Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1984 No. 164 of 1984 - SECT 83

83. (1) Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (2A) "4 times";
(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (2A) "multiplied by the maximum
commutation factor"; and

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (2A) the following sub-section:



"(2B) For the purposes of sub-section (2A), the maximum commutation factor is
the number calculated in accordance with the formula- 80 + A ----------
  20   ,

where A is-

   (a)  if the number (treating zero as a number) of whole periods of 12
        months between 30 June 1982 and the date of retirement of the
        recipient member is less than 20-that number of periods; or

   (b)  in any other case-20.".

(2) Where a recipient member has become entitled to retirement pay after 30
June 1983 but before the commencement of section 2 of this Act, section 24 of
the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall be deemed to apply to him as if
the reference in sub-section 24 (1) of that Act to becoming entitled to
retirement pay were a reference to that commencement.