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for the purpose of the last preceding sub-section, be deemed to be the number of units for which he was contributing immediately before the first day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-one.
(5.) Where, before the commencement of this Act, the Public Service Arbitrator has made an order or determination increasing the salary of a contributor, but payment of salary at the increased rate has not been approved for the purposes of section thirteen of the Superannuation Act 1922–1950, the date of commencement of this Act is, for the purposes of section thirteen of the Superannuation Act 1922–1951, the date on which payment of salary at the increased rate is approved.

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 Section seventeen of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Tables of contributions.
"17. The contributions payable by an employee for units of pension for which he is required or permitted to contribute are as follows:—
       (a) where the obligation to make contributions existed at the date of commencement of the Superannuation Act 1942, the contributions shall be in accordance with the tables of contributions contained in Schedule I., II., III. or IV., as the case requires, to this Act; and
       (b) where the obligation to make contributions came into existence after the date of commencement of the Superannuation Act 1942, or came or comes into existence on or after the first day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, the contributions shall be in accordance with, the tables of contributions contained in Schedule V., VI., VII. or VIII., as the case requires, to this Act.".

Payments by the Commonwealth where contributions are at rate for age.
8. Section eighteen of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (1.) and (2.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-section:—
"(1.) The Commonwealth shall, in respect of each unit or portion of a unit of pension paid from the Fund on the basis of a contribution corresponding to the rate prescribed for the age of the employee at the date upon which he commenced to pay the contribution, pay to the Fund a sum equal to two-thirds of the payment so made.".

Units of pension.
9. Section twenty-eight of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—
"(1.) The unit of pension is Thirty-nine pounds per annum.".

10.—(1.) After section twenty-nine a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Increase in certain pensions.
"29b.—(1.) Where, before the commencement of the Superannuation Act 1947, a contributor had retired not less than one year, after attaining the maximum age for retirement, the pension payable to him shall, as from the