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adjusted under Division 21 before that time—the amount; and

     (b)    if the amount has been indexed or adjusted under Division 21 before that time—the amount most recently substituted for the amount under Division 21 before that time;

index number', in relation to a quarter, means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number that is the weighted average of the 8 capital cities and is published by the Australian Statistician in respect of that quarter.

Publication of substituted index numbers

"(2) Subject to subsection (3), if at any time (whether before or after the commencement of this section), the Australian Statistician publishes an index number for a quarter in substitution for an index number previously published by the Australian Statistician for that quarter, the publication of the later index number is to be disregarded for the purposes of this section.

Change to CPI reference base

"(3) If at any time (whether before or after the commencement of this section) the Australian Statistician changes the reference base for the Consumer Price Index, regard is to be had, for the purposes of applying this section after the changed index place, only to index numbers published in terms of the new reference base.

After Division 20:

  Insert the following Division in Part III:

"Division 21—Indexation

"Subdivision A—Preliminary

Analysis of Division

  "59. This Division provides for:

    (a) the indexation, in line with CPI (Consumer Price Index) increase, of the amounts in column 2 of the CPI Indexation Table at the end of section 59b; and

SCHEDULE 1—continued

     (b) the adjustment of other amounts in line with the increase in the amounts indexed.

Indexed and adjusted amounts

   "59a. The following Table sets out:

     (a)     each amount that is to be indexed or adjusted under this Division; and

     (b)     the abbreviation used in this Division for referring to that amount; and

   (c)     the provision or provisions in which that amount is to be found.

        INDEXED AND ADJUSTED AMOUNTS TABLE

 column 1                                   column 2                                                               column 3                       column 4
 item                                       description of amount                                                  abbreviation                   provisions in which amount specified
                                            Maximum basic rates
 1.                                         Maximum basic rates for service pension                                pension MBR                    *Service Pension Rate Calculator Where There Are No Dependent Children—point 41-B1—Table B—column 3—all amounts

                                                                                                                                                  *Service Pension Rate Calculator Where There Are Dependent Children—point 42-B1—Table B—column 3—all amounts

                                                                                                                                                  * Service Pension Rate Calculator For Blinded Veterans—point 43-B1—Table B—column 3—all amounts

                                                                                                                                                  *Service Pension Rate Calculator for Widows and Non-illness Separated Wives—point 44-B1—Table B—column 3—all amounts
                                            Child amounts
 2.                                         Service pension dependent child addon for child who has not turned 13  pension under 13 child add-on  *Service Pension Rate Calculator Where There Are Dependent Children—point 42-C3—Table C-2—column 3—item 1

SCHEDULE 1—continued

    INDEXED AND ADJUSTED AMOUNTS TABLE—continued
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