Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
of Members of the Administration and Members of Parliament (Pensions and Gratuities) Act 1971
"Member" means a Member of the Administration as defined in Article 160 (2) of the Federal Constitution and includes a Member of either House of Parliament but does not include a Political Secretary who is not a Member of Parliament or a Member of the Administration of a State;
"reckonable service" means the period during which a person is a Member whether continuously or in two or more separate periods; and for the purpose of calculating the length of a Member's "reckonable service", all periods of reckonable service shall be aggregated;
"salary" means—
(a)
in relation to a Member of Parliament the monthly allowance payable to him under the Parliament (Members' Remuneration) Act, 1960;
(b)
in relation to the Prime Minister, a Minister or an Assistant Minister the salary payable to him in accordance with the law relating to the remuneration of such Members;
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(c)
in relation to a Parliamentary Secretary the salary in the form of monthly allowance payable to him under the Parliamentary Secretaries (Remuneration) Act, 1965;
and includes, where applicable, the allowance as a Designated Minister, as Leader or Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives or as Leader of Opposition.