Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651:section:14:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00651
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 14 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 37115–39572

14  Additional contributions by Ministers of State and office holders in respect of service before 12 June 1978
 (1) A reference in this section to a period during which a person served as a Minister of State or an office holder does not include a reference to any period that does not also form part of the period of service of the person for the purposes of this Act.
 (2) Where a person who is a member on 12 June 1978 served as a Minister of State or an office holder during any period or periods, or as a Minister of State and an office holder during different periods, before that date, he or she may, within 3 months after that date, by notice in writing signed by the person and delivered personally or sent by post to the Secretary of the Finance Department, elect to have the whole of that period or of those periods taken into account for the purposes of subsection 18(9).
 (3) Where a person, not being a person who is a member on 12 June 1978, becomes a member after that date and that person served as a Minister of State or an office holder during any period or periods, or as a Minister of State and an office holder during different periods, before that date, he or she may, within 3 months after the date on which he or she so becomes a member, by notice in writing signed by the person and delivered personally or sent by post to the Secretary of the Finance Department, elect to have the whole of that period or of those periods taken into account for the purposes of subsection 18(9).
 (4) A person who makes an election in accordance with subsection (2) or (3) shall:
 (a) if he or she received any refund of contributions under Part VA of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948‑1964, or of that Act as amended, not being a refund that was subsequently repaid by him or her under section 22M of that Act, or of that Act as amended, or received any refund of contributions under subsection 22(12) or (13) of the Parliamentary and Judicial Retiring Allowances Act 1973—pay to the Commonwealth an amount equal to that refund (excluding any part of that refund that comprises contributions made in respect of a period to which subsection 19A(7) applies); and
 (b) if, during the period that commenced on 8 June 1973 and ended on 11 June 1978, he or she served as a Minister of State or an office holder during any period or periods, or as a Minister of State and an office holder during different periods—pay to the Commonwealth an