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sub-section (2.) of this section as it applied immediately before his salary was increased, having regard to his salary immediately before it was increased, and the number of units for which he was a contributor.".

9. Section twenty-two of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Contributor reduced in salary.
"22. Where the salary of a contributor is reduced and the number of units of pension ascertained in accordance with sub-section (2.) of section twenty of this Act as it applied immediately after the reduction, having regard to his salary immediately after the reduction, is less than the number of units ascertained in accordance with that sub-section as it applied immediately before the reduction, having regard to his salary immediately before the reduction, he may elect to reduce the number of units for or in respect of which he shall contribute to a number of units not less than the first-mentioned number of units.".

Contribution for reserve units of pension.
10. Section thirty of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

"(1.) A contributor who is contributing for the number of units of pension ascertained in accordance with sub-section (2.) of section twenty of this Act having regard to his salary may, from time to time, elect to contribute for one or more reserve units of pension in accordance with this Division.".

Payments by the Commonwealth.
11. Section thirty-three of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

"(1.) This section has effect except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Superannuation Act 1959 or the Superannuation Act 1963.".

Amount of pension on retirement.
12. Section forty-three of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words, ", as set out in the Second Schedule to this Act,".

13. Section fifty-two of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Rights of contributors who have been candidates at elections.
"52.—(1.) This section applies to a person, being a contributor, who—
        (a) resigned from his employment in order to become a candidate for election as a member of a House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of a State;
        (b) was a candidate at the election; and
        (c) failed to be elected.
"(2.) Where a person to whom this section applies—
        (a) on application made by him within two months after the declaration of the result of the election, becomes employed by the Commonwealth or by an approved authority—
               (i) in the case of a person who, immediately before his resignation, was deemed to be an employee by virtue of