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   item  man woman                   Service age                      Service invalidity  Service partner  Service illness separated   Service carer  Social Security  Nothing
   1.    Service age                man                               man                 woman            woman                      woman           man              woman
   2.    Service invalidity         man                               man                 woman            woman                      woman           man              woman
   3.    Service partner            man                               man                                  woman                      man             man
   4.    Service illness separated  man                               man                 man                                         man             man              woman
   5.    Service carer              man                               man                 woman            woman                      woman           man              woman
   6.    Social Security            man                               man                 woman            woman                      woman
   7.    Nothing                    man                               man                                  man                        man                                        ".

Section 43 (Service Pension Rate Calculator for Blinded Veterans— point 43-C2—Key to Table C-1):

  Omit "wife" (wherever occurring), substitute "partner".

Subdivision E of Division 7 of Part III (heading):

Omit "Widows and Non-illness Separated Wives", substitute "Widows, Widowers and Non-illness Separated Spouses".

Section 44:
   (a)     Omit "wife" (first occurring), substitute "partner".
   (b)     Omit "woman" (wherever occurring), substitute "person".
   (c)     After "widow" insert "or widower".
   (d)     Omit "non-illness separated wife", substitute "non-illness separated spouse".

Section 44 (Note 3):
   Omit "wife", substitute "spouse".

Section 44 (Note 4):
   (a)     Omit "woman" (wherever occurring), substitute "person".
   (b)     Omit "she" (wherever occurring), substitute "the person".

Section 44 (Note 5):
   (a)     Omit "woman", substitute "person".
   (b)     Omit "wife" (first occurring), substitute "partner".
   (c)     After "widow" insert ", widower".
SCHEDULE 2—continued

  (d)     Omit "wife" (second occurring), substitute "spouse".

  (e)     Omit "her", substitute "the person's".

Section 44 (heading of the Rate Calculator):
  Omit the heading, substitute:

"SERVICE PENSION RATE CALCULATOR FOR WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND NON-ILLNESS SEPARATED SPOUSES".

Subdivision F of Division 7 of Part III (heading):

  After "Widows" insert "and Widowers".

Section 45:

  Add at the end:

  "(2) If:

     (a)     a man is a war widower because he is receiving a pension under Part II or IV at a rate determined under or by reference to subsection 30 (1); and

   (b)     he is also receiving:

       (i) an age service pension; or

      (ii) an invalidity service pension; or

(iii) a carer service pension; the rate of the service pension payable to him is to be calculated in accordance with the Rate Calculator at the end of this section.".

Section 45 (Note):

  After "widow" insert "and 'war widower' ".

Section 45 (heading of the Rate Calculator):

  After "WIDOWS" insert "AND WIDOWERS".

Section 45 (Service Pension Rate Calculator for 'Frozen Rate' Widows and Widowers—point 45-A1—Step 1 of the Method statement):

   (a)     After "widow's" insert "or widower's".

   (b)     Omit "her", substitute "him or her".

Section 45 (Service Pension Rate Calculator for 'Frozen Rate' Widows and Widowers—point 45-A1—Step 2 of the Method statement):

  After "widow's" insert "or widower's".

Section 45 (Service Pension Rate Calculator for 'Frozen Rate' Widows and Widowers—point 45-A1—Step 3 of the Method statement):

   (a)     After "widow's"