New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE REGULATION (SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1906 - SECT 11A

11A Grant of superannuation allowance to widow where the spouse died before the commencement of Schedule 1 (7) to the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Amendment Act 1988

(1) Subject to subsection (2), where:

(a) a male former member of the police force to whom a superannuation allowance has been granted dies after the commencement of the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Further Amendment Act 1966 and before the commencement of Schedule 1 (7) to the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Amendment Act 1988 ,

(b) that former member was married at the date of his death, and

(c) his widow was his wife at the date of his retirement (whether by disablement or otherwise),

that widow is entitled to receive a superannuation allowance equivalent to 62.5 per cent of the superannuation allowance that would have been payable to that member from time to time if he had not died.

(2) A superannuation allowance under subsection (1):

(a) shall not be payable to a widow to whom a superannuation allowance is payable under section 12 or to whom a gratuity is payable under section 12 (1A),

(a1) shall not be payable to the widow of a former member of the police force who commuted his superannuation allowance under Division 3, and

(b) is subject to section 23.