27Effect of benefit reductions on other benefits—the Act, s 14R

27 Effect of benefit reductions on other benefits—the Act, s 14R

27 Effect of benefit reductions on other benefits—the Act, s 14R

(1) For the Act, section 14R(k)—

(a) STC may commute part of a superannuation allowance payable to a contributor for the purposes of paying the family law superannuation entitlement of a non-contributor spouse, and

(b) the amount of the superannuation allowance is reduced in accordance with section 26.

(2) For the Act, section 14R(j), if a benefit is payable under the Act to a person on the death of a contributor whose benefit has been, or is to be, reduced because of a family law superannuation payment, the benefit payable to the person is determined according to the reduced benefit.

(3) Nothing in this part affects any other right of a contributor or other person to commute a superannuation allowance or part of a superannuation allowance under the Act.