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under this Act immediately before he died,
         was less than the number that, for the purposes of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948–1968, was his category number immediately before he died or was discharged, as the case may be,
    any pension payable in respect of him under this Act shall be calculated as if, immediately before he died—
          (d) he had been contributing under this Act for a number of units of pension equal to the number that was that category number; and

          (e) no non-contributory units of pension were applicable in relation to him under this Act.".

Retrenchment of contributor—choice of benefits.
27. Section 50 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section (2.) the following sub-section:—
"(2a.) For the purposes of sub-section (1.) of this section, the contributions to the Fund that would have been made by the Commonwealth in respect of a non-contributory unit of pension shall be calculated as if the contributor had been a contributor for that unit from the date when the unit became applicable in relation to him as a non-contributory unit and he had contributed at the appropriate rate based on a retiring age of sixty-five years.".

Contributions payable from next pay-day.
28. Section 138 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—
"(2.) In calculating the rate of the contributions under the appropriate table or tables in the Schedules to this Act to be paid fortnightly by a contributor for a unit or units of pension, the obligation of the contributor to contribute for the unit or units shall be deemed to have come into existence on the pay-day as from which the contributions are payable.".

Part III.—Miscellaneous.

Interpretation.
29. An expression used in this Part that is also used in the Superannuation Act 1922–1969 and has in that Act a defined or other specified:, meaning has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in this Part.

Date from which increased contributions payable.
30. Any increased contribution payable by a contributor who, upon, the commencement of this section, is required by reason of the operation of sub-section (2.) of section 20 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act to contribute for one or more additional units of pension is payable as from the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent or, if that day is not a pay-day, as from the next following pay-day.

Transitional provisions relating to elections for non-contributory units.
31.—(1.) A person who has not previously made an election under section 22a of the Superannuation Act 1922–1969 is not disqualified from making an election under that section by reason that he has attained