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28.—(1.) A person whose name is specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Act, shall, in lieu of the pension to which, but for this section, that person would be entitled under the Superannuation Act 1922–1951, be paid out of the Fund a pension at the rate specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite to the name of that person.
(2.) On the death of a male person whose name is specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Act, pension shall be payable to his widow at one-half of the rate specified in the second column of that Schedule opposite to the name of that person.
(3.) Payment of a pension under the last preceding sub-section, and payment of the pension to the female person whose name is specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Act, shall be subject to the same conditions as apply in the case of a pension payable to a widow of a deceased pensioner under the Superannuation Act 1922–1951.
(4.) The Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund—
       (a) in respect of each payment of pension made from the Fund to a person whose name is specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Act—an amount at the rate specified in the third column of that Schedule opposite to the name of that person; and

       (b) in respect of each payment of pension made from the Fund to the widow of any of those persons—an amount at one-half of the rate specified in the third column of that Schedule opposite to the name of that person,
    and the Consolidated Revenue Fund is, to the necessary extent, hereby appropriated accordingly.
(5.) Where a person whose name is specified in the Schedule to this Act is employed by the Commonwealth, or by an approved authority as defined by section four of the Superannuation Act 1922–1951, and that person is in receipt of a pension at a rate exceeding Four hundred and twenty-nine pounds per annum, the pension payable to that person during any period for which he is paid salary or wages in respect of that employment shall be reduced to a pension at the rate of Four hundred and twenty-nine pounds per annum.
(6.) Where a pension payable to a person whose name is specified in the Schedule to this Act is reduced to the rate specified in the last preceding sub-section, the Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund during the period for which pension at the reduced rate is payable, in lieu of the amount payable under paragraph (a) of sub-section (4.) of this section, an amount at a rate ascertained by