Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
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45UH Annual notional single pension rate
(1) For the purposes of this Division, a person’s annual notional single pension rate is set out in the following table:
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:343.6pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Annual notional single pension rate</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:138.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">In this case:</span></p></td><td style="width:159.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">The person’s annual notional single pension rate is:</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:138.05pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The person:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="line-height:12pt"><span>(a) is not permanently blind; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="line-height:12pt"><span>(b) is not a war widow/war widower—pensioner</span></p></td><td style="width:159.3pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the sum of the adjusted percentage of the person’s maximum basic rate under point SCH6</span><span>‑</span><span>B1 and the person’s pension supplement basic amount, worked out, in each case, as at the date of grant of the designated pension if it were assumed that the person were not a member of a couple at that date</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:138.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The person:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="line-height:12pt"><span>(a) is permanently blind; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="line-height:12pt"><span>(b) is not a war widow/war widower—pensioner</span></p></td><td style="width:159.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the sum of the person’s maximum basic rate under point SCH6</span><span>‑</span><span>B1 and the person’s pension supplement basic amount, ascertained as at the date of grant of the designated pension, if it were assumed that the person was not a member of a couple as at that date</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:138.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The person:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="line-height:12pt"><span>(a) is a war widow/war widower—pensioner; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="line-height:12pt"><span>(b) was a war widow/war widower—pensioner throughout so much of the overall qualifying period as occurred when the person was not a member of a couple</span></p></td><td style="width:159.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the person’s annual pension rate worked out as at the date of grant of the designated pension</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:24.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:138.05pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The person:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="line-height:12pt"><span>(a) is a war widow/war widower—pensioner; but</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="line-height:12pt"><span>(b) was not a war widow/war widower—pensioner for some or all of the overall qualifying period occurring while the person was not a member of a couple</span></p></td><td style="width:159.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>the apportioned single amount worked out under subsection</span><span> </span><span>(2)</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>