248Payment of MRCA supplement

248  Payment of MRCA supplement  (1) Unless a determination under subsection (2) is in force in relation to the partner, a wholly dependent partner’s MRCA supplement under section 245 is payable on each pension payday (within the meaning of subsection 5Q(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986) on which:  (a) the partner is eligible for the MRCA supplement; and  (b) the MRCA supplement is payable to the partner.  (2) The Commission may determine, in writing, that a partner’s MRCA supplement under section 245 is payable in 2 payments (the part payments) if the partner is a member of a class specified under subsection (4).  (4) The Commission may, by legislative instrument, specify a class of wholly dependent partner for the purposes of subsection (2).  (a) is an amount equal to one half of the rate of veterans supplement that is payable from time to time under section 118D of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986; and  (b) is payable on each Thursday that is not a pension payday (within the meaning of subsection 5Q(1) of that Act) on which:  (i) the partner is eligible for the MRCA supplement; and  (ii) the MRCA supplement is payable to the partner.  (a) is an amount equal to one half of the rate of veterans supplement that is payable from time to time under section 118D of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986; and  (b) is payable 7 days after the first of the part payments is payable to the partner.  (7) If a partner’s MRCA supplement under section 245 is payable in part payments, it is taken for the purposes of this Act that:  (a) a single supplement is payable on each pension payday (within the meaning of subsection 5Q(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986); and  (8) However, sections 426 and 431 (about deductions of amounts) apply as if each of the part payments were a separate supplement. Part 3—Compensation for eligible young persons dependent on certain deceased members, members or former members