Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS (PENSION INCREASES) ACT 1973 - SECT 8

(1)

In calculating, for the purposes of pension payable under paragraph 55(1)(b) or 57(1)(b) of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1973 , the amount of the annual rate of the pension, being a pension under paragraph 55(1)(a) or 57(1)(a) of that Act, that is, or is to be deemed, by virtue of subsection 55(3) or 57(5) of that Act, to be, payable to a widow, any amount by which that amount is, or would have been, increased by virtue of the operation of this Act shall be taken into account.

(2)

In calculating, for the purposes of pension payable under subsection 55(2) or 57(4) of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1973 , the amount of the annual rate of the pension, being a pension under paragraph 55(1)(a) or 57(1)(a) of that Act, that, but for the death of a widow, would have been payable, or would, by virtue of subsection 55(3) or 57(5) of that Act, have been deemed to 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 pension payable under subsection 58(1) of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1973 , the amount of the annual rate of the pension, being a pension under paragraph 55(1)(a) or 57(1)(a) of that Act, that, but for the death or divorce of the wife of a contributor or pensioner, would have been payable to the wife, any amount by which that amount would have been increased by virtue of the operation of this Act shall be taken into account.