Section 61ZC — Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992: Entitlement to more than one pension: sections 61ZA and 61ZB

Entitlement to more than one pension: sections 61ZA and 61ZB 61ZC 1 Section 43 does not prevent a person from being entitled for the same period to both—

a a Category A retirement pension because of section 61ZA, and b one Category B retirement pension.

2 Section 43 does not prevent a person from being entitled for the same period to both—

a a Category A retirement pension, and b one Category B retirement pension because of section 61ZB (or, if there is more than one such Category B retirement pension, the most favourable of them).

3 Accordingly—

a in section 43(2)(a) the reference to “a Category A or a Category B retirement pension”, in a case in which subsection (1) or (2) of this section applies, includes “a Category A and a Category B retirement pension”, b in sections 43(3)(a) and (aa), 51A and 52 “ Category A retirement pension ” does not include a pension to which a person is entitled because of section 61ZA, and c in sections 43(3)(a) and 52 “ Category B retirement pension ” does not include a pension to which a person is entitled because of section 61ZB.