4Allowances

#### 4 Allowances (1) Subject to subsection (4) and sections 4AE and 4AG, where, after the commencement of this Act, a person ceases to hold office as Governor‑General, an allowance is payable under this section to him or her during his or her life‑time at such rate as is from time to time payable under paragraph (3)(a). (2) Subject to subsection (4) and sections 4A, 4AE and 4AG, where, after the commencement of this Act, a person who is Governor‑General dies, or a person who has at any time after the commencement of this Act held office as Governor‑General dies, an allowance is payable under this section to a spouse of the person during the life‑time of the spouse at such rate as is from time to time payable under paragraph (3)(b). (3) The rate of the allowance payable to a person under this section at any time is: (a) in the case of a person who has held office as Governor‑General—60% of the rate of the salary payable to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia at that time; or (b) in the case of a person who is a spouse of a deceased person who held office as Governor‑General—five‑eighths of the rate applicable under paragraph (a) at that time to a person who has held office as Governor‑General. (4) The amount of the allowance that, but for this subsection, would be payable to a person under this section in respect of any period is reduced by the amount of any pension or retiring allowance payable to that person, whether by virtue of a law or otherwise, in respect of that period out of money provided in whole or in part by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.