FAMILY LAW (SUPERANNUATION) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 11A Meaning of lifetime pension etc.

FAMILY LAW (SUPERANNUATION) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 11A

    To avoid doubt, for the purposes of these Regulations, a benefit in respect of a superannuation interest, or a component of a superannuation interest, of a member spouse in an eligible superannuation plan that is paid as a pension is not prevented from being a lifetime pension of the member spouse, or a pension payable for the life of a member spouse, merely because:

  (a)   the benefit is paid upon the retirement of the member spouse (including, but not limited to, retirement on the basis of invalidity); and

  (b)   under the governing rules of the plan, the payments may be varied (including by being reduced to nil), suspended or cancelled.