Western Australian Current Acts

JUDGES' SALARIES AND PENSIONS ACT 1950 - SECT 8A

8A .         Pension of spouse or de facto partner in receipt of another pension reducible by the State share of pension

                Where a spouse or de facto partner is entitled to receive or is in receipt of —

            (a)         a pension under this Act as the spouse or de facto partner of a judge or retired judge; and

            (b)         a pension under the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 ¹ , by reason of being the spouse or de facto partner of a judge who was at some time a contributor under that Act,

                then the first mentioned pension shall be reduced by such proportion of the pension under the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 ¹ , as is verified by the Board under that Act to be equivalent to the amount paid or payable to the Fund under that Act by the State or a Department under that Act in respect of the last mentioned pension.

        [Section 8A inserted: No. 99 of 1970 s. 5; amended: No. 108 of 1975 s. 8; No. 28 of 2003 s. 96.]