Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00507:clause:1_1221
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00507
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1221
Character Range: 36894–37639

1221  Proportionality—wife pension and widow B pension rate for entitled persons

 (1) An entitled person's rate of wife pension or widow B pension is to be calculated using the Pension Portability Rate Calculator at the end of this section if:
 (a) the person has been continuously absent from Australia, throughout a period (the period of absence) of more than 26 weeks; and
 (b) immediately before the period of absence commenced, the person was receiving the wife pension or widow B pension.

 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if:
 (a) the person became qualified to receive the pension because of the death of the person's partner; and
 (b) immediately before the death of the partner, the partner was an Australian resident.