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PARLIAMENTARY SUPERANNUATION ACT 1970 - SECT 22

22 .         Reduction of pensions in certain cases

        (1)         Subject to section 21 and to subsection (2), but notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where a former member who is receiving or is entitled to receive a pension under this Part — 

            (a)         becomes a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of any other State; or

            (b)         holds within the State or elsewhere an office of profit under the Crown, whether in right of the State or otherwise,

                the pension payable to him from time to time under this Part shall be reduced by the amount, if any, by which the remuneration he receives as such a member of Parliament or from the office of profit, as the case may be, together with two-thirds of that pension exceeds the basic salary for the time being payable to a member.

        (2)         Where, but for this subsection, a pension payable to a former member would be reduced, pursuant to subsection (1), by more than two-thirds, that pension shall be reduced by two-thirds only.



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