Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C1954A00011:section:975:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C1954A00011
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 975 (pt 10/12)
Character Range: 30724–33400

a member of the Forces as defined by sub-section (2.) of section eighty c of the Superannuation Act 1922-1954) likely to render him incapable of performing his duties before attaining the maximum age for retirement.
(3.) Where a contributor who makes an election under paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) of this section is retired before the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, on the ground of invalidity or physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties, or dies before that date, the Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund the amount of any pension becoming payable in respect of the additional units for which he was contributing by virtue of this section, being units in respect of which he was not required to satisfy the Board in accordance with the last preceding sub-section, less so much of the pension in respect of those units as is equivalent to the contributions made by him in respect of those units, and the Consolidated Revenue Fund is, to the necessary extent, appropriated accordingly.
(4.) Any increased contribution payable in pursuance of paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) of this section is payable as from the date of the election, but where that date is not a pay-day the increased contribution is payable as from the next following pay-day, and any increased contribution payable in pursuance of paragraph (b) of sub-section (1.) of this section is payable as from the pay-day next following the date of commencement of this section.

Increases in existing pensions.
28.—(1.) The amount of pension payable to a person who was, immediately before the date of commencement of this section, in receipt of, or entitled to, a pension under the Principal Act, not being a pension payable—
       (a) in respect of a child;
       (b) under section twenty-nine a or twenty-nine b of the Principal Act; or
       (c) under section fifty-seven of the Principal Act, other than a pension for which contributions were made to a State Fund as defined in section sixty an of the Principal Act,
is increased by one-sixth.

(2.) The amount of pension payable to a person who was, immediately before the date of commencement of this section, in receipt of, or entitled to, a pension under the Principal Act in respect of a child shall be increased by Six pounds ten shillings per annum.

(3.) The Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund the amounts by which pensions are increased by virtue of this section, and the Consolidated Revenue Fund is, to the necessary extent, appropriated accordingly.
(4.) Where an amount is paid by the Commonwealth under this section to the Fund in respect of a person who was employed by an approved authority, the