New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE REGULATION (SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1906 - SECT 11C

11C Grant of superannuation allowance to widower whose spouse died before 20 March 1989

(1) Subject to subsection (3), where:

(a) a female former member of the police force to whom a superannuation allowance has been granted dies on or after the day appointed and notified under section 2 (2) of the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Amendment Act 1984 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 her death, and

(c) her widower was her husband at the date of her retirement (whether by disablement or otherwise),

that widower 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 she had not died.

(3) A superannuation allowance under this section:

(a) is not payable to a widower to whom a superannuation allowance is payable under section 12 or to whom a gratuity is payable under section 12 (1A), and

(b) is not payable to a widower of a member of the police force who commuted her superannuation allowance under Division 3, and

(c) is subject to section 23.