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SUPERANNUATION ACT 1976 - SECT 93

Entitlement to spouse's benefit on death of pensioner

  (1)   Where a pensioner to whom age retirement pension or early retirement pension is payable dies and is survived by a spouse, the spouse is, subject to section   95A, entitled:

  (a)   to spouse's standard pension in accordance with section   94; and

  (b)   if the pensioner:

  (i)   did not make an election under section   64; or

  (ii)   made an election under subsection   64(2) but died before a lump sum benefit became payable;

    to spouse's additional pension under section   95.

  (2)   Where a pensioner to whom invalidity pension is payable dies and is survived by a spouse, the spouse is, subject to section   96AA, entitled to spouse's pension in accordance with section   96.



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