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SUPERANNUATION ACT 1976 - SECT 114

Payment of part of spouse's pension etc. attributable to children

  (1)   Where, in the opinion of CSC, payment of:

  (a)   the part, or any portion of the part, of an instalment of spouse's pension attributable to an eligible child or eligible children or to an eligible child or eligible children and a partially dependent child or partially dependent children; or

  (b)   an instalment, or any portion of an instalment, of extra spouse's pension attributable to a partially dependent child or partially dependent children or to an eligible child or eligible children and a partially dependent child or partially dependent children;

should, by reason of the child or children not being in the custody, care and control of the spouse, or for any other reason which CSC thinks proper, be made to a person other than the spouse, CSC may authorize payment of that part, or a portion of the part, to be made to the other person, and payment shall be made to the other person accordingly.

  (1A)   If:

  (a)   CSC determines under Division   5 of Part   VI that part of a lump sum benefit to which a spouse is entitled is attributable to an eligible child or eligible children or a partially dependent child or partially dependent children; and

  (b)   because of the child or children not being in the custody, care and control of the spouse, or for any other reason that CSC thinks proper, CSC is of the opinion that payment of that part, or a portion of that part, of the lump sum benefit should be made to a person other than the spouse;

CSC may authorise payment of that part, or a portion of the part, to be made to the other person, and payment must be made to the other person accordingly.

  (2)   A payment of the part, and a payment of a portion of the part, of an instalment of pension or of a lump sum benefit that, under this section, is paid to a person other than the child to which that part or portion is attributable, must be applied for the maintenance, education or other benefit of the child.

  (3)   For the purposes of this section, where there is one, or more than one, child of a deceased eligible employee or pensioner who is a partially dependent child:

  (a)   the part (if any) of an instalment of spouse's pension that, but for this subsection, would be attributable to an eligible child or eligible children of the deceased eligible employee or pensioner is taken to be attributable to that eligible child or those eligible children and the partially dependent child or partially dependent children; and

  (b)   an instalment of extra spouse's pension is taken to be attributable to the eligible child or eligible children (if any) of the deceased eligible employee or pensioner and the partially dependent child or partially dependent children.



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