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as Prime Minister, in accordance with the scale set out in sub-section (2a).";
    (c) by omitting from sub-section (2a) the word "pension" (wherever occurring) and substituting the words "retiring allowance and
    (d) by omitting sub-sections (3) and (4) and substituting the following sub-section:—
    "(3) A retiring allowance or annuity under this section is payable notwithstanding that the person to whom the retiring allowance or annuity is payable is entitled to some other benefit under this Act.".

Re-election.
19. (1) Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended—
   (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the word "Trust" (last occurring) and substituting the word "Commonwealth";
   (b) by omitting from sub-sections (2) and (3) the word "pension" (wherever occurring) and substituting the words "retiring allowance"; and

    (c) by omitting sub-sections (4) and (5) and substituting the following sub-sections:—
    "(4) Where a person in receipt of an annuity as a widow or widower becomes a member—
        (a) the annuity is not payable in respect of the period during which the person is in receipt of a parliamentary allowance; and
        (b) the person is not entitled to receive the annuity at any time after becoming entitled to a retiring allowance by virtue of having become a member (whether or not another benefit is accepted in lieu of that retiring allowance).
    "(5) This section does not apply in relation to a retiring allowance or annuity under section 19a.".

(2) Sub-section 20(1) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act applies to a person to whom sub-section 20(1) of the Principal Act applied and who had not contracted in accordance with that last-mentioned subsection before the commencement of this Act but, for the purposes of the application of the first-mentioned sub-section to such a person, the reference in that sub-section to the repayment of an amount shall be construed as a reference to the payment of an amount.

(3) Any contract that was made in pursuance of sub-section 20(1) of the Principal Act and has not been wholly performed before the commencement of this Act has effect as if any promise in that contract to repay an amount to the Trust were a promise to pay that amount to the Commonwealth.
20. After section 20 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Period of service as member of a State Parliament to be taken into account in certain circumstances.
"20a. (1) The period of service of a member shall be deemed to include any period, whether before or after the commencement of this section, that ended before the day on which he became a member (or, if he has become a member on more than one occasion, the day on which he last became