Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01701:reg:12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01701
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 12
Character Range: 10274–10902

12  Rate if deceased member had more than one wife
  If, by recognised custom, a deceased member had, at the time of the member's death, more than one wife:
 (a) each of the wives is taken to be a widow of the member; and
 (b) the rate of pension payable for each of the widows for a fortnight, rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.10, is:
where:
number of widows is the number of wives covered by paragraph (a), less the number of widows (if any) to whom a pension has ceased to be payable under subsection 19(1).
widow rate is the rate specified for a widow in Table A of Schedule 1 (indexed in accordance with section 14).