MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2004 - SECT 126 Amount of compensation for retired persons receiving a Commonwealth superannuation benefit

MILITARY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2004 - SECT 126

    The amount of compensation that the Commonwealth is liable, under section   118, to pay for a week to a person who:

  (a)   has retired voluntarily, or is compulsorily retired, from his or her work; and

  (b)   receives either or both a pension or lump sum under a Commonwealth superannuation scheme as a result of the retirement;

is worked out in accordance with the following sections:

  (c)   if the person is receiving only a pension--section   134;

  (d)   if the person has received only a lump sum--section   135;

  (e)   if the person is receiving a pension and has received a lump sum--section   136.

Note:   The Commission may determine that this section does not apply if a person has applied for a benefit under a Commonwealth superannuation scheme, but has not begun to receive or has not received the benefit (see section   126A).