Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00569:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00569
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 2423–5148

3  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
actual unit contribution, in relation to an eligible pensioner, means the number of units of pension in respect of which pension was payable to the pensioner immediately before the commencing date.
actual unit entitlement:
 (a) in relation to an eligible pensioner (not being a non‑contributing pensioner) who retired before the fourteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑nine, means:
 (i) the number of units of pension that, at the relevant time, was applicable in relation to him under the scale set out in subsection (1) of section 13 of the Superannuation Act 1922 or of that Act as amended and in force at that time; or
 (ii) his actual unit contribution;
  whichever is the greater;
 (b) in relation to an eligible pensioner (not being a non‑contributing pensioner) who retired on or after the fourteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty‑nine, but before the first day of November, One thousand nine hundred and sixty‑three, means:
 (i) the number of units of pension that, at the relevant time, was applicable in relation to him under subsection (2) or subsection (3), as the case may be, of section 20 of the Superannuation Act 1922‑1959; or
 (ii) his actual unit contribution;
  whichever is the greater;
 (c) in relation to an eligible pensioner (not being a non‑contributing pensioner) who retired on or after the first day of November, One thousand nine hundred and sixty‑three, means:
 (i) the number of units of pension that, at the relevant time, was applicable in relation to him under subsection (2) of section 20 of the Superannuation Act 1922‑1963 or of that Act as amended and in force at that time; or
 (ii) his actual unit contribution;
  whichever is the greater; and
 (d) in relation to an eligible pensioner (being a non‑contributing pensioner), means:
 (i) the number of units of pension that was, under the scale set out in subsection (1) of section 13 of the Superannuation Act 1922, applicable to an annual salary equal to his annual salary at the time immediately before his retirement; or
 (ii) four units of pension;
  whichever is the less.
additional unit entitlement, in relation to an eligible pensioner, means the number of units of pension, if any, by which his adjusted unit entitlement exceeds his actual unit entitlement.
adjusted unit entitlement, in relation to an eligible pensioner, means the number of units of pension that would have been applicable in relation to him under subsection (2) of section 20 of the Superannuation Act 1922‑1971 at the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy‑one, if he had not retired and had been in receipt of