Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00264:section:3:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00264
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 9/15)
Character Range: 33604–36150

last ceased to be an eligible employee—the other age.
MSB Act means the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991.
notional interest includes negative or zero notional interest.
orphan pension means pension payable under Division 4 of Part VI.
partial invalidity pension means pension payable under section 77 or 78.
partially dependent child, in relation to a person who has died and was, at the time of his or her death, an eligible employee or a retirement pensioner, means a person:
 (a) who is a child (other than an eligible child) of the deceased person; and
 (b) to whom either of the following applies:
 (i) the person is under the age of 18 years;
 (ii) the person has reached the age of 18 years but is under the age of 25 years and is receiving full‑time education at a school, college or university; and
 (c) to or in respect of whom, immediately before the deceased person's death, the deceased person was voluntarily making, or required by a court to make, regular maintenance payments.
partner: a person is the partner of another person if the two persons have a relationship as a couple (whether the persons are the same sex or different sexes).
pension means any pension payable under this Act.
pension pay day means the Thursday that falls on 1 July 1976, and each succeeding alternate Thursday.
pensioner means a person who is entitled to pension under this Act.
period of contributory service, in relation to a person who has ceased to be an eligible employee, means a period equal to the period (the period of actual service) beginning on the person's first day of service and ending on the person's last day of service (less any part of the period of actual service that is:
 (a) a period of leave of absence in respect of which subsection 51(1) applies to the person; or
 (b) a period of absence from duty in respect of which subsection 51A(1) of the Superannuation Act 1976 as in force before 1 July 1990 applies to the person; or
 (c) a period that is taken, under subsection 51A(5) of the Superannuation Act 1976 as in force on and after 1 July 1990, to be a non‑contributory period of service for the person; or
 (d) a period in respect of which the person was not required or permitted to pay contributions because of subsection 3(3); or
 (e) a period in respect of which benefits did not accrue to the person because of section 55A);
together with, if the person had previously ceased to be an eligible employee on an occasion earlier than his or her first day of service, any period that, under section 8, is to