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Minister for Finance or, in the absence of agreement, at such times and in such amounts as the Minister for Finance determines, but so that the total of the amounts is paid to the Commonwealth within 3 years after the date on which the person made the relevant election under this section.
"(7) If a person who has made an election under this section becomes entitled to a retiring allowance and, after becoming so entitled, elects under sub-section (3) of section 18b to convert a percentage of that retiring allowance into a lump sum payment, there shall be deducted from the amount of that lump sum payment the amount (if any) by which the total of the amounts that the person is liable to pay to the Commonwealth under sub-section (4) of this section exceeds the total of any of those amounts that the person has paid in accordance with sub-section (6) of this section and, upon the deduction being made, the person is, to the extent of the amount deducted, discharged from further liability to make payments under this section.".

Commonwealth supplement
8. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:
     "(1a) Any amounts paid by a person to the Commonwealth under section 14 shall be deemed to be contributions paid by him during his period of service, or during the last 8 years of his period of service, to the extent that those amounts relate to—
        (a) in the case of amounts paid in pursuance of paragraph (a) of sub-section (4) of that section—contributions (other than a repayment of a refund) made during his period of service, or during those last 8 years of his period of service, as the case may be, under Part Va of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1964 or of that Act as amended; and
        (b) in the case of amounts paid in pursuance of paragraph (b) of sub-section (4) of that section—any period occurring during his period of service, or during those last 8 years of his period of service, as the case may be."; and
     (b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
     "(3) For the purpose of ascertaining the Commonwealth supplement in relation to a person who paid contributions in accordance with paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 13, he shall be deemed to have paid (in addition to the contributions that he has paid under that paragraph and any other contributions that he has paid) further contributions equal to the contributions that he paid under that paragraph.".

Benefits to members
9. (1) Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting after sub-section (1) the