Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who:
(a) was a senator or member of the House of Representatives elected or re-elected at an election held after the second day of November, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one, or, having become a senator before that date, continued to be a senator until after the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-two, and in either case ceased to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance before the date of commencement of this Act, or is the widow of such a senator or member; and
(b ) was entitled, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, to a pension in accordance with the Principal Act, is entitled to an increase in the rate of that pension in accordance with this section.
(2) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, the increased rate of pension payable to a person otherwise than as a widow is such percentage of the rate of Five thousand five hundred dollars a year as is ascertained in accordance with the following scale:
Age of member on becoming entitled to pension | Percentage of the sum of $5,500 a year to be paid as pension |
40 years | 30 per centum |
41 years | 34 per centum |
42 years | 38 per centum |
43 years | 42 per centum |
44 years | 46 per centum |
45 years or more | 50 per centum |
(3) A person:
(a) to whom increased pension is payable in accordance with the last preceding sub-section at the rate of Two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars a year; and
(b ) who has attained the age of sixty-five years (whether before or after the commencement of this Act), is entitled to an additional pension at the rate of Six dollars a week.
(4) The increased rate of pension payable to a widow referred to in sub-section (1) of this section is Two thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents a year.
(5) Any pension to which a widow referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of this section becomes entitled under sub-section (2) of section nineteen of the Principal Act, after the date of commencement of this Act, shall be at the rate of Two thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents a year.
(6) Where a person, being a male, whose pension is increased under this section, dies, any pension to which his widow becomes entitled in accordance with paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) of section nineteen of the Principal Act shall be at the rate of Two thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents a year.