Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00997:reg:111v
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022C00997
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 111V
Character Range: 138412–139911

111V  Increase in current pension payable in respect of widows
 (1) Where, on 1 July 1979, a widow, not being a widow of the kind referred to in subregulation (2), was entitled to pension by virtue of paragraph 46(1)(a) or 47(1)(a) of the Superannuation Ordinance, the annual rate of that pension shall, on and after 12 July 1979, be increased by an amount ascertained by multiplying the annual rate of pension to which the widow would, but for this subregulation, be entitled on 12 July 1979, other than pension payable to her in respect of a child or student child, by 0.072.
 (2) Where, on 1 July 1979, a widow, being a widow of a contributor who had made an election under subsection 29C(2) of the Superannuation Ordinance, was entitled to pension by virtue of paragraph 46(1)(a) or 47(1)(a) of that Ordinance, the annual rate of that pension shall, on and after 12 July 1979, be increased by an amount ascertained by multiplying the annual rate of pension to which the widow would, but for this subregulation, be entitled on 12 July 1979, other than pension payable to her in respect of a child or student child, by 0.08.
 (3) On and after 1 July 1979, section 47 of the Superannuation Ordinance applies to and in relation to the payment of pension to a widow as if:
 (a) the references in subsections 47(1), (2) and (3) of that Ordinance to five‑eighths were references to 67 per cent; and
 (b) the reference in subsection 47(3) of that Ordinance to one‑half were a reference to 54 per cent.