Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a person who held office or had held office as the Governor - General ( deceased person ) dies leaving more than one spouse, the Finance Secretary must allocate any allowance payable to a spouse of the deceased person under this Act among the spouses.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an allowance is only payable to each spouse in accordance with the allocation.
(3) In making the allocation, the Finance Secretary must:
(a) have regard to the respective needs of each of the spouses; and
(b) ensure that the aggregate of the rates of allowance applicable to the spouses will not exceed 100% of the rate of allowance that would have been applicable to the deceased person under paragraph 4(3)(a); and
(c) ensure that the rate of allowance applicable to each spouse will not exceed the rate specified in paragraph 4(3)(b).