding Company as the case may be; or
(b) having been requested to consider the matter by the Trustee or any
Member, the auditor for the time being of the Holding Company determines
that as a result of an event or a series of events occurring after 1 May 1986
there has been a change of control of the business or affairs of the Holding
Company or of the Shareholding Company as the case may be.
Holding Company means Rio Tinto Limited or any corporation or undertaking
constituted in lawful succession thereto.
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Relevant Date means:
(a) in the case of a matter falling within paragraph (a) of the definition of
Change of Control, the date upon which a Change of Control occurred; and
(b) in the case of a determination by the auditor for the time being of the
Holding Company under paragraph (b) of that definition, the date (if any)
determined by that person as being the date upon which a Change of
Control occurred.
Relevant Member means a Member of the Fund in the employ of an Employer as
at the Relevant Date.
Relevant Period means a period of two years commencing on and from a
Relevant Date.
Shareholding Company means the Rio Tinto-Zinc Corporation PLC or any
corporation or undertaking constituted in lawful succession thereto.
(2) Upon a Change of Control occurring the provisions of Rule B.9(3) shall forthwith
take effect and shall apply during the Relevant Period notwithstanding anything
expressed or implied to the contrary in any other provisions of this Deed or the
Rules.
(3) Upon a Relevant Member ceasing to be in the employ of the Employer during the
Relevant Period other than because of fraud or wilful misconduct (evidence of such
fraud or wilful misconduct to the satisfaction of the Trustee being submitted by the
Employer) the value of the benefit payable from the Fund to or in respect of such
Relevant Member shall not be less than the amount of the benefit payable under
the provisions of Rule B.7(2) as if the Principal Employer had certified that the
cessation of employment was part of a formal retrenchment programme.
(4) Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in the Deed or the
Rules, where, subsequent to a Change of Control occurring, a benefit becomes
payable within a Relevant Period under these Rules in circumstances in which that
benefit is contingent for determination or assessment upon a Member's Salary, the
Salary so used shall be not less in amount than the Relevant Member's Salary at
the Relevant Date.
(5) Any certification, decision, determination or assessment by the Trustee, the
Actuary or the auditor of the Holding Company pursuant to this Rule shall be final
and binding on all interested persons.
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Schedule 3
Accumulation Division (QAL Wages Fund DC Members and Deferred
Account Members)
Defined Benefit Division (QAL Wages Fund DB Members)
C. Former Members of Queensland Alumina Wages Employees
Superannuation Fund
C.1 Commencement and Application of Schedule
(1) This Schedule commenced on the Transfer Date.
(2) This Schedule applies to:
(a) a former member of the QAL Wages Fund who is admitted to the Fund as
a QAL Wages Fund DC Member as from the Transfer Date;
(b) a former member of the QAL Wages Fund who is admitted to the Fund as
a QAL Wages Fund DB Member as from the Transfer Date including a
QAL Wages Fund DB Member who after the Transfer Date elects to
become a QAL Wages Fund DC Member under Rule 0.1(4);
(c) a person who is employed by an Employer and who is admitted to
membership of the Fund after the Transfer Date as a QAL Wages Fund DC
Member on the basis that this Schedule applies to the person concerned;
(d) a QAL Staff Fund Member who becomes a QAL Wages Fund DC Member
under Rule D.1(5) of Schedule 4; and
(e) a Deferred Account Member.
(3) (a) The QAL Wages Fund Members may be divided into categories as follows:
(i) in respect of QAL Wages Fund DC Members, Contributory
Member category;
(ii) in respect of QAL Wages Fund DC Members, Non-contributory
Member category;
(iii) any other categories determined by the QAL Principal Employer.
(b) The number and designation of categories under Rule C.1(3)(a)(iii), and
the conditions for entry to and exit from any category, shall be as
determined by the QAL Principal Employer and at any particular time a
QAL Wages Fund Member shall be classified into the category of QAL
Wages Fund Members determined by the QAL Principal Employer.
(4) Each QAL Wages Fund DB Member shall, unless the QAL Principal Employer
otherwise determines either generally in any particular case, having been
previously advised of the amount of his or her DB Credit or the basis on which his
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or her DB Credit will be calculated, be entitled to make an election, the effect of
which is that his or her participation or continued participation in the Fund will be on
the basis of becoming a QAL Wages Fund DC Member in which event:
(a) notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied in the Deed
or the Rules (including this Schedule), the Member will be entitled to
benefits as a QAL Wages Fund DC Member and will cease to be entitled to
benefits as a QAL Wages Fund DB Member, with effect from the effective
date of the election;
(b) any such election shall be irreversible and may be made prior to and with
effect from such date as the QAL Principal Employer determines either
generally or in any particular case PROVIDED THAT the Member is then a Member and an Employee AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT elections
made at the times prescribed in this Rule C.1(4)(b) shall be subject to such
terms and conditions as the QAL Principal Employer determines;
(c) an amount (the DB Credit) will be credited in respect of the Member to the
Member's Accumulation Account to be maintained under Rule C.5; and
(d) the amount to be credited pursuant to Rule C.1(4)(c) shall be such amount
as is agreed between the QAL Principal Employer and the Trustee on the
advice of the Actuary.
(5)
A QAL Wages Fund Member, the QAL Principal Employer and the Trustee may
agree that the QAL Wages Fund Member shall become a QAL Staff Fund DC
Member with effect from such date as is agreed. Where such an agreement is made:
(a) the QAL Wages Fund Member will be entitled to the benefits applicable to
QAL Staff Fund DC Members under Schedule 4 and will cease to be
entitled to benefits under this Schedule;
(b) an amount (the QAL Wages Fund Credit) will be credited in respect of
the Member to the Member's Accumulation Account to be maintained
under Rule D.5 of Schedule 4; and
(c) the amount to be credited pursuant to Rule C.1(5)(b) shall be such amount
as is agreed between the QAL Principal Employer and the Trustee on the
advice of the Actuary.
C.2 Definitions
Accumulation Account means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member or a
Deferred Account Member, the account established and maintained by the Trustee in
accordance with Rule C.5.
Accumulation Account Balance means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member or
a Deferred Account Member at any particular date, the amount standing to credit of his or her Accumulation Account at that date.
Administration Charge means the amount determined by the Trustee from time to time
with the approval of the Principal Employer having regard to the costs incurred in
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administering the Fund which are referrable to QAL Wages Fund DC Members and
Deferred Account Members PROVIDED THAT the Trustee, the Principal Employer and the
QAL Principal Employer may agree in respect of any particular period that the
Administration Charge will be nil.
Contributory Member means a QAL Wages Fund DC Member who is for the time being
so classified in accordance with Rule C.1(3).
Date of Disablement means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member and any state
of disablement giving rise to a benefit under this Schedule the later of:
(a) the date determined by the Trustee to be that on which the Member last ceased to
be actively employed; and
(b) the date determined by the Trustee to be that on which the illness or injury which
(in the opinion of the Trustee after considering evidence satisfactory to the Trustee)
was the primary cause of such disablement commenced or occurred,
or, in any case, such other date (if any) as the Trustee may declare to be the QAL Wages
Fund DC Member's Date of Disablement for the purposes of the whole or any particular
provision of this Schedule.
DB Credit means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DB Member who elects to become a
QAL Wages Fund DC Member under Rule C.1(4), the amount more particularly referred to
in Rule C.1(4)(d).
Deferred Account Member means:
(a) a QAL Wages Fund DC Member described in Clause 3A(3)(a)(i)(B); and
(b) a QAL Wages Fund DC Member described in Rule C.16(1).
Employer Amount means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member, a percentage of
the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's Salary, in respect of each pay period during which the
Member is a Member and is actively at work, absent on approved annual or other paid
leave or absent from work for any other reason and in respect of which the Employer
agrees to the allocation to the Member, being the sum of:
(a) the amount which the Employer determines is sufficient to avoid the
Superannuation Charge;
(b) if the Member is a Contributory Member, such additional amount (if any) as is
determined from time to time by the Employer; and
(c) if the Member is a Contributory Member with whom the Employer has an
agreement under Rule C.3(2), an amount which is equal to 4% of the Member's
Salary.
Full Risk Benefit means an amount equal to a percentage, determined in accordance with
Rule C.9, of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's Salary for each complete year (and pro
rata for complete days) between:
(a) the date of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's death or, as the case may be, the
Date of Disablement; and
(b) the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's 65th birthday,
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provided that the amount of the Full Risk Benefit payable to a QAL Wages Fund DC
Member who has elected not to receive a Full Risk Benefit pursuant to Rule C.10A will be nil.
III-health means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member, physical or mental
ill-health (not amounting to Total and Permanent Disablement) caused through illness,
bodily injury, disease or infirmity and not incurred or inflicted for the purpose of obtaining a
benefit from the Fund which in the opinion of the Trustee renders the QAL Wages Fund DC Member unable to perform:
(a) the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's normal duties for the Employer before the
QAL Wages Fund DC Member ceased normal active employment with the
Employer; and
(b) the duties of any other position with an Employer for which the QAL Wages Fund
DC Member is suited by reason of education, training or experience,
such duties as determined by the QAL Principal Employer.
Insurance Charge means:
(a) in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member in respect of which the provision of
the Full Risk Benefit is self insured, the cost as determined by the Trustee after
having obtained the advice of the Actuary of providing the Full Risk Benefit in
respect of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member concerned; or
(b) in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member in respect of which the provision of
the Full Risk Benefit is not self insured, the cost of maintaining that Full Risk Benefit,
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Insurance Charge will not, in either case, take
into account the cost of providing the Partial Risk Benefit payable in respect of the III-health
of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member pursuant to Rule C.10.
Minimum Insurance Charge means:
(a) in relation to a Deferred Account Member in respect of which the provision of
Minimum Insurance Cover is self-insured, such amount as is determined from time
to time by the Trustee after obtaining the advice of the Actuary as appropriate to
provide the Minimum Insurance Cover in the event of death and Total and
Permanent Disablement; or
(b) in relation to a Deferred Account Member in respect of which the provision of
Minimum Insurance Cover is not self-insured, the cost of maintaining that Minimum
Insurance Cover in respect of the Member.
Minimum Insurance Cover means, in relation to a Deferred Account Member who dies or
suffers Total and Permanent Disablement, an amount determined in accordance with the
following table based on the Member's age at the date of death or Total and Permanent
Disablement:
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Age Amount ($)
Under 35 50,000
35 to 39 35,000
40 to 44 20,000
45 to 49 14,000
50 to 55 7,000
56 or more Nil
provided that:
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the minimum amount of the Minimum Insurance Cover
must be not less than the minimum death benefit required to be provided under the
Superannuation Requirements; and
(b) the amount of the Minimum Insurance Cover payable to a Deferred Account
Member who has elected not to receive Minimum Insurance Cover pursuant to
Rule C.10A will be nil.
Non-contributory Member means a QAL Wages Fund DC Member who is for the time
being so classified in accordance with Rule C.1(3).
Normal Retirement Date means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member the last
day of the month in which a QAL Wages Fund DC Member attains the age of 65 years or
such other date as may be agreed between the Trustee, QAL Principal Employer and the
QAL Wages Fund DC Member.
Opening Balance means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member the Total Account
Balance (if any) transferred in respect of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member to the Fund
from the QAL Wages Fund at the Transfer Date.
Partial Risk Benefit means, in respect of a QAL Wages Fund DC Member, an amount
equal to 50% of the Member's Full Risk Benefit (if any).
QAL Staff Fund Credit means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund Member who becomes a
QAL Wages Fund DC Member under Rule D.1(5), the amount more particularly referred to
in Rule D.1(5)(c).
QAL Staff Fund DC Member has the meaning given to it in Rule D.2 of Schedule 4.
QAL Wages Fund means the Queensland Alumina Wages Employees Superannuation
Fund which was established by a Trust Deed dated 4 March 1968 (as amended).
QAL Wages Fund Credit means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund Member who becomes
a QAL Staff Fund DC Member under Rule C.1(5), the amount more particularly referred to
in Rule C.1(5)(c).
QAL Wages Fund DB Member means a former member of the QAL Wages Fund who
was entitled to benefits under Part 3 of the QAL Wages Fund Rules immediately prior to
the Transfer Date, unless and until that Member:
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(a) makes an election to become a QAL Wages Fund DC Member under Rule C.1(4);
or
(b) becomes a QAL Staff Fund DC Member under Rule C.1(5).
QAL Wages Fund DC Member means:
(a) a former member of the QAL Wages Fund who was entitled to benefits under Part
2 of the QAL Wages Fund Rules immediately prior to the Transfer Date; or
(b) a person referred in Rule C.1(2)(c);
(c) a QAL Wages Fund DB Member who elects to become a QAL Wages Fund
DC Member under Rule C.1(4); and
(d) a QAL Staff Fund Member who becomes a QAL Wages Fund DC Member under
Rule D.1(5) of Schedule 4,
unless and until that Member becomes a QAL Staff Fund DC Member under Rule C.1(5).
QAL Wages Fund Rules means the governing rules of the QAL Wages Fund in force immediately prior to the Transfer Date.
Rule means a rule of this Schedule.
Salary means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member or QAL Wages Fund DB
Member at any particular date the ordinary weekly wage rate determined by the Industrial
Agreement covering employees of the Employer and made pursuant to the Conciliation
and Arbitration Act 1904— 1970 or such other agreement or award as may be determined
by the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission PROVIDED THAT in any
particular case Salary shall be such other amount or determined in such other manner as
may be agreed by the QAL Principal Employer, the Trustee and the QAL Wages Fund DC
Member or the QAL Wages Fund DB Member for the purposes of the whole or any
particular provision of the Deed or these Rules.
