Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:30c:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 30C (pt 4/4)
Character Range: 386504–388555

payable after the pension or pensions referred to in paragraph (a) are reduced to a nil rate.
 (10) If:
 (a) pensions are payable to 2 or more persons; and
 (b) subsections (8) and (9) do not apply;
the reduction in the rate per fortnight for each pension is to be worked out using the following formula:

where:
pension to be reduced is the rate per fortnight of the pension to be reduced.
total pensions payable is the sum of the rates per fortnight of pensions payable to the persons.
total compensation payable is the sum of the rates per fortnight of compensation that the persons are taken to be in receipt of.
 (11) If:
 (a) an amount of damages payable to a veteran, or to a dependant of a veteran, is paid to the Commonwealth under section 30G or 30H; or
 (b) the liability of the Commonwealth to pay damages to a veteran or to a dependant of a veteran, is, under section 30K, taken to have been discharged to the extent of a particular amount;
subsection (1) of this section applies to the veteran or the dependant as if pension commences to be payable, only after the veteran or dependant receives payments by way of instalments of pension equal to the amount referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

Preferred pensions
 (12) For the purposes of this section:
 (a) a pension payable under this Part to the veteran is to be preferred to such a pension payable to a dependant of the veteran; and
 (b) a pension payable under this Part to a partner or non‑illness separated spouse of a veteran is to be preferred to such a pension payable to a child of the veteran; and
 (c) a pension payable under this Part to the widow or widower of a deceased veteran is to be preferred to such a pension payable to a child of the veteran; and
 (d) a pension payable under this Part to an older child of a veteran is to be preferred to such a pension payable to a younger child of the veteran.
 (13) For the purposes of this section, a payment by way of compensation made on behalf of, or for the benefit of, a person is taken to have been made to the person.