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purposes of Part V of the Principal Act, to have retired voluntarily at that time;
         (ii) the rate at which parliamentary allowance was payable to the member immediately before that time were the rate at which parliamentary allowance was payable to him on the commencing day; and
         (iii) the amendments made by section 6 of this Act had not been made,
then, notwithstanding the amendments of the Principal Act made by section 6, the person is entitled to be paid additional retiring allowance at the maximum old rate until such time as the additional retiring allowance that would be payable to him under sub-section 18 (9) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act exceeds the maximum old rate.
(3) In this section, a reference to the rate at which additional retiring allowance is, would be, or would have been, payable to a person shall, in the case of a person to whom additional retiring allowance is, would be, or would have been, payable in respect of 2 or more offices in which he has served, be construed as a reference to the aggregate of the rates at which additional retiring allowance is, would be, or would have been, payable to him in respect of both or of all those offices.
(4) In this section, "commencing day" means the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Commutation of retiring allowance by certain persons
16. (1) In the case of a person who ceased to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance after 30 June 1980 and before the commencing day and to whom paragraph 18b (4) (b) of the Principal Act applied, section 18b of the Principal Act has effect, and shall be deemed to have had effect, as if the lump sum payment under sub-section (3) were the specified percentage of the annual amount of the retiring allowance payable to him multiplied by 10.

(2) In the case of a person who ceases to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance on or after the commencing day and on or before the expiration or dissolution of the House of Representatives next occurring after that day and to whom paragraph 18b (4) (b) of the Principal Act applies, section 18b of the Principal Act has effect as if the lump sum payment under sub-section (3) were the specified percentage of the annual amount of the retiring allowance payable to him multiplied by 10.
(3) An election made by a person referred to in sub-section (1) under subsection 18b (3) of the Principal Act on or after 1 July 1980 and before. the commencing day shall, for all purposes, be taken to be an effective election for the purposes of