Taxation Amount means, in relation to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member, an amount as
determined by the Trustee equal to the tax which in the opinion of the Trustee has been
assessed against the Fund in respect of the contribution of the Employer Amount or,
unless otherwise determined by the QAL Principal Employer with the consent of the
Trustee, would be assessed against the Fund had the Employer contributed the Employer
Amount to the Fund in relation to the QAL Wages Fund DC Member on the date it was
credited to the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's Accumulation Account.
Total Account Balance means in respect of a QAL Wages Fund DC Member the balance,
as at the Transfer Date, standing to the credit of that QAL Wages Fund DC Member in the
QAL Wages Fund DC Member's:
(a) Additional Employer Account as provided for in clause 2.3.5 of the QAL Wages Fund Deed;
(b) Basic Contribution Account as provided for in clause 2.3.3 of the QAL Wages Fund
Deed;
(c) SG Account as provided for in clause 2.3.4 of the QAL Wages Fund Deed; and
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(d) Voluntary Contribution Account as provided for in clause 2.3.6 of the QAL Wages
Fund Deed.
Transfer Date means 1 January 2003.
C.3 Contributions by QAL Wages Fund DC Members
(1) A Non-contributory Member is not required to contribute to the Fund.
(2) Each QAL Wages Fund DC Member, other than a Non-contributory Member, is
required to make basic contributions to the Fund at the rate of 4% of Salary, except
where the Employer and the Contributory Member agree, with the Trustee's
approval, that the Contributory Member is not required to make basic contributions
as provided for in this Rule C.3(2).
(3) Any QAL Wages Fund DC Member may, with the approval of, and subject to the
terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions imposed by, the Trustee and by the
QAL Principal Employer, in addition to the contributions payable pursuant to Rule
C.3(2) (if any) make voluntary contributions to the Fund.
(4) Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee may accept from any person such
voluntary contributions for the credit of a QAL Wages Fund DC Member as the
Trustee determines.
C.3A Contributions by Deferred Account Members
A Deferred Account Member is permitted to make voluntary contributions in a form and
manner approved by the Trustee from time to time, but is not permitted to make any other
contributions except those which the Trustee is required to accept under the
Superannuation Requirements.
C.4 Contributions by QAL Wages Fund DB Members
(1) Each QAL Wages Fund DB Member is required to make basic contributions to the
Fund at the rate of 4% of Salary, except where the Employer and QAL Wages
Fund DB Member agree, with the Trustee's approval, that the QAL Wages Fund
DB Member is not required to make basic contributions as provided for in this Rule
C.4(1).
(2) For the purposes of calculating a QAL Wages Fund DB Member's benefit, a QAL
Wages Fund DB Member with whom the Employer has an agreement under Rule
C.4(1) is deemed to have made basic contributions to the Fund at the rate of 4% of
Salary at all times during which the agreement with the Employer is in place.
(3) Any QAL Wages Fund DB Member may, with the approval of, and, subject to such
terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions imposed by, the Trustee and/or the
QAL Principal Employer, in addition to the contributions payable pursuant to Rule
C.4(1) make voluntary contributions to the Fund.
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C.5 Accumulation Account
The Trustee will establish and maintain in respect of each QAL Wages Fund DC Member
and Deferred Account Member an Accumulation Account which will be:
(a) credited with:
(i) the Opening Balance (if applicable);
(ii) the DB Credit (if applicable);
(iii) the QAL Staff Fund Credit (if applicable);
(iv) the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's
contributions (if any) to the Fund;
(v) the Employer Amount;
(vi) the amount of any contributions made in respect of the QAL Wages Fund
DC Member or Deferred Account Member as an Eligible Spouse;
(vii) the amount of any co-contributions accepted into the Fund in respect of the
QAL Wages Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member under Clause
5(9);
(viii) any amount of Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine to credit
in respect of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member or Deferred Account
Member because of a valid contributions splitting application under Clause
5(10);
(ix) the Spouse's Benefit (within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d)) of the QAL
Wages Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member in accordance with
Clause 8(12);
(x) any amount to be credited to the Accumulation Account in accordance with
Clause 6D;
(xi) any amount to be credited to the Accumulation Account pursuant to
Clause 6(5);
(xii) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund to the
Accumulation Account;
(xiii) any amount paid, rolled over or transferred to the Fund from an Approved
Benefit Arrangement in respect of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member or
Deferred Account Member; and
(xiv) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or equitable
to be credited to the Accumulation Account; and
(b) debited with:
(I) the Administration Charge (if any);
(ii) the Insurance Charge (if any);
(iii) the Taxation Amount;
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(iv) any amount of Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine to debit
in respect of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member or Deferred Account
Member because of a valid contributions splitting application in favour of
the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's, or Deferred Account Member's,
Spouse under Clause 5(10);
(v) the Spouse's Benefit (within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d)) of the Spouse
of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member in
accordance with Clause 8(12);
(vi) any amount to be debited to the Accumulation Account in accordance with
Clause 6D;
(vii) any amount to be debited to the Accumulation Account pursuant to
Clause 6(5); and
(viii) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund from
the Accumulation Account;
(ix) any amount paid, rolled over or transferred from the Fund to an Approved
Benefit Arrangement in respect of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member or
Deferred Account Member;
(x) any benefit paid from the Accumulation Account;
(xi) the Minimum Insurance Charge (if any); and
(xii) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or equitable
to be debited to the Accumulation Account.
C.6 Terminal Medical Condition benefits
(1) This Rule C.6 applies if:
(a) a QAL Wages Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member suffers a
Terminal Medical Condition;
(b) where the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's
Full Risk Benefit or Minimum Insurance Cover (as applicable and if any) is
self-insured, the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account
Member's Accumulation Account Balance is not less than the Minimum
Account Balance; and
(c) the QAL Wages Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member requests
(in the form and manner determined by the Trustee) the Trustee to pay a
benefit under this Rule C.6.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, where this Rule C.6 applies there will be
payable to the QAL Wages Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member a lump
sum benefit of an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) in all cases, the amount of the TMC Benefit specified in the QAL Wages
Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's request to the Trustee
(which may be all, part or none of the Member's TMC Benefit); and
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(b) except where the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account
Member's Full Risk Benefit or Minimum Insurance Cover (as applicable
and if any) is self-insured, subject to Rule C.14, a Full Risk Benefit or
Minimum Insurance Cover (as applicable and if any).
(3)
In this Rule C.6 a QAL Wages Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's
TMC Benefit means an amount equal to the amount of their Accumulation Account
Balance less the Minimum Account Balance.
C.7 Leaving service benefits
Subject to the provisions of the Deed, if a QAL Wages Fund DC Member leaves the
employ of the Employer at any time in circumstances other than those provided for in Rules
C.8 and C.10, there shall be payable to the QAL Wages Fund DC Member from the Fund a
lump sum benefit equal to the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's Accumulation Account
Balance. For the avoidance of doubt, any QAL Wages Fund DC Member ceasing to be in
the Service in the circumstances contemplated in this Rule C.7 may continue to be a
MySuper Member to the extent the Member continues to meet the conditions of clause
8A(2).
C.8 Death or Total and Permanent Disablement whilst in employment
If a QAL Wages Fund DC Member:
(a) dies while in the employ of the Employer; or
(b) ceases to be in the employ of the Employer as a result of Total and Permanent
Disablement,
there shall be payable to or in respect of the QAL Wages Fund DC Member a lump sum
benefit equal to:
(i) the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
(ii) subject to Rule C.14, a Full Risk Benefit (if any).
C.8A Death or Total and Permanent Disablement — Deferred Account Members
If a Deferred Account Member dies or suffers Total and Permanent Disablement, there
shall be payable to or in respect of the Deferred Account Member a lump sum benefit equal
to:
(a) the Deferred Account Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
(b) the Member's Minimum Insurance Cover (if any).
C.9 Level of Full Risk Benefit
The Trustee may (with the approval of the relevant Insurer (where applicable)):
(a) determine the percentage of each QAL Wages Fund DC Member's Salary to be
applicable in calculating the amount of the Full Risk Benefit applicable to QAL
Wages Fund DC Members, in which case that percentage shall apply in calculating
the Full Risk Benefit for each QAL Wages Fund DC Member; or
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(b) determine more than one percentage of a QAL Wages Fund DC Member's Salary
which may be applied in calculating the Full Risk Benefit applicable to QAL Wages
Fund DC Members and invite QAL Wages Fund DC Members to nominate one of
those percentages, in which case the percentage nominated by the QAL Wages
Fund DC Member (or the percentage determined by the Trustee if the QAL Wages
Fund DC Member fails to make a nomination) shall apply in calculating the Full
Risk Benefit for a QAL Wages Fund DC Member,
provided, in each case, that the Trustee or Insurer (if applicable) may require any such
Member to undergo such medical examinations and tests and satisfy such other
underwriting or other conditions as the Trustee or Insurer may require. If the Member fails
to pass any such medical examination or test (or fails to satisfy such other underwriting or
other conditions) or the Member's results in any such examination or test are not
satisfactory for any reason, the Trustee or the Insurer may impose terms, conditions or
restrictions on the amount, of or conditions of payment, of any Full Risk Benefit (including,
without limitation, by suspending payment of the Full Risk Benefit or consideration of any
claim thereto, as the case may require, until the requirements of this Rule are complied
with) or may refuse to grant a Full Risk Benefit in relation to the Member.
C.10 Retirement on III-health for Eligible Ill-Health Members
A QAL Wages Fund DC Member who is retired from employment with the Employer before
the Normal Retirement Date on the grounds that the QAL Wages Fund DC Member has
been declared to suffer III-health shall be entitled to a lump sum equal to:
(a) the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
(b) subject to Rule C.14, a Partial Risk Benefit (if any),
provided that no Member shall be entitled to receive any amount under this Rule 0.10
unless the Member is an Eligible III-Health Member. The relevant Employer shall bear the
costs of providing any Partial Risk Benefit provided in respect of a Member under this Rule
0.10.
C.10A Opt-out of Full and Partial Risk Benefits and Minimum Insurance Cover
(a) A QAL Wages Fund DC Member may elect not to receive a Full Risk Benefit (and,
as a result, a Partial Risk Benefit) on such terms and conditions as the Trustee
may determine from time to time.
(b) A Deferred Account Member may elect not to receive Minimum Insurance Cover in
the circumstances contemplated in the MySuper Law.
C.11 Operation of the Accumulation Account
Subject to the Superannuation Requirements, the Trustee will have power to credit or debit
the QAL Wages Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's Accumulation Account
at such time or times as the Trustee may from time to time think fit PROVIDED THAT:
(a) the Employer Amount will be credited at such time and in such manner so as to
ensure that no Employer has a Superannuation Charge obligation in relation to a
QAL Wages Fund DC Member; and
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(b) all other credits and debits are to be made at least annually, and this will be done
on such basis as the Trustee will determine from time to time.
C.12 QAL Wages Fund DB Members
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, on a QAL Wages Fund DB Member ceasing to be in
the employ of the Employer in circumstances which would have given rise to a benefit
under the QAL Wages Fund Rules, the Trustee shall pay to or in respect of the QAL
Wages Fund DB Member the benefit which would have been payable to or in respect of the
QAL Wages Fund DB Member in the relevant circumstances had she or he continued as a
member of the QAL Wages Fund on the same terms and conditions as applied in respect
of the QAL Wages Fund DB Member immediately prior to the Transfer Date PROVIDED
THAT:
(a) the assets relating to the benefits payable under this Rule will be invested in
accordance with this Deed and these Rules; and
(b) no QAL Wages Fund DB Member shall be entitled to receive any amount under
this Rule 0.12 which is payable as a result of the III-health of the Member unless
the Member is an Eligible III-Health Member.
C.12A Terminal Medical Condition benefits
(1) This Rule C.12A applies if a QAL Wages Fund DB Member:
(a) suffers a Terminal Medical Condition; and
(b) requests (in the form and manner determined by the Trustee) the Trustee
to pay all or part of their TMC Benefit.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, where this Rule C.12A applies there will be
payable to the QAL Wages Fund DB Member a lump sum benefit of an amount
equal to the amount of the TMC Benefit specified in the QAL Wages Fund DB
Member's request to the Trustee.
(3) Benefits payable under this Rule C.12A will be paid on such terms and conditions
as may be determined by the Trustee from time to time.
(4) Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee will debit the QAL Wages Fund DB
Member's accounts in the Fund with any amount paid under Rule C.12A(2) or
otherwise adjust the remaining benefits (if any) payable to or in respect of the QAL
Wages Fund DB Member in such manner as the Trustee thinks fit to take account
of the amount paid under Rule C.12A(2).
(5)
In this Rule C.12A the QAL Wages Fund DB Member's TMC Benefit means the
amount that would be payable to the QAL Wages Fund DB Member as a
withdrawal benefit on leaving service without entitlement to any other benefit from
the Fund if the QAL Wages Fund DB Member were entitled to that benefit under
Rule 0.12 (instead of a benefit under this Rule C.12A).
C.13 Payment of preserved benefits
The Trustee:
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(a) must not pay a preserved benefit (within the meaning of Superannuation Law) to a
QAL Wages Fund Member prior to that Member's Deferral Date;
(b) must pay or commence to pay a benefit to a QAL Wages Fund Member when that
Member attains the date on which Superannuation Law requires a benefit to be
paid or to commence to be paid notwithstanding that the Member remains
employed by an Employer, and on payment of that benefit the Member shall cease
to be a Member; and
(c) may pay a benefit to a QAL Wages Fund Member who has attained age 65 on the
request of that Member notwithstanding that the Member remains an Employee
and on payment of that benefit the Member shall cease to be a Member.
