Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A spouse or de
facto partner of a member who becomes entitled to be paid an annual pension
pursuant to section 19(2) or (3), may elect, by notice in writing served
on the Board within 6 months of so becoming entitled, to convert to a
lump sum payment determined in accordance with subsection (2) not more
than 50% of her annual pension entitlement.
(2) A lump sum payment
under subsection (1) shall be —
(a) in
the case of a spouse or de facto partner who has not attained the specified
age when she becomes entitled to be paid an annual pension or who attained the
specified age less than a year before she became so
entitled — the amount of the annual pension entitlement of the
spouse or de facto partner converted under subsection (1) multiplied by
10;
(b) in
the case of a spouse or de facto partner who attained the specified age at
least a year before she became entitled to be paid an annual
pension — the amount of the annual pension entitlement of the
spouse or de facto partner converted under subsection (1) multiplied by a
factor calculated by deducting from 10 half the number by which the age, in
complete years, attained by the spouse or de facto partner when she becomes
entitled to be paid an annual pension exceeds the specified age.
(3) In
subsection (2), the specified age is the age that is the specified age
for the purposes of section 16(2).
[Section 19B inserted by No. 54 of 1980
s. 11; amended by No. 58 of 1986 s. 11; No. 31 of 1989
s. 15; No. 3 of 2002 s. 91(1).]