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which the wife of a male pensioner in relation to whom the last preceding subsection applies is an employee or is in receipt of a pension under section twenty-nine or thirty of this Act, the Board shall not cause pension to be paid to her under that sub-section at a rate exceeding the rate at which pension would be payable to her under this Act if she were in receipt of a pension under section thirty-two of this Act.".

29. Section forty-eight of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Minimum pension.
"48.—(1.) The minimum amount of pension payable to a contributor upon retirement is, except where this Act requires his pension to be actuarially determined, two units.

"(2.) The minimum amount of pension payable to the widow of a contributor or pensioner (not being pension in respect of a child) is—
       (a) subject to the next succeeding paragraph—one and one-quarter units; or
       (b) in the case of a widow whose husband elected that section seventeen aa of this Act should not apply to him—one unit.
"(3.) Any additional amount of pension required to be paid by reason of the operation of either of the last two preceding sub-sections shall be paid by the Commonwealth to the Fund.".
30. Section forty-eight b of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Commencement of pension or benefits.
"48b. Subject to this Act, where, in pursuance of this Act, an employee becomes liable, or elects, to contribute for or in respect of a unit of pension or an additional unit of pension, he shall be deemed to be a contributor for or in respect of that unit or additional unit as from the date when he becomes liable to contribute, or elects to contribute, as the case may be, but, if any pension or benefit becomes payable to or in respect of that contributor before he has actually commenced to make contributions or additional contributions, there shall be deducted from the first payment of pension or benefit such contributions as are due by him for or in respect of that unit or additional unit, or, if a pay-day has not occurred before the pension or benefit becomes payable, one fortnightly contribution.".

Heading.
31. Before section fifty a of the Principal Act the following heading is inserted:—

"Division 3a.—Re-employment of Pensioners".

Re-employment of pensioners.
32. Section fifty a of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (3.), (4.) and (5.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-sections:—
"(3.) Where an employee is in receipt of a pension under section thirty-one or thirty-two of this Act at a rate exceeding Three