Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND REPATRIATION (BUDGET MEASURES AND ASSETS TEST) ACT 1984 No. 93, 1984 - SECT 60

60. Section 98B of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting paragraphs (1) (a) and (b) and substituting the following
        paragraphs:



"(a) a woman shall be deemed to be the widow of a deceased man where,
immediately before his death, he was her spouse; and

   (b)  a man shall be deemed to be the widower of a deceased woman, where,
        immediately before her death, he was her spouse.";

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (2) (a) and substituting the following
        paragraph:



"(a) a married person who is in receipt of a service pension; or"; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (8) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(8) In this section-
'service pension' includes an allowance under section 98A and a remote area
allowance under section 98AA;
'spouse' has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Social Security Act
1947.".