Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C05891:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C05891
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 27505–30269

17  Increase in pensions in relation to certain persons who were members of the twenty-fourth Parliament
 (1) A person who:
 (a) was a senator or member of the House of Representatives elected or re-elected at an election held after the second day of November, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one, or, having become a senator before that date, continued to be a senator until after the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-two, and in either case ceased to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance before the date of commencement of this Act, or is the widow of such a senator or member; and
 (b) was entitled, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, to a pension in accordance with the Principal Act, is entitled to an increase in the rate of that pension in accordance with this section.
 (2) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, the increased rate of pension payable to a person otherwise than as a widow is such percentage of the rate of Five thousand five hundred dollars a year as is ascertained in accordance with the following scale:

Age of member on becoming entitled to pension  Percentage of the sum of $5,500 a year to be paid as pension
40 years                                       30 per centum
41 years                                       34 per centum
42 years                                       38 per centum
43 years                                       42 per centum
44 years                                       46 per centum
45 years or more                               50 per centum

 (3) A person:
 (a) to whom increased pension is payable in accordance with the last preceding sub-section at the rate of Two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars a year; and
 (b) who has attained the age of sixty-five years (whether before or after the commencement of this Act), is entitled to an additional pension at the rate of Six dollars a week.
 (4) The increased rate of pension payable to a widow referred to in sub-section (1) of this section is Two thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents a year.
 (5) Any pension to which a widow referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of this section becomes entitled under sub-section (2) of section nineteen of the Principal Act, after the date of commencement of this Act, shall be at the rate of Two thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents a year.
 (6) Where a person, being a male, whose pension is increased under this section, dies, any pension to which his widow becomes entitled in accordance with paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) of section nineteen of the Principal Act shall be at the rate of Two thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents a year.