Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:514f:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 514F (pt 1/13)
Character Range: 723195–725932

514F  Matters affecting payments under this Subdivision
 (1) If:
 (a) the surviving partner is qualified for payments under this Subdivision; and
 (b) after the deceased partner died, an amount to which the deceased partner would have been entitled if he or she had not died has been paid under this Act or under Part III or IIIA of the Veterans' Entitlements Act; and
 (c) the Secretary is not satisfied that the surviving partner has not had the benefit of that amount;
the following provisions have effect:
 (d) the amount referred to in paragraph (b) is not recoverable from the surviving partner or from the personal representative of the deceased partner, except to the extent (if any) that the amount exceeds the amount payable to the surviving partner under this Subdivision;
 (e) the amount payable to the surviving partner under this Subdivision is to be reduced by the amount referred to in paragraph (b).
 (2) If:
 (a) the surviving partner is qualified for payments under this Subdivision; and
 (b) an amount to which the deceased partner would have been entitled if the deceased partner had not died has been paid under this Act or under Part III or IIIA of the Veterans' Entitlements Act, within the bereavement period, into an account with a bank; and
 (c) the bank pays to the surviving partner, out of that account, an amount not exceeding the total of the amounts paid as mentioned in paragraph (b);
the bank is, in spite of anything in any other law, not liable to any action, claim or demand by the Commonwealth, the personal representative of the deceased partner or anyone else in respect of the payment of that money to the surviving partner.
Note: For bereavement period see section 21.

Social Security Act 1991

No. 46, 1991

Compilation No. 224

Compilation date: 15 February 2025

                Includes amendments: Act No. 6, 2025

This compilation is in 6 volumes

Volume 1: sections 1–514F
Volume 2: sections 540–1061ZUC
Volume 3: sections 1061ZVAA–1157
Volume 4: sections 1157A–1263
 Schedule 1A
Volume 5: Endnotes 1–4
Volume 6: Endnotes 5 and 6

Each volume has its own contents

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Social Security Act 1991 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 15 February 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not