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this section into the new Superannuation Fund, and, in the case of an amount or amounts paid to him under sub-section (9) in respect of payments of pension received by a person, that amount, or the sum of those amounts, so paid to him, and paid by him into the new Superannuation Fund, shall, to the extent that it exceeds the difference between the sum of those payments of pension and the sum of the amounts paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in respect of those payments of pension, be paid from the new Superannuation Fund into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.".

Desertion by pensioner of spouse or child
34. Section 54 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

"(4) On and after 1 July 1976, each reference in this section to the Board shall be read as including a reference to the Commissioner for Superannuation".

Repeal of section 56.
35. Section 56 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Payments to children
36. Section 58 of the Principal Act is amended—
    (a) by omitting from sub-section (2) the words "out of the Fund" and substituting the words "under this Act"; and
    (b) by omitting from sub-section (2) the word "Board" (wherever occurring) and substituting the words "Commissioner for Superannuation".

Minimum pension
37. Section 61 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (3).

Payment to person other than the pensioner
38. Section 62 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the word "Board" (wherever occurring) and substituting the words "Commissioner for Superannuation''.

Repeal of Division 3 of Part IV
39. (1) Division 3 of Part IV of the Principal Act is repealed.

(2) Where any suspension of a person's pension was in force immediately before 1 July 1976 under section 64a of the Principal Act by virtue of the person's having failed to comply with a notice requiring him to submit himself for medical examination or by virtue of the person's
having failed to comply with a notice requiring him to furnish information to the Superannuation Board, section 74 of the Superannuation Act 1976, with such modifications (if any) as are prescribed under sub-section 180 (2) of that Act, applies in relation to the suspension as if the notice had been given, and the pension suspended, by the Commissioner for Superannuation under section 74 of that Act.

(3) Where any suspension of a pension was in force immediately before 1 July 1976 under section 65 of the Principal Act, then, notwithstanding the repeal effected by sub-section (1) of this section, the provisions of sub-sections (7), (8) and (9) of section 65 of the Principal Act continue to have effect in