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a person has received under this Act an amount being a refund of contributions or a payment of Commonwealth supplement, or both, and that person again becomes a member, any part of the period of service of that member, and any occasion on which he ceased to be a member, before he became entitled to that amount shall not be taken into

       account for the purposes of determining his rights in respect of any further benefit under this Act unless, within three months, or, if the Trust so allows, six months, after he again becomes a member, he contracts with the Trust, in the manner required by the Trust, to repay that amount to the Trust within three years."; and
       (b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (4.) the words "by virtue of the pensioner's own period of service" and inserting in their stead the words "by virtue of having become a member ".

Increased pensions payable to existing pensioners.
9. A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was entitled to pension under the Principal Act shall, after the commencement of this Act, be entitled to pension in accordance with the Principal Act as amended by this Act.