In this Rule Deferral Date in relation to a QAL Wages Fund Member means the date on
which a preserved benefit (within the meaning of Superannuation Law) of the Member may
be cashed under Superannuation Law.
C.14 Insurance restrictions and adjustments
(1) (a) Without limiting the operation of clause 6(10), if insurance is effected or
sought to be effected by the Trustee with an Insurer in respect of any
benefit which might become payable from the Fund in respect of a QAL
Wages Fund Member or group of QAL Wages Fund Members and:
(i) that Insurer refuses to provide or increase insurance in respect of a
QAL Wages Fund Member on its standard terms; or
(ii) that Insurer for any reason whatever fails to provide, increase or
maintain or reduces, terminates, limits, restricts or withholds
insurance or does not admit or refuses to consider or defers a
claim in whole or in part,
then, unless otherwise agreed between the Trustee and the QAL Principal
Employer, the benefits in respect of which insurance has been or would
have otherwise been effected shall be reduced to the extent to which
insurance has not been effected on standard terms or has otherwise not
been obtained, increased or maintained or has been reduced, terminated,
limited, restricted or withheld or such a claim is deferred or not admitted,
and the Trustee may adjust any affected benefit in such manner as the
Trustee, after obtaining the advice of the Actuary, considers appropriate in
effecting such a reduction.
(b) If any event provided for in Rule C.14(1)(a) occurs in relation to insurance
sought or effected, the Trustee shall not be bound to seek alternative
insurance with the same or another insurer or, if the Trustee may decide to
seek alternative insurance, the Trustee may limit that search to such
insurer or insurers as the Trustee may see fit.
(c) In any case, the Trustee may (and shall as directed by the QAL Principal
Employer) adjust the amount, time for and basis for payment of all or part
of a benefit in respect of which insurance has been effected in such
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manner as the Trustee (or if the QAL Principal Employer, in the case of
such a direction) may consider appropriate to take account of the terms
and conditions upon which the proceeds of such insurance are payable by
the relevant Insurer and the amount of such proceeds.
(d) Any adjusted benefits provided pursuant to this Rule C.14 shall be in lieu of
and in full satisfaction of the benefits which would or might have been or
become payable but for the operation of this Rule C.14.
(2) If insurance is not sought by the Trustee in respect of the whole of a benefit which
might become payable from the Fund in respect of a person but the QAL Principal
Employer believes that an event provided for in Rule C.14(1)(a) would or would
likely have occurred if the Trustee had done so, then (unless otherwise agreed
between the Trustee and the QAL Principal Employer) Rule 0.14(1) shall apply
(subject to Superannuation Law) as if:
(a) the Trustee had in fact sought or effected insurance in respect of that
benefit of such amount and on such conditions as shall be determined by
the QAL Principal Employer; and
(b) such of the events provided for in Rule C.14(1)(a) as the QAL Principal
Employer shall determine had in fact occurred and for such reasons, in
such circumstances and with such effect as the QAL Principal Employer
shall determine.
C.15 Restriction on Amendments to this Schedule
No Amendment shall be made to this Schedule under Clause 32 which would alter the
rights and benefits under this Schedule of QAL Wages Fund Members admitted to the
Fund as at the Transfer Date such that on the whole equity is not maintained between
them.
C.16 Deferred Membership
(1) Where a benefit of not less than the Minimum Account Balance becomes payable
to a QAL Wages Fund DC Member under Rule C.7, 0.8 (except on death) or C.10
on or after 1 July 2007 the QAL Wages Fund DC Member will be known as a
Deferred Account Member on and from the time the benefit becomes payable.
(2) The following provisions apply to, and in respect of, each Deferred Account
Member from the agreed date for the purposes of Clause 3A (in the case of a
Deferred Account Member under paragraph (a) of the definition of Deferred Account Member in Rule 0.2) or the time the benefit becomes payable (in any other case):
(a) their benefit will remain in the Accumulation Account under this Schedule
until death or Rule 0.16 applies;
(b) except to the extent required by the Superannuation Requirements, no
contributions by or in respect of the Employer will be accepted by the
Trustee for crediting to the Accumulation Account; and
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(3)
(c) they will be entitled to Minimum Insurance Cover;
(d) they will not be entitled to a Full Risk Benefit or a Partial Risk Benefit.
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, the Accumulation Account Balance of a
Deferred Account Member will be payable as follows:
(a) upon the death or Total and Permanent Disablement of the Deferred
Account Member;
(b) within 30 days (or such other period as may be determined by the Trustee
from time to time) of a request in writing from the Deferred Account
Member to the Trustee for payment of all or a nominated sum or
percentage of the Deferred Account Member's Accumulation Account
Balance; and
(c) in such other circumstances (if any) as may be determined by the Trustee
from time to time).
Payments under this Rule will be made:
(i) (A) in the case of the death of the Deferred Account Member — in
accordance with Clause 6(3) or 6(3A) (as the case may be); or
(B) in any other case - in accordance with any request of the Deferred
Account Member in a manner consistent with Superannuation Law
or as determined by the Trustee from time to time; and
on terms and conditions (if any) as may be determined by the Trustee from
time to time.
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Schedule 4
Accumulation Division (QAL Staff Fund DC Members and Deferred Account
Members)
Defined Benefit Division (QAL Staff Fund DB Members)
D. Former Members of Queensland Alumina Management Staff
Superannuation Fund
D.1 Commencement and Application of Schedule
(1) This Schedule commenced on the Transfer Date.
(2) This Schedule applies to:
(a) a former member of the QAL Staff Fund who is admitted to the Fund as a
QAL Staff Fund DC Member as from the Transfer Date;
(b) a former member of the QAL Staff Fund who is admitted to the Fund as a
QAL Staff Fund DB Member as from the Transfer Date including a QAL
Staff Fund DB Member who after the Transfer Date elects to become a
QAL Staff Fund DC Member under Rule D.1(4);
(c) a person who is employed by an Employer and who is admitted to
membership of the Fund as a QAL Staff Fund DC Member on the basis
that this Schedule applies to the person concerned;
(d) a QAL Wages Fund Member who becomes a QAL Staff Fund Member
under Rule C.1(5) of Schedule 3;
(e) a Deferred Account Member; and
(f) a person who becomes entitled to a benefit under Rule D.12(2).
(3) (a) The QAL Staff Fund Members may be divided into categories as follows:
(I) in respect of QAL Staff Fund DC Members, Contributory Member category;
(ii) in respect of QAL Staff Fund DC Members, Non-contributory
Member category; and
(iii) any other categories determined by the QAL Principal Employer.
(b) The number and designation of categories under Rule D.1(3)(a)(iii), and
the conditions for entry to and exit from any category, shall be determined
by the QAL Principal Employer and at any particular time a QAL Staff Fund
Member shall be classified into the category of QAL Staff Fund Members
determined by the QAL Principal Employer.
(4) Each QAL Staff Fund DB Member shall, unless the QAL Principal Employer
otherwise determines either generally in any particular case, having been
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previously advised of the amount of his or her DB Credit or the basis on which his
or her DB Credit will be calculated, be entitled to make an election, the effect of
which is that his or her participation or continued participation in the Fund will be on
the basis of becoming a QAL Staff Fund DC Member in which event:
(a) notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied in the Deed
or these Rules (including this Schedule), the Member will be entitled to
benefits as a QAL Staff Fund DC Member and will cease to be entitled to
benefits as a QAL Staff Fund DB Member, with effect from the effective
date of the election;
(b) any such election shall be irreversible and may be made prior to and with
effect from such date as the QAL Principal Employer determines either
generally or in any particular case, PROVIDED THAT the Member is then
a Member and an Employee AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT elections
made at the times prescribed in this Rule D.1(4)(b) shall be subject to such
terms and conditions as the QAL Principal Employer determines;
(c) an amount (the DB Credit) will be credited in respect of the Member to the
Member's Accumulation Account to be maintained under Rule D.5; and
(d) the amount to be credited pursuant to Rule D.1(4)(b) shall be such amount
as is agreed between the QAL Principal Employer and the Trustee on the
advice of the Actuary.
(5)
A QAL Staff Fund Member, the QAL Principal Employer and the Trustee may
agree that the QAL Staff Fund Member shall become a QAL Wages Fund DC
Member with effect from such date as is agreed. Where such an agreement is
made:
(a) the QAL Staff Fund Member will be entitled to the benefits applicable to
QAL Wages Fund DC Members under Schedule 3 and will cease to be
entitled to benefits under this Schedule;
(b) an amount (the QAL Staff Fund Credit) will be credited in respect of the
Member to the Member's Accumulation Account to be maintained under
Rule C.5 of Schedule 3; and
(c) the amount to be credited pursuant to Rule D.1(5)(b) shall be such amount
as is agreed between the QAL Principal Employer and the Trustee on the
advice of the Actuary.
D.2 Definitions
Accumulation Account means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member or a Deferred
Account Member, the account established and maintained by the Trustee in accordance
with Rule 0.5.
Accumulation Account Balance means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member or a
Deferred Account Member at any particular date, the amount standing to credit of his or her
Accumulation Account at that date.
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Administration Charge means the amount determined by the Trustee from time to time
with the approval of the Principal Employer having regard to the costs incurred in
administering the Fund which are referrable to QAL Staff Fund DC Members and Deferred
Account Members PROVIDED THAT the Trustee, the Principal Employer and the QAL
Principal Employer may agree in respect of any particular period that the Administration
Charge will be nil.
Contributory Member means a QAL Staff Fund DC Member who is for the time being so
classified in accordance with Rule 0.1(3).
Date of Disablement means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member and any state of
disablement giving rise to a benefit under this Schedule the later of:
(a) the date determined by the Trustee to be that on which the Member last ceased to
be actively employed; and
(b) the date determined by the Trustee to be that on which the illness or injury which
(in the opinion of the Trustee after considering evidence satisfactory to the Trustee)
was the primary cause of such disablement commenced or occurred,
or, in any case, such other date (if any) as the Trustee may declare to be the QAL Staff
Fund DC Member's Date of Disablement for the purposes of the whole or any particular
provision of this Schedule.
DB Credit means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DB Member who elects to become a QAL
Staff Fund DC Member under Rule D.1(4), the amount more particularly referred to in
Rule D.1(4)(d).
Deferred Account Member means:
(a) a QAL Staff Fund DC Member described in Clause 3A(3)(a)(i)(C); and
(b) a QAL Staff Fund DC Member described in Rule 0.16(1).
Employer Amount means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member, a percentage of
the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's Salary, in respect of each pay period during which the
Member is a Member and is actively at work, absent on approved annual or other paid
leave or absent from work for any other reason and in respect of which the Employer
agrees to the allocation to the Member, being the sum of:
(a) the amount which the Employer determines is sufficient to avoid the
Superannuation Charge;
(b) if the Member is a Contributory Member, an amount which is equal to the excess (if
any) of 13% of the Member's Salary over the amount referred to in paragraph (a) of
this definition; and
(c) if the Member is a Contributory Member with whom the Employer has an
agreement under Rule 0.3(2), an amount which is equal to 5% of the Member's
Salary.
Full Risk Benefit means an amount equal to a percentage, determined in accordance with
Rule 0.9, of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's Salary for each complete year (and pro rata
for complete days) between:
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(a) the date of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's death or, as the case may be, the
Date of Disablement; and
(b) the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's 65th birthday,
provided that the amount of the Full Risk Benefit payable to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member
who has elected not to receive a Full Risk Benefit pursuant to Rule D.10A will be nil.
III-health means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member, physical or mental ill-health
(not amounting to Total and Permanent Disablement) caused through illness, bodily injury,
disease or infirmity and not incurred or inflicted for the purpose of obtaining a benefit from
the Fund which in the opinion of the Trustee renders the QAL Staff Fund DC Member
unable to perform:
(a) the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's normal duties for the Employer before the QAL
Staff Fund DC Member ceased normal active employment with the Employer; and
(b) the duties of any other position with an Employer for which the QAL Principal
Employer considers the QAL Staff Fund DC Member to be reasonably suited,
and such other duties as determined by the QAL Principal Employer.
Insurance Charge means:
(a) in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member in respect of which the provision of the
Full Risk Benefit is self insured, the cost as determined by the Trustee after having
obtained the advice of the Actuary of providing the Full Risk Benefit in respect of
the QAL Staff Fund DC Member concerned; or
(b) in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member in respect of which the provision of the
Full Risk Benefit is not self insured, the cost of maintaining that Full Risk Benefit,
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Insurance Charge will not, in either case, take
into account the cost of providing the Partial Risk Benefit payable in respect of the III-health
of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member pursuant to Rule D.10.
Minimum Insurance Charge means:
(a) in relation to a Deferred Account Member in respect of which the provision of
Minimum Insurance Cover is self-insured, such amount as is determined from time
to time by the Trustee after obtaining the advice of the Actuary as appropriate to
provide the Minimum Insurance Cover in the event of death and Total and
Permanent Disablement; or
(b) in relation to a Deferred Account Member in respect of which the provision of
Minimum Insurance Cover is not self-insured, the cost of maintaining that Minimum
Insurance Cover in respect of the Member.
