5Commonwealth to reimburse Fund for increases in pensions

5 Commonwealth to reimburse Fund for increases in pensions

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) the amount by which the amount of pension so paid is greater (in this section referred to as the amount of the increase) shall, for the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 14 of the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948‑1966, be deemed not to have been paid;

(b) the Commonwealth shall pay to the Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Fund an amount equal to the amount of the increase; and

(c) the Consolidated Revenue Fund is, to the necessary extent, appropriated for the purposes of the last preceding paragraph.