Defence Services Pension Continuation Regulations

22 The officer, or a person acting on behalf of the officer, shall, within one year after the day on which an election is made, send to the Minister or to a person designated by the Minister

• (a) a document that is evidence of the date of birth of the spouse;

• (b) a document that is evidence of the marriage of the officer and the spouse; and

• (c) where the name of the spouse as indicated on a document referred to in paragraph (a) is not the same as the name of the spouse as indicated on a document referred to in paragraph (b), any other document that confirms that the evidence of the birth and the marriage relates to the spouse, or a statutory declaration by which the spouse declares that the documents are in respect of the spouse.