Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

PART 2 - EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE ACT  

SECTION 11   INTERPRETATION - SALARY OR WAGES  

11(1)   [Definition]  

In this Act, salary or wages includes:


(a) commission; and


(b) payment for the performance of duties as a member of the executive body (whether described as the board of directors or otherwise) of a body corporate; and


(ba) payments under a contract referred to in subsection 12(3) that are made in respect of the labour of the person working under the contract; and


(c) remuneration of a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or a State or the Legislative Assembly of a Territory; and


(d) payments to a person for work referred to in subsection 12(8) ; and


(e) remuneration of a person referred to in subsection 12(9) or (10) .

11(2)   [Work of domestic or private nature]  

Remuneration under a contract for the employment of a person, for not more than 30 hours per week, in work that is wholly or principally of a domestic or private nature is not to be taken into account as salary or wages for the purposes of this Act.

11(3)   [Fringe benefits]  

Fringe benefits within the meaning of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 are not salary or wages for the purposes of this Act.




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