Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS (PENSION INCREASES) ACT 1971 - SECT 14

(1)

In calculating for the purposes of subsection (3) of section 55 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 the amount of the annual rate of the pension that, but for the death of a widow, would, by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section, have been payable to the widow, any amount by which that amount would have been increased by virtue of the operation of this Act shall be taken into account.

(2)

In calculating for the purposes of subsection (5) of section 57 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 the amount of the annual rate of the pension that, but for the death of a widow, would, by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), or subsection (3), of that section, have been payable to the widow, any amount by which that amount would have been increased by virtue of the operation of this Act shall be taken into account.

(3)

In calculating for the purposes of subsection (1A) of section 58 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 the amount of the annual rate of the pension that, but for the death or divorce of the wife of a contributor or pensioner, would, by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 55 of that Act, or paragraph (a) of subsection (1), or subsection (3), of section 57 of that Act, have been payable to his wife, any amount by which that amount would have been increased by virtue of the operation of this Act shall be taken into account.