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has been made for himself and his family, the Board may exempt him from contributing for more than two units of pension.

Interpretation.
"22.—(1.) For the purposes of this Division—
       (a) the salary of an employee who is paid salary at a rate other than an annual rate of salary shall be ascertained as prescribed;
       (b) where the salary of an employee is increased or decreased by reason of an award, order or determination made by the Public Service Arbitrator or by the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, the date on which the award, order or determination is made shall be deemed to be the date on which the employee's salary is increased or decreased, as the case may be; and

       (c) the prescribed amount is Two thousand seven hundred and thirty pounds or such other amount, being a multiple of Sixty-five pounds, as is specified in the regulations for the purpose of this paragraph.
"(2.) In making a regulation for the purpose of paragraph (c) of the last preceding sub-section, the Governor-General—
       (a) is not required to act on the recommendation of the Board; and
       (b) shall have regard to any general variations in the rates of salaries of employees that have occurred.".
(2.) An election made by an employee before the commencement of this Act not to contribute for an additional unit or units of pension attributable to an increase in the prescribed amount shall be, and be deemed to have been, as valid and effectual as if sub-section (2.) of section 20a of the Principal Act as amended by this Act had been in force at the time at which the election was made.

12. Section 23 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Contributions by employees.
"23.—(1.) Subject to this Act, the amount of contribution to be paid by an employee is an amount ascertained in accordance with the tables of contributions set out in the Third Schedule to this Act reduced by an amount, if any, ascertained in accordance with the tables of reductions of contributions set out in the Sixth Schedule to this Act.
"(2.) In the case of a male employee whose obligation to contribute to the Fund comes into existence on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-two, the rate of contribution in respect of two of his initial units of pension is the rate appropriate to his age next birthday set out in Table XIV. or Table XVII. in the Third Schedule to this Act, as the case may be, increased by Sixpence in respect of each of those two units.
"(3.) The amount of contribution to be