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was born of a marital relationship between the pensioner and another person; or

         (ii) became a stepchild of the pensioner as a result of a marital relationship between the pensioner and another person; or

         (iii) is a child of a person with whom the pensioner had a marital relationship; and

   (b) one of the following subparagraphs applies:

         (i) the marital relationship began before the pensioner became a retirement pensioner;

          (ii) the marital relationship began after the pensioner became a retirement pensioner but before the pensioner reached 60;

         (iii) in the case of neither subparagraph (i) nor (ii) of this paragraph applying—the marital relationship began at least 5 years before the deceased person's death.

"(3) If a person became a child of the pensioner only because the person is an adopted child, foster child or ward of the pensioner, this subsection applies to the person if the person had been such an adopted child, foster child or ward for a period of not less than 5 years before the pensioner's death.".

NOTES ABOUT SECTION HEADINGS

  1. On the day on which the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 is amended by this Act, the headings to sections of that Act are altered as follows:

    (a)     the headings to sections 38 and 39 are altered by omitting "Widow's" and substituting "Spouse's";
    (b)     the headings to sections 40 and 41A are altered by omitting "widow's" and substituting "spouse's".

  2. On the day on which the Judges' Pensions Act 1968 is amended by this Act, the headings to sections of that Act are altered as follows:

    (a)     the headings to sections 7, 8 and 11 are altered by omitting "widow or widower" and substituting "spouse";
  (b)     the heading to section 8A is altered by omitting "widow's or widower's";
    (c)     the heading to section 12 is altered by omitting "widow's or widower's" and substituting "spouse's".

  3. On the day on which the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 is amended by this Act, the heading to section 19 of that Act is altered by omitting "widow or widower" and substituting "spouse".

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
     House of Representatives on 14 October 1992
     Senate on 5 November 1992]