Minimum Insurance Cover means, in relation to a Deferred Account Member who dies or
suffers Total and Permanent Disablement, an amount determined in accordance with the
following table based on the Member's age at the date of death or Total and Permanent
Disablement:
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Age Amount ($)
Under 35 50,000
35 to 39 35,000
40 to 44 20,000
45 to 49 14,000
50 to 55 7,000
56 or more Nil
provided that:
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the minimum amount of the Minimum Insurance Cover
must be not less than the minimum death benefit required to be provided under the
Superannuation Requirements; and
(b) the amount of the Minimum Insurance Cover payable to a Deferred Account
Member who has elected not to receive Minimum Insurance Cover pursuant to
Rule D.10A will be nil.
Non-contributory Member means a QAL Staff Fund DC Member who is for the time being so classified in accordance with Rule D.1(3).
Normal Retirement Date means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member the last day
of the month in which a QAL Staff Fund DC Member attains the age of 65 years or such
other date as may be agreed between the Trustee, the QAL Principal Employer and the QAL Staff Fund DC Member PROVIDED THAT in the case of a female person who was a
member of the QAL Staff Fund No.2 on 1 January 1987 and who transferred her
membership to the QAL Staff Fund "Normal Retirement Date" means, unless otherwise
agreed to by that QAL Staff Fund DC Member and the QAL Principal Employer, the last
day of the month in which the QAL Staff Fund DC Member attains the age of 60 years.
Opening Balance means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member the Total Account
Balance (if any) transferred in respect of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member to the Fund from
the QAL Staff Fund at the Transfer Date.
Partial Risk Benefit means, in respect of a QAL Staff Fund DC Member, an amount equal
to 50% of the Member's Full Risk Benefit (if any).
QAL Staff Fund means the Queensland Alumina Management Staff Superannuation Fund
which was established by a trust deed dated 5 March 1991 (as amended).
QAL Staff Fund Credit means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund Member who becomes a
QAL Wages Fund DC Member under Rule D.1(5), the amount more particularly referred to in Rule D.1(5)(c).
QAL Staff Fund No.2 means the Queensland Alumina Staff Superannuation Fund which was established by a trust deed dated 27 August 1966 (as amended).
QAL Staff Fund DB Member means a former member of the QAL Staff Fund who was
entitled to benefits under Part 3 of the QAL Staff Fund Rules immediately prior to the
Transfer Date, unless and until that Member:
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(a) makes an election to become a QAL Staff Fund DC Member under Rule D.1(4); or
(b) becomes a QAL Wages Fund DC Member under Rule D.1(5) of Schedule 4.
QAL Staff Fund DC Member means:
(a) a former member of the QAL Staff Fund who was entitled to benefits under Part 2
of the QAL Staff Fund Rules immediately prior to the Transfer Date;
(b) a person referred to in Rule D.1(2)(c); and
(c) a QAL Staff Fund DB Member who elects to become a QAL Staff Fund DC
Member under Rule 0.1(4);
(d) a QAL Wages Fund Member who becomes a QAL Staff Fund DC Member under
Rule 0.1(5) of Schedule 3,
unless and until that Member becomes a QAL Wages Fund Member under Rule D.1(5).
QAL Staff Fund Rules means the governing rules of the QAL Staff Fund in force
immediately prior to the Transfer Date.
QAL Wages Fund Credit means in relation to a QAL Wages Fund Member who becomes
a QAL Staff Fund DC Member under Rule 0.1(5), the amount more particularly referred to
in Rule C.1(5)(c).
Relevant Percentage means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member the percentage
of Salary at which contributions were being made by his or her employer to the QAL Staff
Fund immediately prior to the Transfer Date.
Rule means a rule of this Schedule.
Salary means in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member or QAL Staff Fund DB Member
at any particular date the ordinary remuneration at which the QAL Staff Fund DC Member
or the QAL Staff Fund DB Member is employed by the Employer as at that date
PROVIDED THAT, except to the extent determined by the QAL Principal Employer, the
Salary of a QAL Staff Fund DC Member or QAL Staff Fund DB Member shall not include
the amount or value of any bonus, commission, payment for overtime or other
remuneration, allowance, loading or emolument which the QAL Principal Employer
considers to be an extraordinary nature either generally or in any particular case
PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT in any particular case Salary shall be such other amount or
determined in such other manner as may be agreed by the QAL Principal Employer, the
Trustee and the QAL Staff Fund DC Member or the QAL Staff Fund DB Member for the
purposes of the whole or any particular provision of the Deed or these Rules.
Taxation Amount means, in relation to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member, an amount as
determined by the Trustee equal to the tax which in the opinion of the Trustee has been
assessed against the Fund in respect of the contribution of the Employer Amount or,
unless otherwise determined by the QAL Principal Employer with the consent of the
Trustee, would be assessed against the Fund had the Employer contributed the Employer
Amount to the Fund in relation to the QAL Staff Fund DC Member on the date it was
credited to the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's Accumulation Account.
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Total Account Balance means in respect of a QAL Staff Fund DC Member the balance,
as at the Transfer Date, standing to the credit of that QAL Staff Fund DC Member in the
QAL Staff Fund DC Member's:
(a) Additional Employer Account as provided for in clause 2.3.5 of the QAL Staff Fund Deed;
(b) Basic Contribution Account as provided for in clause 2.3.3 of the QAL Staff Fund Deed;
(c) SG Account as provided for in clause 2.3.4 of the QAL Staff Fund Deed; and
(d) Voluntary Contribution Account as provided for in clause 2.3.6 of the QAL Staff Fund Deed.
Transfer Date means 1 January 2003.
D.3 Contributions by QAL Staff Fund DC Members
(1) A Non-contributory Member is not required to contribute to the Fund.
(2) Each QAL Staff Fund DC Member, other than a Non-contributory Member, is
required to make basic contributions to the Fund at the rate of 5% of Salary, except
where the Employer and the Contributory Member agree, with the Trustee's
approval, that the Contributory Member is not required to make basic contributions
as provided for in this Rule D.3(2).
(3) Any QAL Staff Fund DC Member may, with the approval of, and subject to such
terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions imposed by, the Trustee and the QAL
Principal Employer, in addition to the contributions payable pursuant to Rule D.3(2)
(if any) make voluntary contributions to the Fund.
(4) Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee may accept from any person such
voluntary contributions for the credit of a QAL Staff Fund DC Member as the
Trustee determines.
D.3A Contributions by Deferred Account Members
A Deferred Account Member is permitted to make voluntary contributions in a form and
manner approved by the Trustee from time to time, but is not permitted to make any other
contributions except those which the Trustee is required to accept under the
Superannuation Requirements.
D.4 Contributions by QAL Staff Fund DB Members
(1) Each QAL Staff Fund DB Member is required to make basic contributions to the Fund at the rate of 5% of Salary, except:
(a) during a period in which the QAL Staff Fund DB Member is in receipt of a
Temporary Disablement benefit in accordance with Rule D.13; or
(b) where the QAL Principal Employer and the QAL Staff Fund DB Member
agree, with the Trustee's approval, that the QAL Staff Fund DB Member is
not required to make basic contributions as provided for in this Rule D.4(1).
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(2) For the purposes of calculating a QAL Staff Fund DB Member's benefit, a QAL
Staff Fund DB Member with whom the Employer has an agreement under
Rule D.4(1)(b) is deemed to have made basic contributions to the Fund at the rate
of 5% of Salary at all times during which the agreement with the Employer is in
place.
(3) Any QAL Staff Fund DB Member may, with the approval of, and, subject to such
terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions imposed by, the Trustee and/or QAL
Principal Employer, in addition to the contributions payable pursuant Rule D.4(1)
make voluntary contributions to the Fund.
0.5 Accumulation Account
The Trustee shall maintain in respect of each QAL Staff Fund DC Member and Deferred
Account Member an Accumulation Account which will be:
(a) credited with:
(i) the Opening Balance (if applicable);
(ii) the DB Credit (if applicable);
(iii) the QAL Wages Fund Credit (if applicable);
(iv) the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's
contributions (if any) to the Fund;
(v) the Employer Amount;
(vi) the amount of any contributions made in respect of the QAL Staff Fund
DC Member or Deferred Account Member as an Eligible Spouse;
(vii) the amount of any co-contributions accepted into the Fund in respect of the
QAL Staff Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member under
Clause 5(9);
(viii) any amount of Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine to credit
in respect of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member
because of a valid contributions splitting application under Clause 5(10);
(ix) the Spouse's Benefit (within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d)) of the QAL
Staff Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member in accordance with
Clause 8(12);
(x) any amount to be credited to the Accumulation Account in accordance with
Clause 6D;
(xi) any amount credited to the Accumulation Account pursuant to Clause 6(5);
(xii) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund to the
Accumulation Account;
(xiii) any amount paid, rolled over or transferred to the Fund from an Approved
Benefit Arrangement in respect of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member or
Deferred Account Member; and
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(xiv) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or equitable
to be credited to the Accumulation Account; and
(b) debited with:
(I) the Administration Charge (if any);
(ii) the Insurance Charge (if any);
(iii) the Taxation Amount;
(iv) any amount of Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine to debit
in respect of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member
because of a valid contributions splitting application in favour of the QAL
Staff Fund DC Member's, or Deferred Account Member's, Spouse under
Clause 5(10);
(v) the Spouse's Benefit (within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d)) of the Spouse
of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member in
accordance with Clause 8(12);
(vi) any amount to be debited to the Accumulation Account in accordance with
Clause 6D;
(vii) any amount to be debited to the Accumulation Account pursuant to Clause
6(5);
(viii) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund from
the Accumulation Account;
(ix) any amount paid, rolled over or transferred from the Fund to an Approved
Benefit Arrangement in respect of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member or
Deferred Account Member;
(x) any benefit paid from the Accumulation Account;
(xi) the Minimum Insurance Charge (if any); and
(xii) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or equitable
to be debited to the Accumulation Account.
D.6 Terminal Medical Condition benefits
(1) This Rule D.6 applies if:
(a) a QAL Staff Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member suffers a
Terminal Medical Condition;
(b) where the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's
Full Risk Benefit or Minimum Insurance Cover (as applicable and if any) is
self-insured, the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account
Member's Accumulation Account Balance is not less than the Minimum
Account Balance; and
(c) the QAL Staff Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member requests (in
the form and manner determined by the Trustee) the Trustee to pay a
benefit under this Rule D.6.
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(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, where this Rule D.6 applies there will be
payable to the QAL Staff Fund DC Member or Deferred Account Member a lump
sum benefit of an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) in all cases, the amount of the TMC Benefit specified in the QAL Staff Fund
DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's request to the Trustee (which
may be all, part or none of the Member's TMC Benefit); and
(b) except where the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account
Member's Full Risk Benefit or Minimum Insurance Cover (as applicable
and if any) is self-insured, subject to Rule D.15, a Full Risk Benefit or
Minimum Insurance Cover (as applicable and if any).
(3)
In this Rule 0.6 a QAL Staff Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's
TMC Benefit means an amount equal to the amount of their Accumulation Account
Balance less the minimum Account Balance.
D.7 Leaving service benefit
Subject to the provisions of the Deed and these Rules, if a QAL Staff Fund DC Member
leaves the employ of the Employer for any reason other than those provided for in Rules
0.8 and 0.10, there shall be payable to the QAL Staff Fund DC Member a lump sum
benefit of an amount equal to the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's Accumulation Account
Balance. For the avoidance of doubt, any QAL Staff Fund DC Member ceasing to be in the
Service in the circumstances contemplated in this Rule C.7 may continue to be a MySuper
Member to the extent the Member continues to meet the conditions of clause 8A(2).
D.8 Death or Total and Permanent Disablement while in employment
Subject to the provisions of the Deed and these Rules, if a QAL Staff Fund DC Member:
(a) dies while in the employ of the Employer; or
(b) ceases to be in the employ of the Employer as a result of Total and Permanent
Disablement,
there shall be payable to or in respect of the QAL Staff Fund DC Member a lump sum
benefit of an amount equal to the sum of:
(i) the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
(ii) subject to Rule 0.15, a Full Risk Benefit (if any).
D.8A Death or Total and Permanent Disablement — Deferred Account Members
If a Deferred Account Member dies or suffers Total and Permanent Disablement, there
shall be payable to or in respect of the Deferred Account Member a lump sum benefit equal
to:
(a) the Deferred Account Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
(b) the Member's Minimum Insurance Cover (if any).
D.9 Level of Full Risk Benefit
The Trustee may (with the approval of the relevant Insurer (where applicable)):
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(a) determine the percentage of each QAL Staff Fund DC Member's Salary to be
applicable in calculating the amount of the Full Risk Benefit applicable to QAL Staff
Fund DC Members, in which case that percentage shall apply in calculating the
Full Risk Benefit for each QAL Staff Fund DC Member; or
(b) determine more than one percentage of a QAL Staff Fund DC Member's Salary
which may be applied in calculating the Full Risk Benefit applicable to QAL Staff
Fund DC Members and invite QAL Staff Fund DC Members to nominate one of
those percentages, in which case the percentage nominated by the QAL Staff
Fund DC Member (or the percentage determined by the Trustee if the QAL Staff
Fund DC Member fails to make a nomination) shall apply in calculating the Full
Risk Benefit for a QAL Staff Fund DC Member,
provided, in each case, that the Trustee or Insurer (if applicable) may require any such
Member to undergo such medical examinations and tests and satisfy such other
underwriting or other conditions as the Trustee or Insurer may require. If the Member fails
to pass any such medical examination or test (or fails to satisfy such other underwriting or
other conditions) or the Member's results in any such examination or test are not
satisfactory for any reason, the Trustee or the Insurer may impose terms, conditions or
restrictions on the amount, of or conditions of payment, of any Full Risk Benefit (including,
without limitation, by suspending payment of the Full Risk Benefit or consideration of any
claim thereto, as the case may require, until the requirements of this Rule are complied
with) or may refuse to grant a Full Risk Benefit in relation to the Member.
