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the end of sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph the word "or";
        (c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (iii) of that paragraph the word "or"; and
        (d) by omitting sub-paragraph (iv) of that paragraph.

21. Section one hundred and thirty-one of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Delegation by Board.

"131.—(1.) The Board may, by instrument in writing under its common seal, delegate to a member of the Board or to an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth, either generally or otherwise as provided in the instrument of delegation, all or any of its powers (except this power of delegation).

"(2.) A power so delegated may be exercised by the delegate in accordance with the instrument of delegation.

"(3.) A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not prevent the exercise of a power by the Board.".

Acceptance of election outside prescribed period.
22. Section one hundred and thirty-five of the Principal Act is amended—
        (a) by inserting in sub-section (1.), after the word "made" (first occurring), the words "by an employee or pensioner";
        (b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (1.) the words "to the employee or his dependants" and inserting in their stead the words "to, or to the dependants of, the employee or pensioner"; and
        (c) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words "the employee" and inserting in their stead the words "an employee".

Regulations.
23. Section one hundred and fifty of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (c), after the word "employee", the words " or pensioner".

Repeal of First and Second Schedules.
24. The First and Second Schedules to the Principal Act are repealed.

Part III.—Increases in Certain Superannuation Pensions.

Interpretation.
25.—(1.) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears—
        "actual unit contribution", in relation to a prescribed pensioner, means the number of units of pension in respect of which pension was payable to the pensioner immediately before the commencing date;
        "actual unit entitlement"—

            (a) in relation to a prescribed pensioner (not being a non-contributory pensioner) who retired before the fourteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, means—
                  (i) the number of units of pension that, at the prescribed time, was, in accordance with the scale set out in sub-section (1.) of section thirteen of the Superannuation Act 1922 or of that Act as amended and in force at that time, applicable to an annual salary equal to his annual salary at that time; or
                  (ii) his actual unit contribution,
whichever is the greater;

            (b) in relation to a prescribed pensioner (not being a non-contributory pensioner) who retired on or after the fourteenth day of December, One thousand