33Payments out of Consolidated Revenue Fund

33 Payments out of Consolidated Revenue Fund

(1) This section has effect except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Superannuation Act 1959 or the Superannuation Act 1963. (2) Subject to subsections (2A), (3), (4) and (5), the Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund an amount equal to five‑sevenths of each payment of pension. (2A) The Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund an amount equal to each payment of pension that is made in respect of non‑contributory units of pension. (3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), in the case of a unit of pension for which contributions were made at a rate applicable to an age younger than the contributor’s age at the date on which he commenced to make those contributions, the Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund an amount equal to the following proportion of each payment of pension in respect of that unit, that is to say, Start formula start fraction 7A minus 2B over 7A end fraction end formula where:

A is the rate of contributions applicable to the age of the contributor at the date upon which he commenced to pay contributions; and

B is the rate of contributions at which contributions were actually made.

(4) Where: (a) a contributor referred to in subsection (1) of section 46; or (b) a pensioner referred to in subsection (1) of section 47; was entitled to make an election under section 26 but did not make such an election, the Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund, in respect of each payment of pension to his widow in respect of each unit of pension for which he was contributing immediately before 14 December 1959, the sum of: (c) the amount that the Commonwealth would have paid if the contributor had made an election under section 26; and (d) an amount equal to five‑sevenths of the amount by which the pension payable to the widow in respect of each of those units is increased by reason of the contributor not having made such an election. (5) Where a pension becomes payable under section 47 to the widow of a pensioner who became entitled to a pension on or before 14 December 1959, the Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund an amount equal to the sum of: (a) the amount that would have been payable by the Commonwealth to the Fund in respect of each payment of pension to the widow if the Superannuation Act 1959 had not been enacted; and (b) the amount by which each payment of pension to the widow is increased by reason of the enactment of that Act. (6) Subsections (2A), (3), (4) and (5) do not apply in respect of a payment of pension in respect of a child. (7) Where a payment of pension is made in respect of a child and the rate of the pension is, in accordance with subsection (5) of section 46, subsection (5) of section 47, or subsection (2) of section 48, determined in whole or in part by reference to the pension that would, but for her death or divorce, have been payable to the widow or wife referred to in whichever of those subsections is applicable, the Commonwealth shall, in lieu of any other amount payable by the Commonwealth to the Fund under subsection (2) of this section in respect of the payment of pension, pay to the Fund, in respect of the payment of pension, an amount determined in accordance with the formula: where: