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SUPERANNUATION ACT 1916 - SECT 31 Pension to spouse or de facto partner on death of pensioner

SUPERANNUATION ACT 1916 - SECT 31

Pension to spouse or de facto partner on death of pensioner

31 Pension to spouse or de facto partner on death of pensioner

(1) On the death of a male pensioner, pension is, subject to sections 46A and 47, payable to his spouse or de facto partner, at the rate of two-thirds of the pension payable to the pensioner at the time of his death.
(2) On the death of a woman pensioner, pension is, subject to sections 46A and 47, payable to her spouse or de facto partner, at the rate of two-thirds of the pension payable to the pensioner at the time of her death.
(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, but subject to section 47, where a pensioner referred to in subsection (1) or (2) had contributed for not more than 4 units of pension and had received a pension increase in terms of section 2 of the Superannuation (Amendment) Act 1970 , the pension payable to the pensioner's spouse or de facto partner shall not exceed $20 per fortnight, but nothing in this subsection affects the operation of Division 6.
(5) A reference in subsection (1) or (2) to a pensioner does not include a person who is entitled to receive only a pension under this section or section 30.