3Simplified outline of this Act

3 Simplified outline of this Act

This Act provides for benefits for medical discharge or death of a member of the ADF who is under 60 and either is an ADF Super member or would be such a member if he or she had not chosen another superannuation fund.

A benefit for medical discharge is payable only if CSC has classified the invalid as having a significant degree of incapacity for civil employment. The benefit is generally a pension, initially payable to the invalid. If the invalid dies while receiving a pension, leaving either a surviving spouse or eligible children, a pension is also payable to the spouse or, if there is no spouse, those children.

The benefit payable for death is generally a lump sum. Depending on the circumstances, it is payable to a surviving spouse, eligible children or in accordance with the member’s will or intestacy arrangements.

If more than one person would otherwise be entitled to a benefit relating to a former member of the ADF, CSC may decide which of those persons is to receive a benefit and how much of the benefit each should receive.

Pensions are payable fortnightly, and increased by indexation.

Payment of benefits may be stopped for failing to provide information relevant to determining entitlement to, or amount of, the benefits.