Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C01022:reg:11a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C01022
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11A
Character Range: 46072–46829

11A  Meaning of lifetime pension etc.
  To avoid doubt, for the purposes of these Regulations, a benefit in respect of a superannuation interest, or a component of a superannuation interest, of a member spouse in an eligible superannuation plan that is paid as a pension is not prevented from being a lifetime pension of the member spouse, or a pension payable for the life of a member spouse, merely because:
 (a) the benefit is paid upon the retirement of the member spouse (including, but not limited to, retirement on the basis of invalidity); and
 (b) under the governing rules of the plan, the payments may be varied (including by being reduced to nil), suspended or cancelled.

Part 2—Payments that are not splittable payments

Division 2.1—General