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Where a person appointed in pursuance of either of the last two preceding sections was immediately before his appointment, an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth, his service or employment, or both, under this Act, shall, for the purpose of determining his existing and accruing rights, be taken into account as if it were service in the Public Service of the Commonwealth and the Officers' Rights Declaration Act 1928–1940 applies as if this Act and the last two preceding sections had been specified in the Schedule to that Act.".
(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the seventeenth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and forty-six.

5. Section twenty of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead.:—

Fares and charges.
"20. The Commission may, in the conduct of an air service, transport all such passengers and goods as are offered for that purpose and may demand such fares and charges, and impose such conditions, in respect of that transport, as it determines.".

6. Sections thirty and thirty-one of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections inserted in their stead:—

Capital of the Commission.
"30.—(1.) The Treasurer may make available to the Commission, out of moneys appropriated by the Parliament for the purpose, such amounts as are, in the opinion of the Minister, required by the Commission and the Commission may accept more amounts.
"(2.) The capital of the Commission consists of the amounts advanced by the Treasurer to the Commission before the commencement of this section and of the amounts made available by the Treasurer to the Commission under the last preceding sub-section.

"(3.) Interest is not payable to the Commonwealth on the capital of the Commission but the Commission shall pay to the Commonwealth, out of the profits of the Commission for a financial year, such amount as the Treasurer determines.
"(4.) The capital of the Commission is repayable to the Commonwealth at such times and in such amounts as the Treasurer determines.
"(5.) Before making a determination under either of the last two preceding sub-sections, the Treasurer shall consult the Minister and shall have regard to any advice which the Commission has furnished to the Treasurer in relation to the financial affairs of the Commission.

Borrowings by the Commission.
"31.—(1.) The Commission may borrow money for temporary purposes on overdraft from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, or from such other bank as the Treasurer approves, but the aggregate of the amounts borrowed by the Commission under this sub-section and not re-paid shall not exceed One million pounds.
"(2.) The repayment of amounts borrowed under the last preceding sub-section, and the payment of