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rate of which is—
         (a) in a case where he would be entitled to additional retiring allowance in respect of one office only—75% of the rate, at that time, at which salary is paid in respect of that office; or
         (b) in a case where he would be entitled to additional retiring allowance in respect of 2 or more offices—75 % of the rate that is the highest rate, at that time, at which salary is paid in respect of either or any of those offices,
      then, so long as he continues to be an office holder who would, if he ceased to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance, be entitled to additional retiring allowance at that rate, sub-section (1a) applies to him as if the reference in that sub-section to 11½% were a reference to 5¾%.

     "(1c) For the purpose of ascertaining the Commonwealth supplement in relation to a person who paid contributions in accordance with sub-section (1a) as that sub-section has effect by virtue of sub-section (1b), he shall be deemed to have paid (in addition to the contributions that he has paid under sub-section (1a) as it so has effect and any other contributions that he has paid) further contributions equal to the contributions that he paid under that sub-section.".

Benefits to members
6. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (9) and (10) and substituting the following sub-sections:

"(9) Where the period of service of a member who became entitled to a retiring allowance after 30 June 1980 includes a period or periods during which the member served as an office-holder, the member is entitled, in respect of his service as the holder of each office by virtue of which he was an office-holder, to additional retiring allowance in respect of his service in that office at a rate equal to such percentage of the rate, for the time being, at which salary is paid in respect of that office as is determined in accordance with sub-section (10) to be the relevant percentage in respect of the member's service in that office.

"(10) For the purposes of sub-section (9), the relevant percentage in respect of the service of a member in a particular office is—
      (a) if the period of service of the member in that office is less than a complete year—the percentage, calculated to 3 decimal places, that is obtained by multiplying 6.25% by the number of days in that period of service and dividing the product by 365;
      (b) if the period of service of the member in that office is a complete year— 6.25%;
      (c) if the period of service of the member in that office is a