3.3.3 Compensation Affected Pension Payability

Compensation to be claimed

Compensation affected pensions may not be payable if the person or their partner fail to take reasonable action to claim, or obtain the compensation to which they may be entitled.    

Compensation in the form of a lump sum

If a person receives compensation in the form of a lump sum, a compensation affected pension is not payable to the person for the lump sum preclusion period[glossary:.:] If the person is a member of a couple and that person, or their partner, received the compensation before 20 March 1997, a compensation affected pension is not payable to the person or their partner for the lump sum preclusion period.