Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (POVERTY TRAPS REDUCTION) ACT 1985 No. 169, 1985 - SECT 11

11. Section 63 of the Principal Act is amended -

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) "$1,560" and substituting

"$2,080"; and

   (b)  by adding at the end the following sub-section: "(4) Where the rate of
        a widow's pension applicable to a class A widow or a class B widow is
        to be reduced under sub-section (2) of this section, that sub-section
        shall be applied first to that part of the rate of that pension that
        is calculated by reference to paragraph 28 (1) (a), then to the amount
        of any increase under section 65 and then to that part of the rate of
        that pension (if any) calculated by reference to sub-section 28 (1AA)
        or (1B).".