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means (subject to section 20) the period, or the sum of the periods (whether continuous or not), whether before or after the commencement of this Act, during which the member or former member was entitled to a parliamentary allowance, and includes—
       (a) any period that is deemed to be included in the period of service of the member or former member by virtue of section 20a; and
       (b) any period by which the period of service of the member or former member is deemed to be increased by virtue of sub-section (4) of section 22q;

    'retiring allowance' means a retiring allowance under this Act;
    'Trust' means the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Trust established under this Act;
    'trustee' means one of the trustees who constitute the Trust, and includes a Minister performing the powers and functions of the Treasurer as a trustee.
"(2) A reference in this Act to the contributions of a person does not include a reference to any contributions that have been refunded to him and have not been repaid by him.
"(3) A reference in this Act to a superannuation scheme shall be read as a reference to a superannuation or retirement scheme, however established, other than the retirement scheme constituted by the provisions of this Act.
"(4) For the purposes of this Act, a benefit payable to or in respect of a member under a superannuation scheme shall not be taken to have been based partly on contributions under the scheme by the employer by reason only that the benefit included interest upon contributions made under the scheme by the member.".

6. After section 4 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Part I:—

Transfer value payable in respect of previous employment.
"4a. (1) In this Act—
    (a) a reference, in relation to a member, to a transfer value payable to or in respect of the member under a superannuation scheme applicable in relation to any employment in which he was em­ployed at any time before the date on which he became a member is a reference to a benefit by way of a lump sum payable to or in respect of the member under that scheme upon the termination of the employment otherwise than on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform the duties of the employment, being a benefit that was based wholly upon contributions under the scheme by the employer or was based partly upon such contributions and partly upon contributions under the scheme by the member; and
    (b) a reference to the amount of a transfer value—
         (i) if the transfer value was based in part upon an amount or amounts paid to or in