Section 16
Reckonable service of certain persons
of Members of Parliament (Remuneration) Act 1980
Where a person was a Member before the date of the coming into force of this Act, any period, continuously or otherwise, prior to such date but not earlier than 31 August 1957 may be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the length of his reckonable service.
Act 237
(1a)
For the purposes of subparagraph (1), the period served by a Member in the Federal Legislative Council shall be taken into account.
(2)
A person who was a Political Secretary for any period and during such period was not concurrently a member of either House of Parliament shall cease to receive the pension payable to him by virtue of his having been a
Political Secretary when he becomes a Member, but the period of service as a
Political Secretary may be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the length of his reckonable service for pension and gratuity under this Schedule.