Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The amendments made by sections eight and ten, and paragraph (a) of section eleven, of this Act do not apply in relation to a person who ceased to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance (by death or otherwise) before the date of commencement of this Act, or in relation to rights (including the right of a widow of such a person to exercise an option) that arose or arise upon the death of such a person, or of the widow of such a person, whether before or after that date.
(2) Notwithstanding the last preceding sub-section, the amendment made by section eight of this Act applies in relation to rights that arise upon the death, on or after the date of commencement of this Act, of a person who ceased to be entitled to a parliamentary allowance (otherwise than by death) before that date.