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and any other contributions that he has paid) further contributions equal to the contributions that he paid under that paragraph.".

Benefits to members
9. (1) Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-sections:
     "(1a) Where the period of service of a member is not less than 12 years, the benefit shall be a retiring allowance during his life-time at the rate applicable in accordance with the scale set out in sub-section (6).
     "(1b) Where the period of service of a member is less than 12 years but he has, on each of at least 4 occasions (including occasions before the commencement of this sub-section), ceased to be a member upon the dissolution or expiration of the House of which he was then a member or upon the expiration of his term of office, the benefit shall be—
        (a) if his period of service is less than 8 years—a retiring allowance during his life-time at the rate applicable in accordance with the scale set out in sub-section (6) in the case of a member whose period of service is 8 years; or
        (b) in any other case—a retiring allowance during his lifetime at the rate applicable in accordance with the scale set out in sub-section (6).";
     (b) by inserting in sub-section (2) "(other than a member to whom sub-section (1a) or (1b) applies)" after "member" (first occuring);
     (c) by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:
     "(2a) For the purposes of sub-section (1b) and paragraph (aa) of sub-section (2), every senator whose term of office was 6 years shall, if at the expiration of 3 years after the commencement of that term of office that term of office had not expired, be deemed (in addition to his having ceased to be a senator at the actual expiration of that term of office if he continued in office for the whole of that term) to have at the expiration of that period of 3 years ceased to be a senator by reason of the expiration of that term of office.";
     (d) by inserting in sub-section (3) "sub-section (1b) or" after "purposes of"; and
     (e) by omitting sub-sections (4), (5) and (6) and substituting the following sub-sections:
     "(4) In the case of a member (other than a member to whom sub-section (1a) or (1b) applies) who retires voluntarily, the benefit shall be a refund of his contributions together with a payment of one-half of the Commonwealth supplement.
"(6) The rate of retiring allowance payable to a person under this section is such percentage of the rate of the parliamentary allowance for the time being determined by the Remuneration Tribunal in lieu of the rate