35A   Acceptance of contributions

(1)  Despite any other provision of this Act, an employer is not required to make a contribution to the Fund in respect of an employee, and an employee may not contribute to the Fund, during any period specified by STC for which STC determines that it must not accept contributions in respect of the employee.

(2)  STC may only make such a determination if it is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so in order to be consistent with a relevant Commonwealth superannuation standard.

(3)  A contribution period in respect of which a contributor may not contribute to the Fund under this section is not an applicable contribution period in relation to the contributor.