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POLICE REGULATION (SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1906 - SECT 7A
Amount of certain pensions
7A Amount of certain pensions
(1) In this section--
"Commonwealth pension" means-- (a) service pension payable under Division 5 of
Part III of the Repatriation Act 1920 of the Parliament of the Commonwealth,
as amended by subsequent Acts of that Parliament,
(b) age or invalid pension
payable under Part III of the Social Services Consolidation Act 1947 of that
Parliament, as so amended,
(c) widow's pension payable under Part IV of the
Social Services Consolidation Act 1947 of that Parliament, as so amended, or
(d) such other pension, or payment of a like nature, payable under a law of
the Commonwealth, as may be prescribed.
"prescribed superannuation allowance" -- (a) in relation to a married retired
member of the police force referred to in subsection (3) (a) who has not
attained the age of 70 years, means-- (i) the maximum total superannuation
allowance that, if received by that member, would not, under subsection (3)
(a) (iii) (A), disqualify that member as a member to whom this section
applies, or
(ii) superannuation allowance of $32 per fortnight,
whichever is
the lesser superannuation allowance,
(b) in relation to a married retired
member of the police force referred to in subsection (3) (a) who has attained
the age of 70 years, means superannuation allowance of $32 per fortnight,
(c)
in relation to spouses or de facto partners referred to in subsection (3) (b)
who have not both attained the age of 70 years, means-- (i) the maximum total
superannuation allowance that, if received by those spouses or
de facto partners, would not, under subsection (3) (b) (iii), disqualify
either of them as a member to whom this section applies, or
(ii)
superannuation allowance of $32 per fortnight,
whichever is the lesser
superannuation allowance,
(d) in relation to spouses or de facto partners
referred to in subsection (3) (b) who have both attained the age of 70 years,
means superannuation allowance of $32 per fortnight,
(e) in relation to a
retired member of the police force referred to in subsection (3) (c), or widow
of a retired member of the police force referred to in subsection (3) (d), who
has not attained the age of 70 years, means-- (i) the maximum superannuation
allowance that, if received by that member or widow, would not, under
subsection (3) (c) or (d), as the case may be, disqualify that member or widow
as a member or widow to whom this section applies, or
(ii) superannuation
allowance of $20 per fortnight,
whichever is the lesser superannuation
allowance, or
(f) in relation to a retired member of the police force
referred to in subsection (3) (c), or widow of a retired
member of the police force referred to in subsection (3) (d), who has attained
the age of 70 years, means superannuation allowance of $20 per fortnight.
Note--: "De facto partner" is defined in section 21C of the
Interpretation Act 1987 .
(2) For the purposes of this section a pension or
Commonwealth pension payable in respect of a child shall be disregarded.
(3)
This section applies to-- (a) a married retired member of the police force who
is in receipt of an annual superannuation allowance granted pursuant to this
Act, where-- (i) the spouse or de facto partner of that retired member is not
in receipt of a superannuation allowance under this Act,
(ii) that retired
member is in receipt of a superannuation allowance under this Act which is
less than thirty-two dollars per fortnight, and
(iii) that retired member
is-- (A) in the case of a retired member who has not attained the age of 70
years--in receipt of a class of Commonwealth pension that is the maximum
amount of that class of Commonwealth pension that may be paid to that retired
member, without any reduction on account of income or property or both
pursuant to the law of the Commonwealth under which the Commonwealth pension
is paid, or
(B) in the case of a retired member who has attained the age of
70 years--in receipt of a Commonwealth pension,
(b) a married retired
member of the police force who is in receipt of an annual superannuation
allowance granted pursuant to this Act where-- (i) the spouse or
de facto partner of that retired member is in receipt of a superannuation
allowance granted pursuant to this Act,
(ii) the total superannuation
allowance payable to both spouses or de facto partners under this Act is less
than thirty-two dollars per fortnight, and
(iii) paragraph (a) (iii) applies,
(c) a retired member of the police force who is not married, where-- (i) that
retired member is in receipt of a superannuation allowance granted pursuant to
this Act that is less than twenty dollars per fortnight, and
(ii) paragraph
(a) (iii) applies, and
(d) a widow of a retired member of the police force
where-- (i) that widow is in receipt of or is entitled to receive a
superannuation allowance granted pursuant to section 11A that is less than
twenty dollars per fortnight, and
(ii) paragraph (a) (iii) applies.
(4) The
superannuation allowance payable or granted under this Act to a person to whom
this section applies is, subject to subsection (5), hereby increased-- (a) in
the case of a married retired member referred to in subsection (3) (a), to the
prescribed superannuation allowance for that person,
(b) in the case of a
married retired member referred to in subsection (3) (b), to an amount whereby
the total produced by adding-- (i) the increased superannuation allowance
payable to that retired member under this paragraph, and
(ii) any increased
superannuation allowance payable to the spouse or de facto partner of that
retired member under this paragraph,
is the
prescribed superannuation allowance for those spouses or de facto partners,
and
(c) in the case of a retired member or widow of a retired member referred
to in subsection (3) (c) or (d) to the prescribed superannuation allowance for
that retired member or widow of a retired member, as the case may be.
(5)
Payment of an increase under subsection (4) shall be made-- (a) in the case of
a retired member or widow of a retired member who, at the commencement of the
Police Regulation (Superannuation) Amendment Act 1970 , is eligible for an
increase, as from the date the superannuation allowance becomes next payable
after such commencement,
(b) in the case of a widow of a retired member who
becomes eligible for an increase after that commencement, on and from the day
on which that widow becomes so eligible.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be
construed as authorising or requiring any reduction in a superannuation
allowance that has been increased under this section.
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