Miscellaneous provisions as to spouses’ or de facto partners’ pensions
46A Miscellaneous provisions as to spouses’ or de facto partners’ pensions
In this section, spouse’s or de facto partner’s pension means a pension under section 30 or 31.
(Repealed)
Where, but for this subsection, a person would be entitled to more than one spouse’s or de facto partner’s pension, the person shall be entitled to only one of those pensions, being (where they are not equal) the greater or greatest of them.
A reference in—
section 30 (1) to the pension that would have been payable to a male contributor on his retirement,
section 30 (2) to the pension that would have been payable to a woman contributor on her retirement,
section 31 (1) to the pension payable to a spouse or de facto partner at the time of the spouse’s or de facto partner’s death, or
section 31 (2) to the pension payable to a spouse or de facto partner at the time of the spouse’s or de facto partner’s death,
does not include a reference to a spouse’s or de facto partner’s pension.
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