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Public Sector Superannuation Reform Regulations 2017
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(1) If a splitting instrument affects an entitlement to a benefit of a member spouse under these regulations, the Commission must give effect to that instrument in paying or determining that benefit.
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1) , the Commission is to reduce the benefit payable to the member spouse in accordance with the splitting instrument.
(3) [Regulation 80 Subregulation (3) amended by S.R. 2022, No. 11, Applied:31 Mar 2022] Except as provided by subregulation (4) and regulation 80A , the Commission is not to make a payment to a non-member spouse under this Part before a splittable payment is payable to, or in respect of, the relevant member spouse.
(4) If the Commission has established a separate account for a non-member spouse under regulation 81 , the Commission may make a payment to that non-member spouse in respect of that account as may be required to give effect to the splitting instrument.