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end of this section; and

        (b) the amount of pharmaceutical allowance under Step 2A of the Method statement in point 42-A1 were nil;

    'PA' means the amount of pharmaceutical allowance added to the person's maximum basic rate under Step 2A of the Method statement in point 42-A1.".

Rate of age, invalidity, partner and carer service pension (dependent child or children)

  34. Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting from subsection (1) "and (4)" and substituting ", (4) and (5)";

  (b) by adding at the end the following subsection:

    Reduced rate if social security pension was payable to the person in the previous week

      "(5) If:

        (a) a service pension becomes payable to a person with a dependent child or dependent children on a pension payday ('service pension payday'); and

        (b) a social security pension was payable to the person on the pension payday (within the meaning of the Social Security Act) immediately before the service pension payday;

     the rate at which the service pension is payable to the person on the service pension payday is to be worked out using the formula:

    where:

    'reduced annual rate' means the rate that would be the rate of the person's service pension if:

        (a) it were worked out by using the Rate Calculator at the end of this section; and

      (b) each of the following amounts were nil:

            (i) the amount for dependent children under Step 2 of the Method statement in point 42-A1;

            (ii) the amount for rent under Step 3 of that Method statement;

            (iii) the amount for pharmaceutical allowance under Step 3A of that Method statement;

    'DCA' means the amount for dependent children added to the person's maximum basic rate under Step 2 of the Method statement in point 42-A1;

    'RA' means the amount for rent added to the person's maximum basic rate under Step 2 of that Method statement;

    'PA' means the amount of pharmaceutical allowance added to the person's maximum basic rate under Step 3A of that Method statement.".

Rate of age, invalidity, partner and carer service pension (dependent child or children)

  35. The Rate Calculator in section 42 of the Principal Act is amended:

     (a) by omitting from point 42-C3AB "person's" (wherever occurring) and substituting "veteran's";

  (b) by inserting after point 42-C3AB the following point:

      "42-C3AC. If:

      (a) a person is the non-illness separated spouse of a veteran; and

        (b) an amount for a child is to be added to the person's maximum basic rate; and

      (c) the child is a dependent child of the veteran; and

        (d) there is not a declaration under subsection 869(1) of the Social Security Act in relation to the child;

     no amount for the child is to