A person:

(a) who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act entitled to a pension in accordance with the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1955; or

(b) who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, entitled to a pension in accordance with the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1959 and in relation to whom, or, in the case of a person to whom pension was payable as a widow, in relation to whose deceased husband, section 18 of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1964-1966 applied,

is entitled to an increase in the rate of that pension in accordance with the following table:

(2) Where a male person the rate of whose pension is increased under the last preceding subsection dies, any pension to which his widow becomes entitled in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1955 or of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1959, as the case may be, shall be at the rate of Sixty-two dollars fourteen cents a week. section 19 of the

(1) A person who was, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, entitled to a pension in accordance with the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1959 and in relation to whose pension a provision of section 17 of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1964-1966 applied immediately before that date is entitled to an increase in the rate of that pension in accordance with the following table:

(2) Where a male person the rate of whose pension is increased under the last preceding subsection dies, any pension to which his widow becomes entitled in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1959 shall be at the rate of Three thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars thirty-three cents a year.section 19 of the

5 Increases in rates of pensions of persons who died or retired on or after 1 November 1964 and before 1 December 1968 [see Note 2]

(1) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, entitled to a pension in accordance with Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1968, being a pension to which the person became entitled before the first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight, or to which the person became entitled on or after that date by reason of the death of a person who was in receipt of a pension immediately before that date, is entitled to an increase in the rate of that pension in accordance with the following table:section 18 or section 19 of the

(2) Where a male person the rate of whose pension is increased under the last preceding subsection dies, any pension to which his widow becomes entitled in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1968 shall be at the rate of Three thousand six hundred and forty-five dollars eighty-three cents a year.section 19 of the

(1) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, entitled to a pension in accordance with Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1966 is entitled to an increase in the rate of that pension in accordance with the following table:section 22H or section 22K of the

(2) Where a male person the rate of whose pension is increased under the last preceding subsection dies, the rate of any pension to which his widow becomes entitled in accordance with subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1966 shall be increased by five-sixths of the rate at which her deceased husband’s pension was increased by virtue of the last preceding subsection. section 22K of the

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 Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1968:Part VA of the

(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.

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.

(1) The reference in subsection (2) of Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1968 to moneys paid into the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Fund by the Commonwealth in pursuance of that Act shall be read as including a reference to moneys paid to that Fund by the Commonwealth in pursuance of this Act.section 9 of the

(2) The reference in subsection (3) of Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1968 to pensions and other benefits provided by that Act shall be read as including a reference to increases in pensions under Part V of that Act payable by virtue of this Act.section 9 of the

(3) The reference in Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1968 to payments by the Commonwealth to the Fund under that Act shall:section 9B of the

(a) except in a case to which paragraph (b) of this subsection applies, be read as including a reference to payments by the Commonwealth to the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Fund under this Act; and

(b) in the application of that section to and in relation to the Ministerial Fund by virtue of section 22C of that Act—be read as including a reference to payments by the Commonwealth to the Ministerial Fund under this Act.

(4) The reference in subsection (2) of Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1968 to moneys paid into the Ministerial Fund by the Commonwealth in pursuance of Part VA of that Act shall be read as including a reference to moneys paid to that Fund by the Commonwealth in pursuance of this Act.section 22B of the

(5) The reference in subsection (3) of Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948-1968 to pensions provided by Part VA of that Act shall be read as including a reference to increases in pensions under that Part payable by virtue of this Act. section 22B of the

Increases in pensions payable by virtue of subsection (1) of section 3, subsection (1) of section 4, subsection (1) of section 5, subsection (1) of section 6 and section 8 of this Act have effect from and including the first fortnightly payment of pensions made after the date of commencement of this Act.

Any increase payable by virtue of section 7 of this Act in a pension to which a person became entitled before the date of commencement of this Act has effect from and including the first fortnightly payment of that pension made after that date.