Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C1971A00075:section:10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C1971A00075
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10
Character Range: 8410–9824

10  Commonwealth to reimburse Fund for increases in pensions
[see Note 2]
 (1) Where an amount of pension paid to a person (including a pension that becomes payable to the widow of a person who dies after the commencement of this Act) is, by virtue of this Act, greater than it would otherwise be:
 (a) in the case of a pension payable under Part V of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948‑1968:
 (i) the amount by which the amount of pension so paid is greater (in this paragraph referred to as the amount of the increase) shall, for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 14 of that Act, be deemed not to have been paid; and
 (ii) the Commonwealth shall pay to the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Fund an amount equal to the amount of the increase; and
 (b) in the case of a pension payable under Part VA of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948‑1968:
 (i) the amount by which the amount of pension so paid is greater (in this paragraph referred to as the amount of the increase) shall, for the purposes of section 22F of that Act, be deemed not to have been paid; and
 (ii) the Commonwealth shall pay to the Ministerial Fund an amount equal to the amount of the increase.
 (2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is, to the necessary extent, appropriated for the purposes of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a), and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b), of the last preceding subsection.