24(1)Despite section 23, a person referred to in subsection 22(1) who elects to receive a reduced supplementary allowance under subsection 22(1) and who has to his or her credit at least six months of pensionable service as a minister shall be deemed to have elected to receive, in addition to the reduced supplementary allowance to which he or she is entitled under subsection 22(1), a reduced supplementary allowance in an amount calculated in accordance with section 23, reduced by
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12 of 1% for each month by which the commencement date of the reduced supplementary allowance precedes that person’s fifty-fifth birthday.