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a member or upon the expiration of his term of office—a retiring allowance during his life-time at the rate applicable in accordance with the scale set out in sub-section (6) in the case of a member whose period of service is eight years; or";
    (c) by omitting from sub-section (3) the words "paragraph (a) of the last preceding sub-section" and substituting the words "paragraph (aa) of sub-section (2)";
    (d) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) of sub-section (4) the word "forty" and substituting the word "forty-five";
    (e) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (4) the word "pension" and substituting the words "retiring allowance";
    (f) by omitting from sub-section (5) the word "pension" (wherever occurring) and substituting the words "retiring allowance"; and

    (g) by omitting sub-sections (6) and (7) and substituting the following sub-section:—
    "(6) The rate of retiring allowance payable to a person under this section is such percentage of the rate of the parliamentary allowance for the time being payable under sub-section (1) of section 4, or sub-section (1) of section 5, whichever is appropriate, of the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952-1973 as is applicable in accordance with the following scale:—

Number of complete years in period of service of person  Percentage of parliamentary allowance to be paid as retiring allowance
8................................................        50
9................................................        52
10................................................       54
11................................................       56
12................................................       58
13................................................       60
14................................................       62
15................................................       64
16................................................       66
17................................................       68
18................................................       70
19................................................       72
20 or more ..........................................    75".

(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1)(d) does not apply to a person who was a member immediately before the date of commencement of this Act.
(3) The amendments made by sub-section (1) other than the amendment made by paragraph (1)(d) apply from the commencement of this Act to a person who—

    (a) ceased to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance before the date of commencement of this Act; and

    (b) immediately before that date was entitled to a pension in accordance with the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948 or that Act as amended,

in like manner as they apply to a person who ceases to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance on or after that date.

(4) Notwithstanding the amendments made by sub-section (1), the rate of the retiring allowance payable under section 18 of the Principal Act as amended by this Part to a person who was a member immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be not less than the rate of the pension that would have been payable under section 18 of the Principal Act to that person if those amendments had not been made.

16. After section 18 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Certain members who retire