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Part III.—Miscellaneous.

Interpretation.
70. In this Part, expressions defined by the Principal Act as amended by this Act have the same respective meanings as they have in the Principal Act as so amended.

Date from which increased contributions payable.
71. Any increased contribution payable by a contributor who, upon the commencement of this section, is required by reason of the operation of sub-section (2.) of section twenty of the Principal Act as amended by this Act to contribute for one or more additional units of pension is payable as from the seventeenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine.

Transitional provisions.
72.—(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, having regard to subsection (2.) 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 sub-section (1.) of section thirteen of the Principal Act having regard 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 One thousand three hundred and sixty-five 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 which, in the opinion of the Board, is the result of the