Social Security Act (Cap. 318)

Social Security Act (Cap. 318), article 36

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36. Where the widow is in receipt of a pension from a former employer of the deceased pensioner which is in any way related to the employment of the deceased pensioner prior to his death, if such pension, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the rate of Survivor ’s Pension applicable in her case together exceed two-thirds (or such other fraction as may have been substituted therefor in accordance with article 55) of the pensionable income of the deceased pensioner or, where the latter’s pension had been reassessed in accordance with the provisions of article 59, of the amount substituted for such pensionable income at the time of the last such reassessment, the rate of Survivor ’s Pension shall, save as provided for in the proviso to article 37, be abated by such an amount as will ensure that the aforementioned two-thirds are not exceeded. Reassessment of Survivor’s Pension. Amended by: XIII.1991.18; VIII.1992.16. Re-numbered by: XXIV. 1993.2.

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