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to the Fund under Part III. by reason of sub-section (1.) of section five of this Act.
"(4.) If the Board is satisfied that, at the time when an employee in relation to whom this section applies commenced to be employed in the employment in which he was last employed before he became an employee, his health and physical fitness were of such a standard as would have justified his being accepted as a contributor to the Fund under Part III. of this Act if he had then been an employee, the Board shall, notwithstanding sub-section (1.) of section five of this Act, accept the employee as such a contributor.
"(5.) If neither of the last two preceding sub-sections is applicable in respect of an employee in relation to whom this section applies, the Board shall, notwithstanding sub-section (1.) of section five of this Act accept the employee as a contributor to the Provident Account.

"(6.) Where the Treasurer, after receiving a report from the Board in respect of a period in relation to which this section applies, is of the opinion that, as a result of the operation of this section, the number of pensions that have become payable under this Act during that period by reason of the death of contributors during that period, or the retirement of contributors during that period on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform their duties, is greater than the number of pensions that would otherwise have become so payable during that period, the Treasurer may direct that there shall be paid by the Commonwealth to the Fund, in addition to any other amounts that have or may become payable to the Fund under this Act, such amount as the Treasurer considers appropriate.
"(7.) The Board shall, before furnishing a report to the Treasurer for the purposes of the last preceding sub-section, consult with an actuary.
"(8.) In this section, 'period in relation to which this section applies' means the period that commenced on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy, and ends on the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, the period of five years commencing on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, and each subsequent period of five years.

"Division 3.—Preservation of Rights of Persons Ceasing to be Contributors.

Interpretation.
"119n.—(1.) For the purposes of this Division, the prescribed period, in relation to a person who has ceased to be a contributor to the Fund or to the Provident Account, is—
     (a) in the case of a person other than a person in relation to whom the next succeeding paragraph applies—the period