D.10 Retirement on III-health for Eligible III-Health Members
A QAL Staff Fund DC Member who is retired from employment with the Employer before
Normal Retirement Date on the grounds that she or he has been declared to suffer III-
health shall be entitled to a lump sum equal to:
(a) the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
(b) subject to Rule D.15, a Partial Risk Benefit (if any),
provided that no Member shall be entitled to receive any amount under this Rule D.10
unless the Member is an Eligible III-Health Member. The relevant Employer shall bear the
costs of providing any III-health benefit provided in respect of a Member under this Rule
D.10.
D.10A Opt-out of Full and Partial Risk Benefits and Minimum Insurance Cover
(a) A QAL Staff Fund DC Member may elect not to receive a Full Risk Benefit (and, as
a result, a Partial Risk Benefit) on such terms and conditions as the Trustee may
determine from time to time.
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(b) A Deferred Account Member may elect not to receive Minimum Insurance Cover in
the circumstances contemplated in the MySuper Law.
0.11 Operation of the Accumulation Account
Subject to the Superannuation Requirements, the Trustee will have power to credit or debit
the QAL Staff Fund DC Member's or Deferred Account Member's Accumulation Account at
such time or times as the Trustee may from time to time think fit PROVIDED THAT:
(a) the Employer Amount will be credited at such time and in such manner so as to
ensure that no Employer has a Superannuation Charge obligation in relation to a
QAL Staff Fund DC Member; and
(b) all other credits and debits are to be made at least annually, and this will be done
on such basis as the Trustee will determine from time to time.
0.12 Special provisions in relation to former members of QAL Staff Fund No 2
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary express or implied in the Deed or these
Rules but subject to Superannuation Law, a QAL Staff Fund Member who was or
was deemed to be a member of the QAL Staff Fund No. 2 on 30 April 1991 and
who transferred to the QAL Staff Fund shall be entitled, upon request in writing to
the Trustee to a pension which is subject to the terms and conditions that would
have applied in the circumstances in respect of the QAL Staff Fund Member under
the rules governing the operation of the QAL Staff Fund No. 2 as at 31 December
1990.
(2) Where a former member of the QAL Staff Fund No. 2 elected under the Old
Provisions of the QAL Staff Fund No. 2 to commute part or all of the pension to
which the person was entitled and the former member dies the benefits payable
under this Schedule in the event of the death of the former member after cessation
of employment with the Employer do not apply and the benefit payable in respect
of the former member shall be calculated in accordance with the arrangements
made under the Old Provisions of the QAL Staff Fund No. 2. For the purposes of
this Rule the term 'Old Provisions' has the meaning ascribed to that term in the
trust deed regulating the QAL Staff Fund No. 2.
D.13 QAL Staff Fund DB Members
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, on a QAL Staff Fund DB Member ceasing to be in
the employ of the Employer in circumstances which would have given rise to a benefit
under the QAL Staff Fund Rules, the Trustee shall pay to or in respect of the QAL Staff
Fund DB Member the benefit which would have been payable to or in respect of the QAL
Staff Fund DB Member in the relevant circumstances had she or he continued as a
member of the QAL Staff Fund on the same terms and conditions as applied in respect of
the QAL Staff Fund DB Member immediately prior to the Transfer Date PROVIDED THAT:
(a) the assets relating to the benefits payable under this Rule will be invested in
accordance with this Deed and these Rules; and
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(b) no QAL Staff Fund DB Member shall be entitled to receive any amount under this
Rule D.13 which is payable as a result of the III-health of the Member unless the
Member is an Eligible III-Health Member.
D.13A Terminal Medical Condition benefits
(1) This Rule D.13A applies if a QAL Staff Fund DB Member:
(a) suffers a Terminal Medical Condition; and
(b) requests (in the form and manner determined by the Trustee) the Trustee
to pay all or part of their TMC Benefit.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, where this Rule D.13A applies there will be
payable to the QAL Staff Fund DB Member a lump sum benefit of an amount equal
to the amount of the TMC Benefit specified in the QAL Staff Fund DB Member's
request to the Trustee.
(3) Benefits payable under this Rule D.13A will be paid on such terms and conditions
as may be determined by the Trustee from time to time.
(4) Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee will debit the QAL Staff Fund DB
Member's accounts in the Fund with any amount paid under Rule D.13A(2) or
otherwise adjust the remaining benefits (if any) payable to or in respect of the QAL
Staff Fund DB Member in such manner as the Trustee thinks fit to take account of
the amount paid under Rule D.13A(2).
(5)
In this Rule D.13A the QAL Staff Fund DB Member's TMC Benefit means the
amount that would be payable to the QAL Staff Fund DB Member as a withdrawal
benefit on leaving service without entitlement to any other benefit from the Fund if
the QAL Staff Fund DB Member were entitled to that benefit under Rule D.13
(instead of a benefit under this Rule D.13A).
D.14 Payment of preserved benefits
The Trustee:
(a) must not pay a preserved benefit (within the meaning of Superannuation Law) to a
QAL Staff Fund Member prior to that Member's Deferral Date;
(b) must pay or commence to pay a benefit to a QAL Staff Fund Member when that
Member attains the date on which Superannuation Law requires a benefit to be
paid or to commence to be paid notwithstanding that the Member remains
employed by an Employer, and on payment of that benefit the Member shall cease
to be a Member; and
(c) may pay a benefit to a QAL Staff Fund Member who has attained age 65 on the
request of that Member notwithstanding that the Member remains an Employee
and on payment of that benefit the Member shall cease to be a Member.
In this Rule Deferral Date in relation to a QAL Staff Fund Member means the date on
which a preserved benefit (within the meaning of Superannuation Law) of the Member may
be cashed under Superannuation Law.
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D.15 Insurance restrictions and adjustments
(1) (a) Without limiting the operation of clause 6(10), if insurance is effected or
sought to be effected by the Trustee with an Insurer in respect of any
benefit which might become payable from the Fund in respect of a QAL
Staff Fund Member or group of QAL Staff Fund Members and:
(i) that Insurer refuses to provide or increase insurance in respect of a
QAL Staff Fund Member on its standard terms; or
(ii) that Insurer for any reason whatever fails to provide, increase or
maintain or reduces, terminates, limits, restricts or withholds
insurance or does not admit or refuses to consider or defers a
claim in whole or in part,
then, unless otherwise agreed between the Trustee and the QAL Principal
Employer, the benefits in respect of which insurance has been or would
have otherwise been effected shall be reduced to the extent to which
insurance has not been effected on standard terms or has otherwise not
been obtained, increased or maintained or has been reduced, terminated,
limited, restricted or withheld or such a claim is deferred or not admitted,
and the Trustee may adjust any affected benefit in such manner as the
Trustee, after obtaining the advice of the Actuary, considers appropriate in
effecting such a reduction.
(b) If any event provided for in Rule D.15(1)(a) occurs in relation to insurance
sought or effected, the Trustee shall not be bound to seek alternative
insurance with the same or another insurer or, if the Trustee may decide to
seek alternative insurance, the Trustee may limit that search to such
insurer or insurers as the Trustee may see fit.
(c) In any case, the Trustee may (and shall as directed by the QAL Principal
Employer) adjust the amount, time for and basis for payment of all or part
of a benefit in respect of which insurance has been effected in such
manner as the Trustee (or if the QAL Principal Employer, in the case of
such a direction) may consider appropriate to take account of the terms
and conditions upon which the proceeds of such insurance are payable by
the relevant Insurer and the amount thereof.
(d) Any adjusted benefits provided pursuant to this Rule D.15 shall be in lieu of
and in full satisfaction of the benefits which would or might have been or
become payable but for the operation of this Rule D.15.
(2) If insurance is not sought by the Trustee in respect of the whole of a benefit which
might become payable from the Fund in respect of a person but the QAL Principal
Employer believes that an event provided for in Rule D.15(1)(a) would or would
likely have occurred if the Trustee had done so, then (unless otherwise agreed
between the Trustee and the QAL Principal Employer) Rule D.15 shall apply
(subject to Superannuation Law) as if:
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(a) the Trustee had in fact sought or effected insurance in respect of that
benefit of such amount and on such conditions as shall be determined by
the QAL Principal Employer; and
(b) such of the events provided for in Rule D.15(1)(a) as the QAL Principal
Employer shall determine had in fact occurred and for such reasons, in
such circumstances and with such effect as the QAL Principal Employer
shall determine.
D.16 Deferred Membership
(1) Where a benefit of not less than the Minimum Account Balance becomes payable
to a QAL Staff Fund DC Member under Rule D.7, D.8 (except on death) or D.10 on
or after 1 July 2007 the QAL Staff Fund DC Member will be known as a Deferred Account Member on and from the time the benefit becomes payable.
(2) The following provisions apply to, and in respect of, each Deferred Account
Member from the agreed date for the purposes of Clause 3A (in the case of a
Deferred Account Member under paragraph (a) of the definition of Deferred Account Member in Rule D.2) or the time the benefit becomes payable (in any other case):
(a) their benefit will remain in the Accumulation Account under this Schedule
until death or Rule D.16 applies;
(b) except to the extent required by the Superannuation Requirements, no
contributions by or in respect of the Employer will be accepted by the
Trustee for crediting to the Accumulation Account;
(c) they will be entitled to Minimum Insurance Cover; and
(d) they will not be entitled to a Full Risk Benefit or a Partial Risk Benefit.
(3)
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, the Accumulation Account Balance of a
Deferred Account Member will be payable as follows:
(a) upon the death or Total and Permanent Disablement of the Deferred
Account Member;
(b) within 30 days (or such other period as may be determined by the Trustee
from time to time) of a request in writing from the Deferred Account
Member to the Trustee for payment of all or a nominated sum or
percentage of the Deferred Account Member's Accumulation Account
Balance; and
(c) in such other circumstances (if any) as may be determined by the Trustee
from time to time).
Payments under this Rule will be made:
(i) (A) in the case of the death of the Deferred Account Member — in
accordance with Clause 6(3) or 6(3A) (as the case may be); or
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(B) in any case - in accordance with any request of the Deferred
Account Member in a manner consistent with Superannuation Law
or as determined by the Trustee from time to time; and
(H) on terms and conditions (if any) as may be determined by the Trustee from
time to time.
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Schedule 5 — Defined Benefit Division
E. Former Members of North Superannuation Fund
E.1 Commencement and Application of Schedule
(1) This Schedule commenced on 31 March 2001.
(2) This Schedule applies to a former pensioner of the North Fund who was
transferred to the Fund as from the Transfer Date.
E.2 Definitions
North Fund means the North Superannuation Fund which was established by a Trust
Deed dated 11 December 1980 (as amended).
North Fund Pensioner means a person entitled to a pension from the North Fund
immediately prior to the Transfer Date.
North Fund Rules means the governing rules of the North Fund in force immediately prior
to the Transfer Date.
Transfer Date means 30 April 2001 or such other date as the Trustee may determine.
E.3 Former North Fund Pensioners
(1) The Trustee shall pay to or in respect of each North Fund Pensioner who is
transferred to the Fund at the Transfer Date and to any person entitled to a
pension or other payment on the death of the North Fund Pensioner a pension (or
payment) on the same terms and conditions as applied under the North Fund
immediately prior to the Transfer Date.
(2) The Trustee must increase any pension under Rule E.3(1) as from 1 July in each
year in the same manner as such pension would have been increased had it
continued to be paid under the North Fund Rules.
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Schedule 6 - Accumulation Division
F. Personal Members
F.1 Commencement and Application of this Schedule
(1) This Schedule commences on the Personal Members Commencement Date.
(2) This Schedule applies to each Personal Member.
F.2 Definitions and Compliance with Superannuation Law
In this Schedule:
Accumulation Account means in relation to a Personal Member, the account established
and maintained by the Trustee under Rule F.3.
Accumulation Account Balance means in relation to a Personal Member at any
particular date, the amount standing to the credit of the Personal Member's Accumulation
Account at that date.
Administration Charge means the amount determined by the Trustee from time to time
with the approval of the Principal Employer having regard to the costs incurred in
administering the Fund which are referable to Personal Members PROVIDED THAT the
Trustee and the Principal Employer may agree in respect of any particular period that the
Administration Charge will be nil.
Deferred Account Member means:
(a) a Member of the Fund who was entitled to benefits as a 'Deferred Account
Member' as at the Personal Members Commencement Date, other than a former
Defined Contribution Member who is a Deferred Account Member for the purposes
of Schedule 1, and the Member is a Deferred Account Member under this
Schedule from the Personal Members Commencement Date; and
(b) in respect of the period on and after the Personal Members Commencement Date -
a Member of the Fund under Rule F.3(1); and
(c) a former member of the Alcan Fund:
(i) in respect of whom an accumulation account was maintained under
Clause 6.5 of the Alcan Fund Deed as at the Alcan Transfer Date; and
(ii) who is admitted to membership of the Fund as a Deferred Account
Member on the Alcan Transfer Date on the basis that the provisions of this
Schedule 6 relating to Deferred Account Members apply to them.
Minimum Insurance Charge means:
(a) in relation to a Member in respect of which the provision of Minimum Insurance
Cover is self-insured, such amount as is determined from time to time by the
Trustee after obtaining the advice of the Actuary as appropriate to provide the
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Minimum Insurance Cover in the event of death and Total and Permanent
Disablement; or
(b) in relation to a Member in respect of which the provision of Minimum Insurance
Cover is not self-insured, the cost of maintaining that Minimum Insurance Cover in
respect of the Member.
