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Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1948
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3 Interpretation
In this Act:
the public service of the Commonwealth has the same meaning as in section eighty‑four of the Constitution.
transferred officer means a person who, having been transferred from the public service of a State to the public service of the Commonwealth, is entitled, whether by virtue of section eighty‑four of the Constitution or by virtue of a law of the Commonwealth, to retire, or has retired, from office on the pension or retiring allowance permitted by the law of the State as if his service with the Commonwealth were a continuation of his service with the State.