Section 45UI — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Annual notional partnered pension rate

(1) For the purposes of this Division, a person’s annual notional partnered pension rate is set out in the following table: Annual notional partnered pension rate Item In this case: The person’s annual notional partnered pension rate is: 1 The person: (a) is not permanently blind; and (b) is not a war widow/war widower—pensioner the sum of the adjusted percentage of the person’s maximum basic rate under point SCH6-B1 and the person’s pension supplement basic amount, worked out, in each case, as at the date of grant of the designated pension if it were assumed that the person were a member of a couple at that date 2 The person: (a) is permanently blind; and (b) is not a war widow/war widower—pensioner the sum of the person’s maximum basic rate under point SCH6-B1 and the person’s pension supplement basic amount, ascertained as at the date of grant of the designated pension, if it were assumed that the person was a member of a couple as at that date 3 The person: (a) is a war widow/war widower—pensioner; and (b) was a war widow/war widower—pensioner throughout so much of the overall qualifying period as occurred when the person was a member of a couple the person’s annual pension rate worked out as at the date of grant of the designated pension 4 The person: (a) is a war widow/war widower—pensioner; but (b) was not a war widow/war widower—pensioner for some or all of the overall qualifying period occurring while the person was a member of a couple the apportioned partnered amount worked out under subsection (2) (2) For the purposes of this section, the apportioned partnered amount is: where: period not a war widow or war widower is the number of days in so much of the partner part of overall qualifying period as occurred when the person was not a war widow/war widower—pensioner. partner part of overall qualifying period is the number of days in so much of the overall qualifying period as occurred when the person was a member of a couple. provisional payment rate is: (a) if the person: (i) has, during some or all of the partnered part of the person’s overall qualifying period, deferred an age service pension or a partner service pension; and (ii) is not permanently blind; the sum of the adjusted percentage of the person’s maximum basic rate under point SCH6-B1 and the person’s pension supplement basic amount worked out, in each case, as at the date of grant of the designated pension if it were assumed that the person were a member of a couple at that date; or (b) if the person: (i) has, during some or all of the partnered part of the person’s overall qualifying period, deferred an age service pension or a partner service pension; and (ii) the person is permanently blind; the sum of the person’s maximum basic rate under point SCH6-B1 and the person’s pension supplement basic amount, worked out as at the date of grant of the designated pension if it were assumed that the person were a member of a couple at that date; or (c) if the person: (i) has, during some or all of the partnered part of the person’s overall qualifying period, deferred an age pension; and (ii) is not permanently blind; the sum of: (iii) the adjusted percentage of the person’s maximum basic rate under Table B in point 1064-B1 of the Social Security Act 1991; and (iv) the person’s pension supplement basic amount; worked out, in each case, as at the date of grant of the designated pension if it were assumed that the person were a member of a couple at that date; or (d) if the person: (i) has, during some or all of the partnered part of the person’s overall qualifying period, deferred an age pension; and (ii) is permanently blind; the sum of: (iii) the maximum basic rate under Table B in point 1065-B1 of the Social Security Act 1991; and (iv) the person’s pension supplement basic amount; worked out, in each case, as at the date of grant of the designated pension if it were assumed that the person were a member of a couple at that date. period a war widow or war widower is the number of days in so much of the partner part of overall qualifying period as occurred when the person was a war widow/war widower—pensioner. annual pension rate is the person’s annual pension rate, worked out as at the date of grant of the designated pension, in accordance with section 45UF. Note: There may be circumstances where one or other of the bracketed parts of the formula will have a nil value. (3) For the purposes of this section, a person’s adjusted percentage is the percentage worked out using the following formula (for rounding up, see subsection (4)): where: maximum basic rate is the sum of the person’s maximum basic rate under point SCH6-B1 and the person’s pension supplement basic amount, ascertained as at the date of grant of the designated pension. (4) A percentage worked out under subsection (3) is to be calculated to 3 decimal places. However, if a percentage worked out under subsection (3) would, if it were calculated to 4 decimal places, end in a digit that is greater than 4, the percentage is to be increased by 0.001.