Minimum Insurance Cover means, in relation to a Personal Member who dies or suffers
Total and Permanent Disablement, an amount determined in accordance with the following
table based on the Member's age at the date of death or Total and Permanent
Disablement:
Age Amount ($)
Under 35 50,000
35 to 39 35,000
40 to 44 20,000
45 to 49 14,000
50 to 55 7,000
56 or more Nil
provided that:
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the minimum amount of the Minimum Insurance Cover
must be not less than the minimum death benefit required to be provided under the
Superannuation Requirements; and
(b) the amount of the Minimum Insurance Cover payable to a Personal Member who
has elected not to receive Minimum Insurance Cover pursuant to Rule F.10 will be nil.
Non-member Spouse Account Member means:
(a) a Member of the Fund who was entitled to benefits as a 'Non-member Spouse
Account Member' as at the Personal Members Commencement Date, and the
Member is a Non-member Spouse Account Member under this Schedule from the
Personal Members Commencement Date; and
(b) in respect of the period on and after the Personal Members Commencement Date -
a Member of the Fund under Rule F.3(2).
Opening Balance means:
(a) in the case of a Deferred Account Member under paragraph (a) of the definition of
Deferred Account Member in Rule F.2, a Non-member Spouse Account Member under paragraph (a) of the definition of Non-member Spouse Account Member in Rule F.2 and a Spouse Account Member under paragraph (a) of the definition of
Spouse Account Member in Rule F.2 - the amount standing to the credit of the
Member's account in the Fund as at the Personal Members Commencement Date;
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(b) in the case of a Deferred Account Member under paragraph (b) of the definition of
Deferred Account Member in Rule F.2 - an amount equal to the lump sum benefit
under Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule 4, Schedule 5 or Schedule 8 (as the case
may be);
(c) in the case of a Spouse Account Member under paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of
Spouse Account Member in Rule F.2 — an amount equal to the Splittable
Contributions accepted by the Trustee when the Member first becomes a Spouse
Account Member; and
(d) in the case of a Non—member Spouse Account Member under paragraph (b) of the
definition of Non-member Spouse Account Member in Rule F.2 - an amount
equal to the person's Spouse's Benefit; and
(e) in the case of a Deferred Account Member under paragraph (c) of the definition of
Deferred Account Member in Rule F.2 — an amount equal to the balance (if any)
standing to the credit of the account maintained in respect of the Member under
Clause 6.5 of the Alcan Fund Deed as at the Alcan Transfer Date.
Personal Member means:
(a) a Deferred Account Member;
(b) a Non-member Spouse Account Member; and
(c) a Spouse Account Member.
Personal Members Commencement Date means 1 July 2007.
Spouse Account Member means:
(a) a Member of the Fund who was entitled to benefits as a 'Spouse Account Member'
as at the Personal Members Commencement Date, and the Member is a Spouse
Account Member under this Schedule from the Personal Members
Commencement Date; and
(b) in respect of the period on and after the Personal Members Commencement Date:
(i) an Eligible Spouse who is a Spouse Account Member under Rule F.3(3);
and
(ii) the Spouse of a Member of the Fund who is a Spouse Account Member
under Rule F.3(4).
Spouse's Benefit in relation to a Non-member Spouse Account Member, means the
person's Spouse's Benefit under Clause 8(12)(d).
Voluntary Contributions means in relation to a Personal Member, contributions (if any)
made by the Personal Member to the Fund.
F.3 Admission of Deferred Account Members, Spouse Account Members and
Non-member Spouse Account Members to this Schedule
(1) A Deferred Account Member for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of
Deferred Account Member in Rule F.2 is a Defined Benefit Member, a North
Fund Pensioner, a QAL Wages Fund DB Member, a QAL Staff Fund DB Member
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and an Alcan DB Member who, in the absence of this paragraph, would be entitled
to receive an immediate lump sum benefit of not less than the Minimum Account
Balance under Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule 4, Schedule 5 or Schedule 8 (as
the case may be) where the Trustee and the Member agree that the Member will
be entitled to benefits as a Deferred Account Member under this Schedule upon
the entitlement arising, and the Member is a Deferred Account Member from the
date determined by the Trustee.
(2) A Non—member Spouse Account Member is a person:
(a) who has an entitlement to a Spouse's Benefit of not less than the Minimum
Account Balance under Clause 8(12);
(b) whose Spouse's Benefit has not been dealt with in full under Clauses
8(12)(d)(iv) or 8(12)(d)(v); and
(c) who is not otherwise a member of the Fund at the time the entitlement to
the Spouse's Benefit arises unless the Trustee determines otherwise
(whether in relation to Non-member Spouse Account Members generally or
in relation to any particular Non-member Spouse Account Member or
category of Non—member Spouse Account Member).
Where the above conditions apply, the person becomes a Non—member Spouse
Account Member when the entitlement to the Spouse's Benefit arises under Clause
8(12), and their Spouse's Benefit will be dealt with under this Schedule from that
time.
(3)
A Spouse Account Member for the purposes of paragraph (b)(i) of the definition
of Spouse Account Member in Rule F.2 is a person in respect of whom the
Trustee has accepted an application by his or her Spouse (at a time when the
Spouse is a Member of the Fund) for that person's admission to the Fund as a
Spouse Account Member under this Schedule in a form approved by the Trustee
from time to time, being a person who is not otherwise a Member of the Fund at
the time of the application unless the Trustee otherwise determines (whether in
relation to Spouse Account Members generally or in relation to any particular
Spouse Account Member or category of Spouse Account Member). The person is
a Spouse Account Member from the date determined by the Trustee.
(4) A Spouse Account Member for the purposes of paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition
of Spouse Account Member in Rule F.2 is an Eligible Spouse in respect of whom
the Trustee has determined to establish an Accumulation Account in the Fund
under this Schedule on account of accepting Splittable Contributions in respect of
the Eligible Spouse in accordance with Clause 5(10), being an Eligible Spouse who
is not otherwise a member of the Fund at the time of the Trustee accepting the
Splittable Contributions, unless the Trustee otherwise determines (whether in
relation to Spouse Account Members generally or in relation to any particular
Spouse Account Member or category of Spouse Account Member). The person is
a Spouse Account Member from the date determined by the Trustee.
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F.4 Contributions
(1) A Personal Member is permitted to make Voluntary Contributions in a form and
manner approved by the Trustee from time to time.
(2) Subject to Rule F.3, a Member may make contributions to the Fund in respect of
their Eligible Spouse who is a Personal Member in accordance with terms and
conditions determined by the Trustee from time to time.
(3) If the Member who was a Personal Member's Spouse (Personal Member's
Former Spouse) ceases to satisfy the definition of Spouse in relation to the
Personal Member, contributions by the Personal Member's Former Spouse will not
be accepted by the Trustee, unless Superannuation Law permits.
(4) A Personal Member is not permitted to make any other contributions except those
which the Trustee is required to accept under the Superannuation Requirements.
F.5 Personal Account
(1) The Trustee will establish and maintain in respect of each Personal Member an
Accumulation Account which will be:
(a) credited with:
(I) the Personal Member's Opening Balance (if any);
(ii) the Voluntary Contributions (if any);
(iii) the amount of any contributions made in respect of the Personal
Member as an Eligible Spouse;
(iv) the amount of any co-contributions accepted into the Fund in
respect of the Personal Member under Clause 5(9);
(v) any amount of Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine
to credit in respect of the Personal Member because of a valid
contributions splitting application under Clause 5(10) (other than
any Splittable Contributions included in the Opening Balance);
(vi) the Spouse's Benefit (within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d)) of the
Personal Member in accordance with Clause 8(12);
(vii) any amount to be credited to the Accumulation Account:
(A) unless Rule F.5(1)(a)(vii)(B) applies — in accordance with
Clause 6D; or
(B) in the case of a Deferred Account Member - as determined
by the Trustee from time to time with the approval of the
Principal Employer, having regard to Clauses 6B and 6C,
any applicable legislative or government requirement
(including, without limitation, the MySuper Law) and such
other matters as the Trustee considers relevant;
(viii) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund
to the Accumulation Account;
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(ix) any amount paid, rolled over or transferred to the Fund from an
Approved Benefit Arrangement in respect of the Personal Member;
and
(x) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or
equitable to be credited to the Accumulation Account; and
(b) debited with:
(i) the Administration Charge (if any);
(ii) the Taxation Amount;
(iii) any amount of Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine
to debit in respect of the Personal Member because of a valid
contributions splitting application in favour of the Personal
Member's Spouse under Clause 5(10);
(iv) the Spouse's Benefit of the Spouse of the Personal Member in
accordance with Clause 8(12);
(v) any amount to be debited to the Accumulation Account:
(A) unless Rule F.5(1)(b)(v)(B) applies — in accordance with
Clause 6D; or
(B) in the case of a Deferred Account Member - as determined
by the Trustee from time to time with the approval of the
Principal Employer, having regard to Clauses 6B and 6C,
any applicable legislative or government requirement
(including, without limitation, the MySuper Law) and such
other matters as the Trustee considers relevant;
(vi) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund
from the Accumulation Account;
(vii) any amount paid, rolled over or transferred from the Fund to an
Approved Benefit Arrangement in respect of the Personal Member;
(viii) any benefit paid from the Accumulation Account;
(ix) the Minimum Insurance Charge (if applicable and if any); and
(x) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or
equitable to be debited to the Accumulation Account.
F.6 Benefits
(1) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, the Accumulation Account Balance of a
Personal Member will be payable as follows:
(a) within 30 days (or such other period as may be determined by the Trustee
from time to time) of a request in writing from the Personal Member to the
Trustee for payment of all or a nominated sum or percentage of the
Personal Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
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(b) in such other circumstances (if any) as may be determined by the Trustee
from time to time.
Payments under this Rule will be made:
(i) in accordance with any request of the Personal Member in a manner
consistent with Superannuation Law or as may be determined by the
Trustee from time to time; and
(ii) on terms and conditions (if any) as may be determined by the Trustee from
time to time.
F.7 Terminal Medical Condition Benefit
(1)
This Rule F.7 applies if:
(a) a Personal Member suffers a Terminal Medical Condition;
(b) the Personal Member's Accumulation Account Balance is not less than the
Minimum Account Balance; and
(c) the Personal Member requests (in the form and manner determined by the
Trustee) the Trustee to pay all or part of their TMC Benefit.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, where this Rule F.7 applies there will be
payable to the Personal Member a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the
amount of the TMC Benefit specified in the Personal Member's request to the
Trustee.
(3)
In this Rule F.7 a Personal Member's TMC Benefit means an amount equal to the
amount of their Accumulation Account Balance less the Minimum Account
Balance.
F.8 Death of a Personal Member
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon the death of a Personal Member there will be
payable from the Fund to the Dependants of the Personal Member and/or to the legal
personal representatives of the Personal Member or (if applicable) to other persons in
accordance with Clause 6(3) or 6(3A) (as the case may be) a lump sum benefit of an
amount equal to the sum of:
(a) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
(b) the Member's Minimum Insurance Cover (if any).
F.9 Total and Permanent Disablement
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, upon a Personal Member suffering Total and
Permanent Disablement there will be payable to the Member a lump sum benefit of an
amount equal to the sum of:
(a) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance; and
(b) the Member's Minimum Insurance Cover (if any).
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F.10 Opt-out of Minimum Insurance Cover
A Personal Member may elect not to receive Minimum Insurance Cover in the
circumstances contemplated in the MySuper Law.
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Schedule 7 — Retirement Division
G. Account Based Pensioners & Transition to Retirement Pensioners
(TRAP Pensioners)
G.1 Application of Retirement Division
This Schedule applies to:
(a) a person who was an Allocated Pensioner entitled to an Allocated Pension under
this Deed and the Rules as at 30 June 2007;
(b) a Member in respect of whom the Trustee has transferred all or part of the benefit
immediately payable to the Member to an Account Based Pension Account;
(c) a Member or a Dependant who has an amount transferred to an Account Based
Pension Account under Clause 6(1A);
(d) a nominated Spouse of an Account Based Pensioner for the purposes of Rule
G.5(3); and
(e) a Transition to Retirement Pensioner.
G.2 Definitions and Compliance with Superannuation Law
Account Based Pensioner means a Member, a Dependant or the nominated Spouse of a
Member covered by Rule G.1.
Account Based Pension Account in relation to an Account Based Pensioner, means the
account established and maintained by the Trustee in accordance with Rule G.3.
Account Based Pension Account Balance in relation to an Account Based Pensioner at
any particular date, means the amount standing to the credit of their Account Based
Pensioner's Account at that date.
Transition to Retirement Pension (or a TRAP) means:
(a) a transition to retirement income stream (within the meaning of Superannuation
Law);
(b) a non-commutable allocated annuity (within the meaning of Superannuation Law);
(c) a non-commutable allocated pension (within the meaning of Superannuation Law);
(d) a non-commutable annuity (within the meaning of Superannuation Law); and
(e) a non-commutable pension (within the meaning of Superannuation Law).
Transition to Retirement Pensioner (or TRAP Pensioner) means a Member referred to
in Rule G.6(1).
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G.3 Account Based Pension Account
(1) Upon admission to this Schedule, the Trustee will:
(a) establish and maintain in the books of the Fund an Account Based Pension
Account in respect of the Account Based Pensioner; and
(b) maintain a record of the Account Based Pensioner's Account Based
Pension Account Balance.
