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Explanatory notes
S551–CSS
Partial Contributor is defined in the Superannuation (Approved Part–time) Regulations as meaning:
(a) an eligible employee who became, on his or her first day of service, an approved part–time employee
and has continued to be, and is, such a part–time employee;
(b) an eligible employee (other than an eligible employee referred to in paragraph (a)) who is an approved
part–time employee and:
(i) who has been an approved part–time employee for a continuous
period of more than 12 months;
or
(ii) in respect of whom the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC),
being satisfied that there is a likelihood that the eligible employee will
continue to be an approved part–time employee for a continuous period
that, together with the immediately preceding period (if any) during
which the eligible employee has continuously been an approved part–time
employee, will exceed a period of 12 months, has given a certificate to
that effect specifying the day (not being a day earlier than the day on
which the certificate is given) on which the first–mentioned period
is to commence;
and
(c) an eligible employee who:
(i) is, and has been for a continuous period of not more than 12 months,
employed on a full–time basis;
and
(ii) was, immediately before that period a person to whom paragraph
(a) or (b) of this definition applied.
See also Paragraph 6 of Superannuation Circular 1987/10 – Superannuation Arrangements for Permanent
Part–time Employees and CSS Training Notes – Permanent Part–Time Membership
Note 1
Sections A and B should be completed either on the date form S542 is signed, or twelve months from the
date of commencement of part–time hours.
Note 2
Section C should be completed in the following situations:
• Variation in the recorded part–time hours where the member is
a partial contributor;
or
• Conversion from part–time hours to full–time hours where the
member is a partial contributor;
or
• Conversion from full–time hours to part–time hours where the member
is still a partial contributor (See subclause (c) above);
or
• Variation in the full–time hours where the member is already a partial
contributor (such as when an agency changes from a 73.5 hour to a
76 hour per fortnight base).
Note 3
Complete as an original form each time there is a variation and forward Original to:
CSS
GPO Box 2252
Canberra City ACT 2601
Retain a copy on member’s personal file for record purposes.
