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or more additional units of pension is payable as from the fourteenth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.

Transitional provisions.
32.—(1.) Subject to this section, the number of units of pension for which a contributor would, upon the commencement of this section, be required to contribute, by virtue of section twenty of the Principal Act as amended by this Act but disregarding sub-section (5.) of that section, shall be reduced by the number of units of pension (if any) by which the number of units of pension ascertained in accordance with Part I. or Part II. of the First Schedule to the Principal Act, as the case may be, corresponding to the salary group in which his salary fell immediately before the commencement of this section exceeds the number of units of pension for which he was then a contributor.

(2.) Where, upon the date of commencement of this section, a contributor who had, on or before that date, attained the age of forty years would, but for this sub-section, be required to contribute for one or more additional units of pension, he may within six months after that date, elect not to contribute for all or any of those additional units of pension.

(3.) Where a contributor—
        (a) is entitled to elect under the last preceding sub-section but does not so elect; or
        (b) is a contributor whose salary immediately before the commencement of this section did not exceed Two thousand and fifteen pounds per annum,

and the number of units of pension for which he is required to contribute is reduced under sub-section (1.) of this section, he may, within twelve months after the commencement of this section, elect to contribute for one or more additional units of pension not exceeding the number of units of pension by which the first-mentioned number of units of pension is so reduced.

(4.) An election under the last preceding sub-section does not have effect unless, within six months after the date of the election, the contributor satisfies the Board that he is not suffering from

any physical or mental defect (not being a defect that, in the opinion of the Board, is the result of the service of the contributor as a member of the Forces as defined by sub-section (2.) of section one hundred and forty-seven of the Superannuation Act 1922–1963) likely to render him incapable of performing his duties before attaining the maximum age for retirement.

(5.) Any increased contribution payable by reason of an election under sub-section (3.) of this section is payable as from the date of the election, but where that date is not a pay-day, the increased contribution is payable as from