(2) The Trustee will credit to an Account Based Pensioner's Account Based Pension
Account:
(a) in the case of a person referred to in Rule G.1(a) — the person's Allocated
Pension Account Balance (within the meaning of this Deed and the Rules
as at 30 June 2007) as at 30 June 2007;
(b) such amount as is transferred to the Account Based Pension Account
under Clause 6(1A) as at the date of the transfer or as otherwise
determined by the Trustee;
(c) any contribution made to the Fund by the Account Based Pensioner, or any
person in respect of the Account Based Pensioner, with the consent of the
Trustee as at the date the Trustee receives these contributions;
(d) any amounts, or the value of assets (as the case may be), paid or
transferred to the Fund in respect of the Account Based Pensioner from an
Approved Benefit Arrangement with the consent of the Trustee as at the
date agreed by the Trustee and the Account Based Pensioner;
(e) any amount to be credited to the Account Based Pension Account in
accordance with Clause 6D;
(f) any eligible termination payment (within the meaning of Tax Act) paid or
transferred to the Fund by or in respect of the Account Based Pensioner
with the consent of the Trustee as at such date agreed by the Trustee and
the Account Based Pensioner; and
(g) any other amounts which the Trustee considers appropriate or equitable to
credit to the Account Based Pensioner's Account Based Pension Account
as at the date determined by the Trustee.
(3)
The value of any assets to be credited to an Account Based Pension Account
under Rule G.3(2)(c) will be the value agreed by the Trustee and the Account
Based Pensioner.
(4) The Trustee will debit from an Account Based Pensioner's Account Based Pension
Account:
(a) any benefit paid from the Account Based Pension Account in accordance
with this Deed and these Rules or the Operational Rules as at the date of
payment;
(b) any amount to be debited to the Account Based Pension Account in
accordance with Clause 6D;
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(c) any amount in respect of costs, expenses, fees and similar amounts
required to be debited in accordance with this Deed or these Rules, or as
determined by the Trustee from time to time, as at the date determined in
accordance with this Deed or these Rules or by the Trustee (as the case
may be);
(d) any amount transferred to Schedule 6 or an Approved Benefit Arrangement
in accordance with this Deed or these Rules or the Operational Rules as at
the date of transfer;
(e) any amount required to be debited from the Account Based Pension
Account under Clause 6(5), and any other taxes, duties or charges which
the Trustee determines relate to the Account Based Pensioner or the
Account Based Pension Account as at the date determined by the Trustee;
and
(f) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or equitable
to debit from the Account Based Pensioner's Account Based Pension
Account as at the date determined by the Trustee.
G.4 Level and Payment of Account Based Pension
(1) Each Account Based Pensioner must provide to the Trustee a notice in writing:
(a) on transfer to Schedule 7; and
(b) thereafter at a date or dates to be determined by the Trustee,
specifying the level of the pension to be paid to that Account Based Pensioner.
The level specified must be within the limits permitted by Superannuation Law.
(2) The pension level specified by the Account Based Pensioner will be effective:
(a) on transfer, immediately; and
(b) thereafter, at a date or dates to be determined by the Trustee.
(3)
The Account Based Pension Account will be paid at such times as determined by
the Trustee to the account nominated in writing by the Account Based Pensioner.
(4) If an Account Based Pensioner fails to specify a pension level in accordance with
Rule G.4(1), the pension level during the following year will:
(a) continue at the level specified by the Account Based Pensioner in the
previous year; or
(b) if the level specified by the Account Based Pensioner in the previous year
is lower than the minimum level (if any) required by Superannuation Law,
then the minimum level required by Superannuation Law; or
(c) if the level specified by the Account Based Pensioner in the previous year
. is greater than the maximum level (if any) permitted by Superannuation
Law, then the maximum level permitted by Superannuation Law.
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G.5 Benefits
(1)
The Trustee will upon receiving a written request for payment from an Account
Based Pensioner in a form approved by the Trustee:
(a) pay to the Account Based Pensioner or other person or persons nominated
in the request; or
(b) transfer to an Approved Benefit Arrangement on such terms and conditions
as the Trustee thinks fit,
all or such part of the Account Based Pension Account Balance as is specified by
the Account Based Pensioner in that request.
(2) Unless otherwise determined by the Trustee, the Account Based Pension Account
Balance or such part of it as determined by the Trustee (as the case may be) will
be payable on the first to occur of:
(a) the death of the Account Based Pensioner in which case Rule G.5(3) will
apply; or
(b) Superannuation Law requiring the Account Based Pension Account
Balance, or any part of it, to be paid or commence to be paid, in which
case Rule G.5(5) will apply.
(3)
Where all or any part of an Account Based Pensioner's Account Based Pension
Account Balance becomes payable under Rule G.5(2)(a) the Account Based
Pension Account Balance will be paid by the Trustee:
(a) if the Account Based Pensioner has nominated a Spouse and the
nominated Spouse has survived the Account Based Pensioner - to or for
the benefit of the nominated Spouse as a continuation of the Account
Based Pension, or as a single lump sum benefit, as elected by the Spouse;
(b) if the Account Based Pensioner has made a Binding Nomination in
accordance with Clause 6(3A) — in accordance with 6(3A); or
(c) if neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) of this Rule apply in respect of
the Account Based Pensioner — in accordance with Clause 6(3).
(4) Subject to Clause 6(3A), on the death of the nominated Spouse referred to in Rule
G.5(3)(a) the nominated Spouse's Account Based Pension Account Balance will be
paid by the Trustee:
(a) if the nominated Spouse has made a Binding Nomination in accordance
with Clause 6(3A) — in accordance with Clause 6(3A); or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply in respect of the nominated Spouse — in
accordance with Clause 6(3).
(5)
Where all or any part of an Account Based Pensioner's Account Based Pension
Account Balance becomes payable under Rule G.5(2)(b) the Account Based
Pension Account Balance or part (as the case may be) may be paid or applied by
the Trustee in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, as determined by
the Trustee.
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(6) Subject to Rule G.5(3)(a), amounts paid from an Account Based Pension Account
to, or in respect of, an Account Based Pensioner may be paid in such form
(including, without limitation, lump sums, pensions, annuities or any combination)
as the Trustee thinks fit.
G.6 Transition to Retirement Pensions (TRAPs)
(1) Subject to Superannuation Law, upon the request of a Member the Trustee may
apply all or part of the Member's benefits or entitlements under the Fund in the
acquisition of a Transition to Retirement Pension from the Fund even if the
Member will continue in the employ of their employer after the request is dealt with
by the Trustee. Where this Rule applies the Member is a Transition to Retirement
Pensioner in respect of the benefits or entitlements applied to the acquisition of a
Transition to Retirement Pension.
(2) Benefits payable under this Rule G.6 will be paid on such terms and conditions as
the Trustee determines from time to time (which may include the terms and
conditions of any fees to be paid in respect of a Transition to Retirement Pension
provided under this Rule G.6).
(3) Where a Member receives a Transition to Retirement Pension under this Rule G.6,
the Trustee:
(a) will reduce the Member's benefits or entitlements under the Fund by the
amount applied to acquire the Transition to Retirement Pension; and
(b) may otherwise adjust the terms and conditions of the Member's
participation in the Fund as the Trustee thinks fit.
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Schedule 8 — Defined Benefit Division (Alcan DB Members)
H. Alcan DB Members
H.1 Commencement and Application of Schedule
(1) This Schedule commences on the Alcan Transfer Date.
(2) This Schedule applies to:
(a) a former member of the Alcan Fund who is admitted to membership of the
Fund as an Alcan DB Member on the Alcan Transfer Date;
(b) an Employee who is admitted to membership of the Fund after the Alcan
Transfer Date as an Alcan DB Member on the basis that this Schedule
applies to them; and
(c) a Defined Contribution Member who becomes an Alcan DB Member under
Rule A.12(1) of Schedule 1.
(3)
The Alcan DB Members may be divided into categories. The number and
designation of such categories, and the conditions for entry to and exit from any
category, shall be as determined by the Employer from time to time.
H.2 Definitions and interpretation
In this Schedule:
Accumulation Account means in relation to an Alcan DB Member, the account
established and maintained by the Trustee in accordance with Rule H.6.
Accumulation Account Balance means in relation to an Alcan DB Member at any
particular date, the amount standing to the credit of the Member's Accumulation Account at
that date.
Administration Charge means in relation to an Alcan DB Member, the amount
determined by the Trustee from time to time with the approval of the Principal Employer
having regard to the costs incurred in administering the Fund which are referable to Alcan
DB Members provided that the Trustee and the Principal Employer may agree in respect
of any particular period that the Administration Charge will be nil.
Alcan DB Member means:
(a) a Member:
(I)
who was entitled to defined benefits under the Alcan Fund Deed as at the
Alcan Transfer Date; and
(ii) who is admitted to membership of the Fund as an Alcan DB Member on
the Alcan Transfer Date;
(b) an Employee who is admitted to membership of the Fund after the Alcan Transfer
Date as an Alcan DB Member on the basis that this Schedule applies to them; and
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(c) a Defined Contribution Member who becomes an Alcan DB Member under
Rule A.12(1) of Schedule 1.
Annual Wage means in relation to an Alcan DB Member, the annual rate of wage payable
to the Member which has been advised to the Trustee by the Employer provided that in
calculating the Member's Final Average Wage for the purposes of Rules H.9 and H.10, the
Member's Annual Wage is the greater of:
(a) the annual rate of the Member's Wage at the Review Date preceding the date of
death or the Date of Disablement (as the case may be); and
(b) the annual rate of the Member's Wage at the date of death or the Date of
Disablement (as the case may be),
and this amount is deemed to be the Member's Annual Wage up to the Member's Normal
Retirement Date.
Date of Disablement means in relation to an Alcan DB Member, the date on which the
Member is accepted as being Totally and Permanently Disabled under any policy of
insurance providing benefits on disablement under which the Trustee may have insured the
Member or if there is no such policy of insurance or if no such date can be ascertained,
such date as the Trustee in its discretion may determine.
Discounted Accrued Retirement Benefit means in relation to an Alcan DB Member:
(a) an amount calculated in the manner set out in Rule H.8 (as if the Member had
qualified for the payment of a benefit under that Rule), reduced by one per cent for
each year (counting completed months as fractions of a year) in the period from
the date the Member ceases Service to the date the Member would have attained
age 55 provided that for the purposes of this reduction, any number of years in
excess of twenty is not counted; or
(b) subject to Superannuation Law, any other valuation method determined by the
Trustee following a recommendation by the Actuary.
Final Average Wage means in relation to an Alcan DB Member, the average of the
Member's Annual Wages over the thirty-six months immediately prior to the Member's
Normal Retirement Date or date of earlier ceasing Service.
Opening Balance means:
(a) in the case of an Alcan DB Member in respect of whom paragraph (a) of the
definition of Alcan DB Member in this Rule H.2 applies — an amount equal to the
sum of the balances (if any) standing to the credit of the Member's 'Compulsory
Contribution Account', 'Member Voluntary Account', 'Spouse Contribution Account',
'Contribution-splitting Account' and 'Rollover Account' as at the Alcan Transfer
Date, determined in accordance with the Alcan Fund Deed; and
(b) in the case of an Alcan DB Member in respect of whom paragraph (c) of the
definition of Alcan DB Member in this Rule H.2 applies — the Member's
Accumulation Account Balance (as defined in Schedule 1) as at the date
nominated by the Employer for the purpose of Rule A.12(1) of Schedule 1.
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Review Date means:
(a) 1 July or such other date as the Trustee may from time to time nominate in relation
to either the Fund or a particular Alcan DB Member; and
(b) in relation to an Alcan DB Member who first joins the Fund between Review Dates,
the date the Member joined the Plan and thereafter the Review Date described in
paragraph (a) above.
Review Period means a period commencing on a Review Date and ceasing immediately
prior to the next Review Date.
Rule means a rule of this Schedule.
Service means in relation to an Alcan DB Member, continuous service with an Employer
and for the purposes of this definition, an Alcan DB Member's service does not cease to be
continuous by reason only of:
(a) a transfer from the service of one Employer to the service of another Employer; or
(b) the Member's temporary absence from the service of the Employer:
(i) while the Member is engaged in compulsory military service or in service in
the armed forces of Australia or its allies in time of war; or
(ii) in any other circumstances which for the purposes of the Fund the
Employer regards as not resulting in a break in the continuity of the
Member's service.
Taxation Amount means in relation to an Alcan DB Member, an amount as determined by
the Trustee equal to the tax which in the opinion of the Trustee has been assessed against
the Fund in respect of any contributions made by the Employer in respect of the Alcan DB
Member under Rule H.5 or would be assessed against the Fund had the Employer made
such contributions to the Fund in relation to the Alcan DB Member on the date the amount
of such contributions were credited to their Accumulation Account.
Wage in relation to an Alcan DB Member means either:
(a) the remuneration (whether described as salary or wages or otherwise) at which the
Member is employed by the Employer but does not include any overtime, shift
penalties, bonuses, special grants or allowances for residence travelling or
otherwise; or
(b) such amount as is for the purposes of the Fund agreed upon between the Member
and the Employer.
