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DEFENCE FORCE RETIREMENT AND DEATH BENEFITS (PENSION INCREASES) ACT 1976 - SECT 12

Modifications of certain sections of Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act

  (1)   In calculating, for the purposes of pension payable under paragraph   55(1)(b) or 57(1)(b) of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 , the amount of the annual rate of the pension, being a pension under paragraph   55(1)(a) or 57(1)(a) of that Act, that is, or is to be deemed, by virtue of subsection   55(3) or 57(5) of that Act, to be, payable to a widow, any amount by which that amount is, or would have been, increased by virtue of the operation of this Part shall be taken into account .

  (2)   In calculating, for the purposes of pension payable under subsection   55(2) or 57(4) of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 , the amount of the annual rate of the pension, being a pension under paragraph   55(1)(a) or 57(1)(a) of that Act, that, but for the death of a widow, would have been payable, or would, by virtue of subsection   55(3) or 57(5) of that Act, have been deemed to have been payable, to the widow, any amount by which that amount would have been increased by virtue of the operation of this Part shall be taken into account .

  (3)   In calculating, for the purposes of pension payable under subsection   58(1) of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 , the amount of the annual rate of the pension, being a pension under paragraph   55(1)(a) or 57(1)(a) of that Act, that, but for the death or divorce of the wife of a contributor or pensioner, would have been payable to the wife, any amount by which that amount would have been increased by virtue of the operation of this Part shall be taken into account .



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