Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 362A

             (1)  In spite of anything else in this Part, a widow B pension must not be granted to a woman unless:

                     (a)  the woman's claim for the pension is lodged before 20 March 1997; and

                     (b)  the woman is qualified for the pension before that day.

             (2)  For the purposes of subsection (1), if a provision of section 15 of the Administration Act applies, the woman is taken to have lodged her claim for a widow B pension on the day on which she lodged her incorrect claim or her initial claim, as the case may be.

             (3)  This section does not apply in relation to a determination by the Secretary under section 85 of the Administration Act.

             (4)  For the purposes of subsection (2):

"incorrect claim or initial claim" has the same meaning as in the provision of section 15 of the Administration Act that applies as referred to in subsection (2).