Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02791:body:0:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02791
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Governor of the State; or
                (b) a Minister of the State; or
(ii) any other appointment made for a public purpose by—
                (a) the Governor of the State; or
                (b) a Minister of the State,

        but does not include a member of the Parliament of the State;
"'Minister' means—
(a) in relation to a State—a Minister of the Crown for the State; and
(b) in relation to a Territory—a person holding, in relation to the Territory, an office corresponding to the office of Minister of the Crown for a State;
"'Parliament', in relation to the Northern Territory, means the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory;
"'pension', in relation to any office, includes any benefit payable, whether by way of a lump sum or otherwise, under a superannuation scheme applicable in relation to the office, being a benefit—
(a) payable upon the termination of the office; and
(b) based—
(i) wholly upon contributions paid under the scheme by the person who is, under the scheme, the employer; or
(ii) partly upon such contributions and partly upon contributions paid under the scheme by the person who is, under the scheme, the employee;
"'relevant benefit' means—
(a) a retiring allowance under section 18, and includes additional retiring allowance under sub-section 18 (9); or
(b) an annuity under section 19;
"'remuneration' includes any annual allowance, but does not include—
(a) any amount paid for the reimbursement of expenses reasonably incurred; or
(b) any allowance under section 4 of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952;
"'Secretary' means the Secretary to the Department;
"'State' includes Territory.
"(2) Subject to sub-sections (3) and (4), where a person who is entitled to a relevant benefit is—
(a) the holder of an office of profit under the Commonwealth;
(b) the holder of an office of profit under a State; or
(c) entitled to a pension arising out of service in such an office, whether the office was held by the person or another person and whether the office was held before or after the commencement of this section,
the rate at which the relevant benefit would otherwise be payable to the person shall be reduced by the rate of the remuneration received by him in respect of the office or the rate at which the pension referred to in paragraph (c) is paid to him, as the case may be.
"(3) Where the remuneration or pension, as the case may be, by reference to which the relevant benefit is to be reduced under sub-section (2) is payable otherwise than at a periodical rate, the reduction of the relevant benefit shall be made to such extent, and in such manner, as the Trust determines by instrument in writing.
"(4) Notwithstanding anything