DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973 - SECT 42 Eligible children other than orphans
DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS ACT 1973 - SECT 42
Eligible children other than orphans(1) Pension is payable to an eligible child, not being an eligible orphan, in accordance with this section while he is an eligible child.
(2) Pension under this section is payable to an eligible child, being the child of a contributing member who died before retirement, as follows, pension at the rate of $312 per annum, as indexed in accordance with subsection 98B(5A), and additional pension at a rate equal to one - sixth of five - eighths of the rate at which invalidity pay would have been payable to the member if, on the date of his death, he had become entitled to invalidity benefit and had been classified as Class A under section 30.
(3) Subject to sections 47 and 75, pension under this
section is payable to an eligible child, being the child of a member of the
scheme who was a recipient member at the time of his death, as follows,
pension at the rate of $312 per annum, as indexed in accordance with
subsection 98B(5A), and additional pension at a rate equal to one -
sixth of five - eighths of the rate at which retirement pay or invalidity pay
was payable to the member immediately before his death, or, if the member had
commuted a portion of his retirement pay under section 24 or a portion
of his invalidity pay under section 32A, at a rate equal to one - sixth
of five - eighths of the rate at which retirement pay or invalidity pay, as
the case may be, would have been payable to the member immediately before his
death if he had not so commuted a portion of his retirement pay or invalidity
pay, as the case may be.