Family Law (Superannuation) (Interest Rate for Adjustment Period) Determination 2009
Sunday June 21, 2009

Family Law (Superannuation) (Interest Rate for Adjustment Period) Determination 2009

Sunday, June 21, 2009

There has been a determination of interest rates for the purposes of calculation of the value of superannuation for family law purposes. Here is the determination:

Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001
I, PETER COLIN MARTIN, Australian Government Actuary:
(a) acting under subregulation 45D (3) of the Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001, determine that the interest rate for the adjustment period, being the financial year beginning on 1 July 2009, is 0.082; and
(b) acting under subregulation 45D (4) of those Regulations, determine that the method set out in Schedule 1 is the method for calculating the interest rate for an adjustment period of less than 12 months that begins and ends in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2009; and
(c) acting under subregulation 45D (6) of those Regulations:
(i) determine, for subparagraph 45D (5) (b) (i) of those Regulations, that the method set out in Schedule 2 is the method for calculating the interest rate for an adjustment period of exactly 12 months beginning before the end of the financial year ending on 30 June 2009 and ending in the next financial year; and
(ii) determine, for subparagraph 45D (5) (b) (ii) of those Regulations, that the method set out in Schedule 3 is the method for calculating the interest rate for an adjustment period of less than 12 months beginning before the end of the financial year ending on 30 June 2009 and ending in the next financial year.
This Determination commences on 1 July 2009.

Stephen Page, Harrington Family Lawyers, Brisbane spage@harringtonfamilylawyers.com 61(7) 3221 9544
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