8Evidence of age, relationship or entitlement

8 Evidence of age, relationship or entitlement

8 Evidence of age, relationship or entitlement

(1) The trustees may exercise the powers specified in this section to enable the trustees to determine whether a person applying for a pension or other benefit under the Act is eligible to receive the pension or benefit.

(2) The trustees may require—

(a) a member or former member to give the trustees documentary evidence of the person’s—

(i) age, and

(ii) relationship status, and

(b) the spouse or de facto partner of a member or former member to give the trustees documentary evidence of the person’s relationship to the member or former member, and

(c) a dependent child of a deceased member or former member to give the trustees specified information.

(3) In this section—

relationship status means—

(a) if the member or former member is married—the fact that the person is married, or

(b) if the member or former member is in a registered relationship, an interstate registered relationship or a de facto relationship—the fact that the person is in a relationship of that kind.