Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
45UIAnnual notional partnered pension rate
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45UI Annual notional partnered pension rate
(1) For the purposes of this Division, a person’s annual notional partnered 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 partnered 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"><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 partnered 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 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 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 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 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 partnered amount worked out under subsection</span><span> </span><span>(2)</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>