Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C1954A00011:section:975:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C1954A00011
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 975 (pt 5/12)
Character Range: 18395–21162

the greater
Exceeding £500 per annum..............                        £26 per annum

"(2.) The rate of a pension payable immediately before the date of commencement of this section to a widow under section fifty-seven of this Act as affected by the last preceding section (not being a pension for which contributions were made to a State Fund as defined by section sixty an of this Act), and the rate at which, apart from this section, a pension (not being a pension for which contributions were so made) would become payable after that date to a widow under that section as so affected, is increased in accordance with the following table:—

Rate of pension applicable apart from this section.           Extent of increase.
Not exceeding £78 per annum............                       £13 per annum
   Exceeding £78 per annum but not exceeding £156 per annum   One-sixth
   Exceeding £156 per annum but not exceeding £224 per annum  £26 per annum
   Exceeding £224 per annum but not exceeding £250 per annum    £13 per annum, or such sum as will increase the rate of pension to £250 per annum, whichever is the greater
Exceeding £250 per annum..............                        £13 per annum

"(3.) The Commonwealth shall pay to the Fund the amount of the increases provided for by this section, and the Consolidated Revenue Fund is, to the necessary extent, appropriated accordingly.
"(4.) This section continues in operation until the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, and no longer.".
17.—(1.) Section sixty v of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Contributors to Provident Account.
"60v.—(1.) The following persons shall be contributors to the Provident Account:—
       (a) all employees who, by reason of the operation of sub-section (2.) of section four b of this Act, are not eligible to contribute to the Fund under Part III. of this Act; and
       (b) all employees who elect under section sixty x of this Act to contribute to the Provident Account.
"(2.) Where, after a person has become a contributor to the Provident Account otherwise than by virtue of section sixty x of this Act, he furnishes evidence to the satisfaction of the Board that his health and physical condition are such as to justify his being accepted as a contributor under Part III. of this Act, the Board may, upon application by that person, allow him to contribute to the Fund under Part III. of this Act.
"(3.) Where, in pursuance of the last preceding sub-section, the Board decides to allow a contributor to the Provident Account to contribute to the Fund under Part III. of this Act—
       (a) he shall, as from the date of the decision of the Board, make no further contributions to