21Definitions

21 Definitions

21 Definitions

(1) In this Part—

adjustment date, in relation to a year, means the first day of the pension pay period that ends on the first pension pay day in the October that next follows that year.

adjustment percentage in relation to a year, means, subject to clause 22 (calculation of adjustment percentage), the percentage for that year calculated in accordance with that clause.

Index number, in relation to a June quarter, means the number for that June quarter appearing in the Consumer Price Index (All Groups Index) for Sydney published by the Commonwealth Statistician.

June quarter, in relation to a year, means the period commencing on and including 1 April in that year.

suspended pension, in relation to an adjustment date, means a spouse pension that is not payable under this Regulation at that adjustment date only because of the operation of a provision of clause 17.

year means the period of 12 months beginning on 1 July.

(2) If a pension is to be adjusted under this Part by reference to the adjustment percentage for a year, a reference (however expressed) in this Part to adjusting the pension is a reference—

(a) if the adjustment percentage is calculated in accordance with the formula specified in clause 22 (1) (a)—to increasing the pension, or

(b) if the adjustment percentage is calculated in accordance with the formula specified in clause 22 (1) (b)—to reducing the pension.