Age retirement pension on election under section 76A
57A Age retirement pension on election under section 76A
Where a person:
makes an election under section 76A; and
would, if he or she had retired otherwise than on the ground of invalidity, have been entitled to a standard age retirement pension under section 55;
then, on the day on which the person ceases to be entitled to an invalidity pension because of the election, the person becomes entitled to:
standard age retirement pension at the rate that would have been the rate of that pension at the time of the election if he or she had retired otherwise than on the ground of invalidity; and
if the person did not make an election under section 68 or 71 at the time of his or her retirement, additional age retirement pension in accordance with subsection 57(1) as if his or her accumulated contributions consisted only of his or her accumulated basic contributions.
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