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Superannuation Act 1916
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#### 52FA Children’s pensions at sec 61M rates
52FA Children’s pensions at sec 61M rates
> > (1) A pension of the appropriate amount per fortnight under section 61M is payable in respect of a child on the death of a person referred to in section 52A (1) (the former employee) who has not received a benefit under this Division if the conditions set out in subsections (2) and (3) are satisfied.
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> > (2) The child must be a child of the former employee or a child of a surviving spouse or de facto partner of the former employee who is not eligible to receive a pension under section 52G.
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> > (3) If the child is not a child of the former employee, the child—
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> > > (a) must have been born or adopted before the death of the former employee, and
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> > > (b) must have been ordinarily part of the former employee’s household at the time of the death of the former employee.
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> > (4) A pension under this section ceases to be payable in respect of a child if the surviving parent dies, but continues to be payable even though the surviving parent marries or remarries.
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> > (5) This Act applies to and in respect of a child in respect of whom a pension is payable under this section in the same way as it applies to and in respect of a child in respect of whom a pension is payable under Division 2, and so applies as if the pension payable under this section were a pension payable under Division 2 by virtue of the death of a contributor.
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> **s 52FA:** Ins 1993 No 111, Sch 6 (53).