sec.587Benefits— Pensions Act

### sec.587 Benefits— Pensions Act The Pensions Act , other than sections 2A , 2AA and 15 , applies with necessary changes to a member of the court or commission (each a member ) and a member’s spouse or child in the way it applies to a judge and a judge’s spouse or child. For subsection (1) , a reference in the Pensions Act to a judge may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to a member. In working out a person’s length of service as a member for subsection (1) , the following periods must be taken into account— a period when the person has served as a member, whether under— a first appointment as a member or a renewal of the appointment; or a subsequent appointment; a period when the person has served as an acting member. (sec.587-ssec.1) The Pensions Act , other than sections 2A , 2AA and 15 , applies with necessary changes to a member of the court or commission (each a member ) and a member’s spouse or child in the way it applies to a judge and a judge’s spouse or child. (sec.587-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , a reference in the Pensions Act to a judge may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to a member. (sec.587-ssec.3) In working out a person’s length of service as a member for subsection (1) , the following periods must be taken into account— a period when the person has served as a member, whether under— a first appointment as a member or a renewal of the appointment; or a subsequent appointment; a period when the person has served as an acting member. - (a) a period when the person has served as a member, whether under— (i) a first appointment as a member or a renewal of the appointment; or (ii) a subsequent appointment; - (i) a first appointment as a member or a renewal of the appointment; or - (ii) a subsequent appointment; - (b) a period when the person has served as an acting member. - (i) a first appointment as a member or a renewal of the appointment; or - (ii) a subsequent appointment;