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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3808 ..
(3) How many staff currently employed in the ACT Public Service are being paid the PBI benefit and at what cost to the Government;
(4) Further to (4), what positions do such current employees hold, and where are they located.
Mr Corbell
: The answer to the member's question is as follows:(1) ACT Health advertises positions with access to the FBT exemption which were assessed in early 2000, and in the case of a small number of mental health positions in 2003, as being covered by Section 57A of the FBT Assessment Act.
(2) There is no liability because the arrangements are in accordance with Section 57A of the FBT Assessment Act as assessed by ACT Community Care in early 2000 and in the case of a small number of mental health positions assessed by 2003.
(3) Currently approximately 1,900 within ACT Health staff participate in salary sacrifice of which approximately 1885 access the FBT exemption benefit.
(4) The employees cover all occupational groups and classifications within ACT Health and are located in The Canberra Hospital, and the components of Mental Health, Community Health (Alcohol and Drug Program, Community Rehabilitation Program, Integrated Health Care Program and Child Youth and Women's Program) and Corporate Services either located at the hospital campus or connected to the delivery of hospital services.
57A Exempt benefits-public benevolent institutions and some hospitals
(1) Where the employer of an employee is a public benevolent institution, a benefit provided in respect of the employment of the employee is an exempt benefit.(2) Where:
(a) the employer of an employee is a government body; and
(b) the duties of the employment of the employee are exclusively performed in, or in connection with:
(i) a public hospital that is a public benevolent institution; or
(ii) a public hospital that is not a hospital of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory and is not established by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(iii) a hospital carried on by a society that is a nonï·profit society for the purposes of section 65J or by an association that is a nonï·profit association for the purposes of section 65J; a benefit provided in respect of the employment of the employee is an exempt benefit.
(3) A benefit provided in respect of the employment of an employee is an exempt benefit if the employer of the employee is a public hospital other than a hospital:
(a) of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(b) established by a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
(4) A benefit provided in respect of the employment of an employee is an exempt benefit if the employer of the employee is a hospital carried on by:
(a) a society that is a non-profit society for the purposes of section 65J; or
(b) an association that is a non-profit association for the purposes of section 65J.
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