Years of Contributory Membership means in relation to an Alcan DB Member, the
number of years including fractions of a year being complete months from the date the
Member joined the Alcan Fund or the Fund (whichever is the earlier date) to the Member's
Normal Retirement Date or date of earlier ceasing Service provided that:
(a) any period during which the Member was:
(i) temporarily absent from Service;
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(ii) entitled to accumulation benefits as an 'Accumulation Member' or a
'Spouse Member' of the Alcan Fund under the Alcan Fund Deed; or
(iii) a Defined Contribution Member (as defined in Schedule 1),
is not counted, unless the Employer otherwise determines or Superannuation Law
otherwise requires; and
(b) on or about the date on which the Member:
(i) joined the Alcan Fund or the Fund (whichever is the earlier date);
(H) ceased to be entitled to accumulation benefits as an 'Accumulation
Member' or a 'Spouse Member' of the Alcan Fund under the Alcan Fund
Deed; or
(iii) ceased to be a Defined Contribution Member pursuant to Rule A.12(1) of
Schedule 1,
the Employer may specify another date as being the date from which the Member's
Years of Contributory Membership are to be measured, but such date shall not be:
(A) earlier than the date on which the Member became an Employee; or
(B) later than the date which would otherwise have been used for the purpose
of this definition.
H.3 Compulsory Member Contributions
(1) Subject to Clause 5 and this Rule H.3, an Alcan DB Member must contribute to the
Fund in respect of each Review Period at a rate determined by the Employer from
time to time, but not exceeding six per cent of the Member's Annual Wage at the
commencement of the period.
(2) The contributions payable by an Alcan DB Member under Rule H.3(1) commence
on the date on which he becomes a Member and cease on the Normal Retirement
Date or on his ceasing prior to that date to be in Service or to be a Member
whichever is the earlier.
(3) An Alcan DB Member may cease or suspend contributing under Rule H.3(1) or
reduce contributions rates under Rule H.3(1) if the Trustee and the Employer
agree.
(4) The Trustee may, with the Employer's consent, waive contributions payable by an
Alcan DB Member under Rule H.3(1) whereupon the Employer will pay the amount
of the contributions that have been waived, provided that any amount paid under
this Rule H.3(4) must, subject to the deduction of any taxes or expenses
attributable to it, fully vest in the Member and does not reduce the Employer's
liability to make any contributions for which the Employer may otherwise be liable.
H.4 Voluntary Member Contributions
An Alcan DB Member may contribute such additional amounts to the Fund as determined
by the Member and advised to the Trustee from time to time.
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H.5 Employer Contributions
(1) Subject to Clause 5 and this Rule H.5, the Employer must contribute in respect of
an Alcan DB Member such further amount (if any) as is necessary to ensure that
the Employer has no Superannuation Charge obligation in relation to the Member.
(2) In determining the amount of any contributions payable under H.5(1), the Employer
is entitled to take into account any contributions made by the Employer in respect
of the Member to the Fund or any contribution made or intended or required to be
made by the Employer in respect of the Member to another superannuation fund or
like arrangement which causes the Employer in whole or in part to avoid a
Superannuation Charge obligation arising in relation to the Member.
H.6 Accumulation Account
The Trustee will establish and maintain in respect of an Alcan DB Member an
Accumulation Account which will be:
(a) credited with:
the Opening Balance (if applicable);
(ii) the amount of any additional contributions made by the Alcan DB Member
under Rule H.4;
(iii) the amount of any contributions made by the Employer in respect of the
Alcan DB Member under Rule H.5;
(iv) the amount of any contributions made in respect of the Alcan DB Member
as an Eligible Spouse;
(v) the amount of any co-contributions accepted into the Fund in respect of the
Alcan DB Member under Clause 5(9);
(vi) the amount of any Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine to
credit in respect of the Alcan DB Member because of a valid contributions
splitting application under Clause 5(10);
(vii) the amount of any Spouse's Benefit, within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d),
to be credited in respect of the Alcan DB Member under Clause 8(12);
(viii) any amount to be credited to the Accumulation Account in accordance with Clause 6D;
(ix) any amount to be credited to the Accumulation Account pursuant to Clause 6(5);
(x) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund to the
Accumulation Account;
(xi) any amount paid, rolled over or transferred to the Fund from an Approved
Benefit Arrangement in respect of the Alcan DB Member;
(xii) any amount to be credited to the Accumulation Account pursuant to Rule H.7(2); and
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(xiii) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or equitable
to be credited to the Accumulation Account; and
(b) debited with:
(i) the Administration Charge (if any);
(ii) the Taxation Amount;
(iii) any amount of any Splittable Contributions the Trustee may determine to
debit in respect of the Alcan DB Member because of a valid contributions
splitting application in favour of the Alcan DB Member's Spouse under
Clause 5(10);
(iv) the amount of any Spouse's Benefit, within the meaning of Clause 8(12)(d),
of the Alcan DB Member's Spouse determined in accordance with
Clause 8(12);
(v) any amount to be debited to the Accumulation Account in accordance with
Clause 6D;
(vi) any amount to be debited to the Accumulation Account pursuant to
Clause 6(5);
(vii) the amount of any benefits allocated or transferred within the Fund from
the Accumulation Account;
(viii) any amount paid, rolled over or transferred from the Fund to an Approved
Benefit Arrangement in respect of the Alcan DB Member; and
(ix) any other amounts which the Trustee considers is appropriate or equitable
to be debited to the Accumulation Account.
H.7 Retirement Benefits on or after the Normal Retirement Date
(1) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if an Alcan DB Member ceases Service on
the Normal Retirement Date or otherwise becomes entitled to receive a benefit at
that date, the benefit payable in respect of that Member is the sum of:
(a) seventeen and one-half per cent of the Member's Final Average Wage
multiplied by the Years of Contributory Membership; and
(b) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance at the date the Member
ceases Service.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, where an Alcan DB Member continues in
Service after the Normal Retirement Date:
(a) the Trustee must calculate the amount determined under Rule H.7(1) as at
the Normal Retirement Date, and allocate that amount to the Member's
Accumulation Account; and
(b) the Member will be entitled to benefits as a Defined Contribution Member
under Schedule 1 and will cease to be entitled to benefits as an Alcan DB
Member under this Schedule 8, with effect from the Member's Normal
Retirement Date.
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H.8 Early Retirement Benefits
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if an Alcan DB Member ceases Service:
(1) in the case of a female who was a member of the Alcan Fund on 1 July 1999,
within 15 years prior to her Normal Retirement Date; or
(2) in any other case, within 10 years prior to the Member's Normal Retirement Date,
the benefit payable is the sum of:
(a) seventeen and one-half per cent of the Member's Final Average Wage multiplied
by the Years of Contributory Membership as at the date the Member ceased
Service; and
(b) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance at that date.
H.9 Death Benefits
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if an Alcan DB Member dies while in Service prior to
the Normal Retirement Date, the benefit payable is the sum of:
(a) an amount calculated under Rule H.7(1)(a) as if the Member had continued in
Service until the Normal Retirement Date; and
(b) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance at the date of death.
H.10 Total and Permanent Disablement Benefits
Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if an Alcan DB Member becomes Totally and
Permanently Disabled prior to the Normal Retirement Date, the benefit payable is the sum
of the amounts determined as follows:
(a) an amount calculated under Rule H.9(a) as if the Member had died on the Date of
Disablement; and
(b) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance at the Date of Disablement.
H.11 Withdrawal Benefits
(1) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if an Alcan DB Member prior to the Normal
Retirement Date ceases Service (other than by reason of death or Total and
Permanent Disablement or early retirement under Rule H.8), the benefit payable is
determined as follows:
(a) an amount equal to the sum of:
(i)
in respect of any period during which the Member was a member
of the Alcan Fund — the Member's contributions to the Alcan Fund
as if the Member had contributed under Rule 2 of the Alcan Fund
Deed at the rate of six percent of Annual Wage together with:
(A) compound interest thereon, for the period to 28 February
2007, calculated in accordance with Rule 7.2(a) of the
Alcan Fund Deed;
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(B) net earnings allocated to those contributions, for the period
from 1 March 2007 to the Alcan Transfer Date, calculated
in accordance with Rule 7.2(b) of the Alcan Fund Deed;
and
(C) earnings on such amounts, in respect of the period from
the Alcan Transfer Date, as determined by the Trustee in
accordance with Clause 6D; and
(ii) in respect of the period from the Alcan Transfer Date — the
Member's contributions to the Fund as if the Member had
contributed under Rule H.3(1) at the rate of six percent of Annual
Wage together with earnings on such amounts as determined by
the Trustee in accordance with Clause 6D;
(b) an amount equal to fifteen per cent of the amount specified in (a) above for
each completed Year of Contributory Membership but not exceeding one
and a half times that amount; and
(c) the Member's Accumulation Account Balance at the date the Member
ceases Service,
provided that the sum of (a) and (b) must not exceed the Member's Discounted
Accrued Retirement Benefit.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, if a benefit or other payment becomes
payable to an Alcan DB Member under this Deed and these Rules in
circumstances other than provided in these Rules, the amount payable is
calculated as if the Member had ceased Service on the date the benefit or other
payment became payable.
H.12 Terminal Medical Condition Benefit
(1) This Rule H.12 applies if an Alcan DB Member:
(a) suffers a Terminal Medical Condition; and
(b) requests (in the form and manner determined by the Trustee) the Trustee
to pay all or part of their TMC Benefit.
(2) Subject to the Deed and these Rules, where this Rule H.12 applies there will be
payable to the Alcan DB Member a lump sum benefit of an amount equal to the
amount of the TMC Benefit specified in the Alcan DB Member's request to the
Trustee.
(3) Benefits payable under this Rule H.12 will be paid on such terms and conditions as
may be determined by the Trustee from time to time.
(4) Subject to Superannuation Law, the Trustee will debit the Alcan DB Member's
accounts in the Fund with any amount paid under Rule H.12(2) or otherwise adjust
the remaining benefits (if any) payable to or in respect of the Alcan DB Member in
such manner as the Trustee thinks fit to take account of the amount paid under
Rule H.12(2).
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(5)
In this Rule H.12, the Alcan DB Member's TMC Benefit means the amount that
would be payable to the Alcan DB Member under Rule H.11(1) if the Member were
entitled to a benefit under that Rule (instead of a benefit under this Rule H.12).
H.13 Restriction on amendments to this Schedule
No Amendment shall be made to this Schedule under Clause 32 which would impose any
further liability on a former member of the Alcan Fund admitted to membership of the Fund
as an Alcan DB Member on the Alcan Transfer Date without that Member's consent.
H.14 Saving provision — former Nabalco Staff Plan Members
Despite any other provision of this Deed and these Rules:
(1) the Trustee will confer on each Alcan DB Member whose benefits were transferred
to the Alcan Fund with effect on 1 June 2002 from the former Nabalco Pty Limited
Staff Superannuation Plan (Nabalco Staff Plan), equivalent rights to the rights the
Member had under the governing rules of the Nabalco Staff Plan in respect of
benefits as at 31 May 2002; and
(2) the Trustee will confer on each Alcan DB Member whose benefits were transferred
to the Alcan Fund with effect on 1 June 2002 from the Nabalco Staff Plan, rights in
respect of all the benefits transferred that are substantially the same as, or better
than, the rights conferred on the Member by the governing rules of the Nabalco
Staff Plan as at 31 May 2002.
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Schedule 9 — Admission of Associated Employers (Clause 27)
Form of Admission Agreement for Associated Employers
Date
Parties
1. Rio Tinto Services Limited (ACN 004 219 738) incorporated in Victoria of
55 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria (the Principal Employer).
2. [insert name and ACN] incorporated in [insert State] of [insert address] (the
Employer).
3. Rio Tinto Staff Fund Pty Limited (ACN 005 599 422) incorporated in Victoria of 55
Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria (the Trustee).
Recitals
A. By a trust deed made 14 December 1979 (as amended) (the Trust Deed) the
Principal Employer established a superannuation fund now known as the Rio Tinto
Staff Superannuation Fund (the Fund).
B. The Trustee is presently the sole Trustee of the Fund.
C. The Principal Employer wishes to admit the Employer to participate in the Fund as
an Associated Employer (as defined in the Trust Deed) under the provisions of
Clause 27 of the Trust Deed.
D. The Trustee is agreeable to the Employer being so admitted provided that in
accordance with Clause 27 of the Trust Deed the Employer executes this Deed.
E. The Employer, in order to enable such of its Employees as are or become eligible to
participate in the Fund, is desirous of executing this Deed and being admitted to
participate in the Fund as an Associated Employer.
It is agreed as follows.
2. Unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires, words, terms and expressions
defined in the Trust Deed will when used in this Deed have the respective meanings given
to them in the Trust Deed.
3. In consideration of the Employer entering into this Deed the Trustee admits the Employer
to participate in the Fund as an Associated Employer with effect from [insert date].
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4. In consideration of being admitted to participate in the Fund the Employer agrees with each
of the Trustee and the Principal Employer to observe and perform such of the provisions of
the Trust Deed as are to be observed and performed by an Associated Employer under it.
Executed as a deed
The Common Seal of Rio Tinto Services Limited was duly affixed in the presence of:
Director/Secretary Signature Director Signature
Print Name Print Name
The Common Seal of [insert name] was
duly affixed in the presence of:
Director/Secretary Signature Director Signature
Print Name Print Name
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The Common Seal of Rio Tinto Staff
Fund Pty Limited was duly affixed in the
presence of:
Director/Secretary Signature Director Signature
Print Name Print Name
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have duly executed these presents on the day and year first
hereinbefore written:
The Common Seal of RIO TINTO SERVICES
LIMITED4 was hereunto affixed in the
presence of:
[ signed ]
Director
[ signed ]
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The Common Seal of RIO TINTO STAFF
FUND PTY LIMITED5' was hereunto affixed
in the presence of:
Secretary
[ Common Seal affixed ]
[ Common Seal affixed]
[ signed ]
Director
[ signed ]
4 Formerly known as C.R.A. Services Limited.
Formerly known as C.R.A. Group Staff Fund Pty. Limited.
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