Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01840:section:17:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01840
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 15758–18318

amounts of the salary paid, or accrued due, to the member as an office holder in respect of any period or periods of service as an office holder before the commencement of this sub-section, being a period or periods of service that the member has elected under section 14 to have taken into account for the purposes of this sub-section.
     "(10) Where the percentage ascertained in accordance with sub-section (9) in relation to a member would, if it were calculated to 4 decimal places, end with a number greater than 4, that percentage shall be taken to be the percentage calculated to 3 decimal places in accordance with that sub-section and increased by 0.001.
     "(11) A reference in this section to a member includes a reference to any person who is in receipt of a parliamentary allowance.".

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) apply only to or in respect of persons who—
     (a) are members at the date of commencement of this Act; or
     (b) become members on or after that date (whether or not they had at any previous time been members).

10. After section 18a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Commutation of retiring allowance
"18b. (1) This section applies to a person who becomes entitled to a retiring allowance after the commencement of this section other than a person who—
     (a) becomes entitled to that allowance in pursuance of paragraph (a) or (aa) of sub-section (2) of section 18; and

     (b) becomes so entitled by reason of his having retired on account of ill-health.

"(2) The reference in sub-section (1) to a person who becomes entitled to a retiring allowance by reason of his having retired on account of ill-health shall be construed as a reference to a person who—
     (a) ceases to be a member by reason of his having resigned his place before the expiration of his term of office;
     (b) ceases to be a senator upon the expiration of the term of office of a class of senators or the dissolution of the Senate and is not, at the time of an election to fill places in the Senate that become vacant at the time when his place becomes vacant, a candidate for election as a senator or, if elections of members of the House of Representatives are held, or an election of a member of the House of Representatives is held, at the same time as such a Senate election, a candidate for election either as a senator or as a member of the House of Representatives;
     (c) ceases to be a member of the House of Representatives upon the dissolution or expiration of that House and is not,